Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2026)
Barnes & Noble Education's EBITDA Margin history spans 13 years, with the latest figure at 3.1% for Q1 2026.
- For Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin fell 141.0% year-over-year to 3.1%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 1.25%, up 152.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 2.41%, 287.0% up from the prior year.
- EBITDA Margin reached 3.1% in Q1 2026 per BNED's latest filing, down from 6.33% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, EBITDA Margin ranged from a high of 8.42% in Q4 2024 to a low of 17.91% in Q3 2022.
- Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 4.26%, with a median of 4.05% recorded in 2025.
- Peak YoY movement for EBITDA Margin: skyrocketed 2204bps in 2022, then crashed -973bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 4.7% in 2022, then surged by 41bps to 6.6% in 2023, then grew by 28bps to 8.42% in 2024, then decreased by -25bps to 6.33% in 2025, then plummeted by -51bps to 3.1% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BNED's EBITDA Margin are 3.1% (Q1 2026), 6.33% (Q4 2025), and 8.45% (Q3 2025).