Barnes & Noble Education BNED
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Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Free Cash Flow (2014 - 2026)

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) posted Free Cash Flow of -$56.4 million for Q3 2026, down 173.83% quarter-over-quarter from $76.4 million in Q2 2026, and up 20.94% YoY from -$46.6 million in Q3 2025.

Analysis

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Free Cash Flow (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) has 13 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at -$56.4 million in Q3 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q3 2026, Free Cash Flow rose 20.94% year-over-year to -$56.4 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Aug 2026 stood at $48.8 million (up 319.99% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $33.9 million, up 134.44% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was -$56.4 million for Q3 2026 at Barnes & Noble Education, down from $76.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $110.9 million in Q2 2023 to a low of -$147.5 million in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$6.6 million and a median of -$24.3 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The largest YoY upside for Free Cash Flow was 556.09% in 2023 against a maximum downside of 436.75% in 2023.
  • Barnes & Noble Education's Free Cash Flow stood at $17.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 300.87% to $68.0 million in 2023, then slumped by 34.82% to $44.4 million in 2024, then surged by 39.62% to $61.9 million in 2025, then sank by 191.08% to -$56.4 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Free Cash Flow figures were -$56.4 million in Q3 2026, $76.4 million in Q2 2026, and -$33.1 million in Q1 2026.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

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4 GameStop 10.16 Bn 5.10 Bn 345.00 Mn 60.70 Mn
5 Signet Jewelers 3.88 Bn 3.35 Bn 602.40 Mn 30.80 Mn
6 Academy Sports & Outdoors 3.00 Bn 2.70 Bn 665.90 Mn 116.06 Mn
7 National Vision Holdings 1.33 Bn 1.30 Bn 290.43 Mn -
8 Gold.com 1.32 Bn 490.26 Mn 110.30 Mn 1.07 Bn
9 Winmark 1.02 Bn 997.85 Mn 21.15 Mn 8.53 Mn
10 Barnes & Noble Education 369.06 Mn 361.25 Mn 57.05 Mn -56.40 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Aug 1, 2026 -56.40 Mn
May 2, 2026 76.39 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 -33.12 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 61.92 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 -71.34 Mn
May 3, 2025 49.52 Mn
Jan 25, 2025 -44.72 Mn
Oct 26, 2024 44.35 Mn
Jul 27, 2024 -147.46 Mn
Apr 27, 2024 79.14 Mn
Jan 27, 2024 -39.04 Mn
Oct 28, 2023 68.05 Mn
Jul 29, 2023 -127.34 Mn
Apr 29, 2023 110.88 Mn
Jan 28, 2023 -37.55 Mn
Oct 29, 2022 16.98 Mn
Jul 30, 2022 -23.73 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 -24.31 Mn
Jan 29, 2022 -28.50 Mn
Oct 30, 2021 -12.67 Mn