Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Operating Margin (2014 - 2026)
Barnes & Noble Education's (BNED) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 1.95% in Q2 2026, up 600.0% YoY from 0.28% in Q2 2025, and down 31.4% on a QoQ basis from 2.84% in Q1 2026.
Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Operating Margin (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) has 13 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 1.95% in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Margin rose 600.0% year-over-year to 1.95% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was 2.27% (up 123.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 2.34%, up 125.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin eased to 1.95% in Q2 2026, from 2.84% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 8.42% in Q4 2024 to a low of 17.91% in Q3 2022.
- A 5-year average of 3.84% and a median of 3.75% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin soared 2204 bps — and 2023, when it slumped 973 bps.
- Tracing BNED's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 4.7% in 2022, then soared by 51 bps to 7.07% in 2023, then rose by 19 bps to 8.42% in 2024, then dropped by 19 bps to 6.82% in 2025, then sank by 71 bps to 1.95% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 1.95% (Q2 2026), 2.84% (Q1 2026), and 6.82% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 1.95% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 2.84% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 6.82% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | -8.45% |
| May 3, 2025 | -4.05% |
| Jan 25, 2025 | 4.51% |
| Oct 26, 2024 | 8.42% |
| Jul 27, 2024 | -14.70% |
| Apr 27, 2024 | -13.31% |
| Jan 27, 2024 | 0.36% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 7.07% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | -16.72% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | -14.24% |
| Jan 28, 2023 | -3.44% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 4.70% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | -17.91% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -4.51% |
| Jan 29, 2022 | -8.42% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 3.97% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | -17.52% |