Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Operating Expenses (2014 - 2026)
Barnes & Noble Education's (BNED) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $70.9 million in Q2 2026, down 1.96% YoY from $72.3 million in Q2 2025, and down 2.33% on a QoQ basis from $72.6 million in Q1 2026.
Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Operating Expenses (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) has 13 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $70.9 million in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 1.96% year-over-year to $70.9 million in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was $288.6 million (up 3.17% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at $288.6 million, up 1.68% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses retreated to $70.9 million in Q2 2026, from $72.6 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.
- A 5-year average of $79.2 million and a median of $76.4 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Operating Expenses jumped 45.46% — and 2025, when it slipped 23.06%.
- Tracing BNED's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $99.2 million in 2022, then declined by 9.05% to $90.2 million in 2023, then retreated by 19.33% to $72.8 million in 2024, then increased by 6.2% to $77.3 million in 2025, then fell by 8.33% to $70.9 million in 2026.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $70.9 million (Q2 2026), $72.6 million (Q1 2026), and $77.3 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 70.86 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 72.55 Mn |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 77.30 Mn |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 67.86 Mn |
| May 3, 2025 | 72.28 Mn |
| Jan 25, 2025 | 63.99 Mn |
| Oct 26, 2024 | 72.79 Mn |
| Jul 27, 2024 | 70.64 Mn |
| Apr 27, 2024 | 75.47 Mn |
| Jan 27, 2024 | 83.17 Mn |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 90.24 Mn |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 82.11 Mn |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 81.82 Mn |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 95.97 Mn |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 99.21 Mn |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 90.72 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 56.25 Mn |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 101.51 Mn |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 109.02 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 88.14 Mn |