Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Net Margin (2014 - 2026)

Barnes & Noble Education's (BNED) quarterly Net Margin came in at 1.58% in Q2 2026, up 22.49% on a QoQ basis from 1.29% in Q1 2026.

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Net Margin (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) has 13 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 1.58% in Q2 2026.

Quarterly Net Margin changed N/A year-over-year to 1.58% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was 1.05% (changed N/A YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 1.08%, changed N/A from the prior year.
Net Margin rose to 1.58% in Q2 2026, from 1.29% in the prior quarter.
In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 4.18% in Q4 2025 to a low of 6.66% in Q3 2025.
A 5-year average of 0.33% and a median of 0.24% in 2023 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Net Margin soared 4144 bps — and 2023, when it sank 116 bps.
Tracing BNED's Net Margin over 5 years: stood at 0.33% in 2022, then jumped by 64 bps to 0.12% in 2023, then jumped by 126 bps to 0.03% in 2024, then soared by 13596 bps to 4.18% in 2025, then slumped by 62 bps to 1.58% in 2026.
The last three Net Margin figures came in at 1.58% (Q2 2026), 1.29% (Q1 2026), and 4.18% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

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1	Caseys General Stores	30.86 Bn	30.34 Bn	1.08 Bn	3.56%
2	Williams Sonoma	28.83 Bn	27.81 Bn	1.10 Bn	15.61%
3	Ulta Beauty	22.86 Bn	22.64 Bn	1.27 Bn	10.81%
4	Tractor Supply	18.25 Bn	18.02 Bn	1.68 Bn	7.94%
5	Best Buy	18.12 Bn	16.37 Bn	2.10 Bn	3.09%
6	Dick'S Sporting Goods	16.18 Bn	15.18 Bn	1.68 Bn	6.19%
7	Five Below	13.82 Bn	12.71 Bn	478.64 Mn	9.57%
8	Murphy USA	10.46 Bn	10.28 Bn	746.50 Mn	3.07%
9	Bath & Body Works	4.03 Bn	3.08 Bn	1.24 Bn	14.79%
10	Barnes & Noble Education	412.31 Mn	403.89 Mn	84.86 Mn	1.30%

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