Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Equity Average (2026)
Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) posted Equity Average of $286.4 million for Q3 2026, down 1.99% quarter-over-quarter from $292.2 million in Q2 2026, and up 8.36% YoY from $264.3 million in Q3 2025.
Analysis
Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Equity Average (2026) Analysis & Trends
Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) has 12 years of Equity Average data on file, last reported at $286.4 million in Q3 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q3 2026, Equity Average rose 8.36% year-over-year to $286.4 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Aug 2026 stood at $286.4 million (up 8.36% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $283.3 million, up 20.0% from the prior year.
- Equity Average was $286.4 million for Q3 2026 at Barnes & Noble Education, down from $292.2 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Equity Average ranged from a high of $292.2 million in Q2 2026 to a low of $115.1 million in Q3 2024.
- A 5-year average of $216.0 million and a median of $214.2 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Equity Average.
- Across the five-year window, Equity Average tumbled 42.34% in 2023 and soared 129.67% in 2025, its largest moves.
- Barnes & Noble Education's Equity Average stood at $200.2 million in 2022, then tumbled by 42.34% to $115.5 million in 2023, then surged by 56.42% to $180.6 million in 2024, then soared by 49.41% to $269.8 million in 2025, then rose by 6.14% to $286.4 million in 2026.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Equity Average figures were $286.4 million in Q3 2026, $292.2 million in Q2 2026, and $286.6 million in Q1 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 5 | Academy Sports & Outdoors | 2.85 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 479.35 Mn | 2.15 Bn |
| 6 | National Vision Holdings | 1.32 Bn | 1.29 Bn | 290.43 Mn | 883.26 Mn |
| 7 | GameStop | 1.32 Bn | -7.05 Bn | 340.30 Mn | 5.64 Bn |
| 8 | Gold.com | 1.31 Bn | 795.52 Mn | 176.58 Mn | 807.85 Mn |
| 9 | Winmark | 1.14 Bn | 1.12 Bn | 21.15 Mn | -41.92 Mn |
| 10 | Barnes & Noble Education | 441.20 Mn | 433.40 Mn | 57.05 Mn | 286.40 Mn |