Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Barnes & Noble Education filings provide 13 years of EBT Margin readings, the most recent being 2.06% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin fell 123.0% to 2.06% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 0.25%, a 622.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 3.82%, up 136.0% from a year prior.
  • EBT Margin hit 2.06% in Q1 2026 for Barnes & Noble Education, down from 5.73% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 7.45% in Q4 2024 to a low of 38.56% in Q3 2024.
  • Median EBT Margin over the past 5 years was 5.42% (2022), compared with a mean of 7.27%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBT Margin: tumbled -1781bps in 2024 and later soared 2874bps in 2025.
  • Barnes & Noble Education's EBT Margin stood at 3.9% in 2022, then grew by 25bps to 4.85% in 2023, then surged by 53bps to 7.45% in 2024, then fell by -23bps to 5.73% in 2025, then tumbled by -64bps to 2.06% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBT Margin were 2.06% (Q1 2026), 5.73% (Q4 2025), and 9.82% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.