Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Operating Margin (2014 - 2026)
Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) reported Operating Margin of -5.94% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 1, 2026), up 2.10 percentage points from -8.04% a year earlier but down 7.54 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Operating Margin (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Aug 1, 2026, Barnes & Noble Education's Operating Margin came in at 2.47%, up 0.55 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 2, 2026), it was 2.13%, up 1.14 percentage points from FY2025.
- Operating Margin has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +14.13 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Operating Margin came in at 0.99% in FY2025 (+3.15 pp), -2.16% in FY2024 (+2.15 pp), -4.31% in FY2023 (-0.25 pp) and -4.05% in FY2022 (+7.95 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Operating Margin spans a low of -17.91% in fiscal Q1 2023 and a high of 7.83% in fiscal Q2 2025.
- Year over year, Operating Margin gained in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +3.24 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was fiscal Q4 2022 (a gain of 22.04 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2023 (a drop of 9.73 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at 1.60% (Q4 2026), 2.84% (Q3 2026) and 6.33% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon Com | 2,815.41 Bn | 2,332.10 Bn | 104.83 Bn | 13.69% |
| 2 | Home Depot | 309.55 Bn | 302.79 Bn | 16.12 Bn | 14.29% |
| 3 | Tjx Companies | 161.17 Bn | 138.72 Bn | 5.07 Bn | 13.09% |
| 4 | Lowes Companies | 108.79 Bn | 101.75 Bn | 8.58 Bn | 13.67% |
| 5 | Ross Stores | 74.76 Bn | 57.68 Bn | 2.12 Bn | 17.62% |
| 6 | O Reilly Automotive | 73.14 Bn | 72.22 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 20.15% |
| 7 | Target | 69.64 Bn | 64.23 Bn | 8.94 Bn | 9.65% |
| 8 | Autozone | 51.67 Bn | 50.58 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 19.08% |
| 9 | Carvana | 42.61 Bn | 33.10 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 9.22% |
| 10 | Barnes & Noble Education | 464.11 Mn | 426.02 Mn | 57.05 Mn | -5.94% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2026 | -5.94% |
| May 2, 2026 | 1.60% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 2.84% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 6.33% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | -8.04% |
| May 3, 2025 | -4.05% |
| Jan 25, 2025 | 4.09% |
| Oct 26, 2024 | 7.83% |
| Jul 27, 2024 | -14.70% |
| Apr 27, 2024 | -13.31% |
| Jan 27, 2024 | 0.33% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 6.60% |
| 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% |
Barnes & Noble Education Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BNED&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "BNED", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BNED&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();