Barnes & Noble Education BNED
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Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Profit After Tax (2014 - 2026)

Barnes & Noble Education's (BNED) quarterly Profit After Tax came in at $3.5 million in Q2 2026, up 115.15% YoY from $1.6 million in Q2 2025, and down 47.65% on a QoQ basis from $6.7 million in Q1 2026.

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Profit After Tax (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) has 13 years of Profit After Tax data on file, last reported at $3.5 million in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Profit After Tax rose 115.15% year-over-year to $3.5 million in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was $16.9 million (up 125.63% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at $16.9 million, up 125.63% from the prior year.
  • Profit After Tax slipped to $3.5 million in Q2 2026, from $6.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Profit After Tax ranged from a high of $43.2 million in Q4 2024 to a low of -$103.9 million in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$14.8 million and a median of -$13.9 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Profit After Tax.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Profit After Tax sank 397.37% — and 2025, when it soared 286.49%.
  • Tracing BNED's Profit After Tax over 5 years: stood at $22.1 million in 2022, then surged by 31.37% to $29.1 million in 2023, then jumped by 48.37% to $43.2 million in 2024, then slumped by 42.07% to $25.0 million in 2025, then plunged by 86.07% to $3.5 million in 2026.
  • The last three Profit After Tax figures came in at $3.5 million (Q2 2026), $6.7 million (Q1 2026), and $25.0 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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4 Tractor Supply 18.25 Bn 18.02 Bn 1.68 Bn 360.72 Mn
5 Best Buy 18.12 Bn 16.37 Bn 2.10 Bn 276.00 Mn
6 Dick'S Sporting Goods 16.18 Bn 15.18 Bn 1.68 Bn 319.82 Mn
7 Five Below 13.82 Bn 12.71 Bn 478.64 Mn 123.06 Mn
8 Murphy USA 10.46 Bn 10.28 Bn 746.50 Mn 209.10 Mn
9 Bath & Body Works 4.03 Bn 3.08 Bn 1.24 Bn 403.00 Mn
10 Barnes & Noble Education 412.31 Mn 403.89 Mn 84.86 Mn 3.48 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 2, 2026 3.48 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 6.66 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 25.00 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 -18.27 Mn
May 3, 2025 -23.00 Mn
Jan 25, 2025 17.94 Mn
Oct 26, 2024 43.16 Mn
Jul 27, 2024 -103.93 Mn
Apr 27, 2024 -41.99 Mn
Jan 27, 2024 -9.62 Mn
Oct 28, 2023 29.09 Mn
Jul 29, 2023 -52.50 Mn
Apr 29, 2023 -46.25 Mn
Jan 28, 2023 -22.13 Mn
Oct 29, 2022 22.14 Mn
Jul 30, 2022 -50.32 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 -9.30 Mn
Jan 29, 2022 -36.80 Mn
Oct 30, 2021 22.53 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 -42.25 Mn