Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2026)

Barnes & Noble Education filings provide 13 years of Operating Expenses readings, the most recent being $72.6 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 13.37% to $72.6 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was $290.0 million, a 2.51% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $306.7 million, down 14.4% from a year prior.
  • Operating Expenses hit $72.6 million in Q1 2026 for Barnes & Noble Education, down from $77.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $101.5 million in Q1 2022 to a low of $56.2 million in Q2 2022.
  • Median Operating Expenses over the past 5 years was $77.3 million (2025), compared with a mean of $79.6 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: soared 45.46% in 2023 and later decreased 23.06% in 2025.
  • Barnes & Noble Education's Operating Expenses stood at $99.2 million in 2022, then dropped by 9.05% to $90.2 million in 2023, then fell by 19.33% to $72.8 million in 2024, then grew by 6.2% to $77.3 million in 2025, then fell by 6.15% to $72.6 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Expenses were $72.6 million (Q1 2026), $77.3 million (Q4 2025), and $67.9 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.