Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Retained Earnings (2015 - 2026)

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) posted Retained Earnings of -$695.7 million for Q2 2026, little changed on a QoQ basis from -$699.2 million in Q1 2026, and up 2.37% year-over-year from -$679.6 million in Q2 2025.

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Retained Earnings (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Barnes & Noble Education's Retained Earnings history runs 12 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$695.7 million for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings rose 2.37% year-over-year to -$695.7 million in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was -$695.7 million (up 2.37% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at -$695.7 million, up 2.37% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings was -$695.7 million for Q2 2026 at Barnes & Noble Education, roughly flat from -$699.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $25.1 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at -$750.7 million in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$595.7 million and a median of -$646.7 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Retained Earnings.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Retained Earnings soared 105.11% — and 2024, when it sank 2676.99%.
  • Barnes & Noble Education's Retained Earnings stood at -$522.1 million in 2022, then declined by 19.51% to -$623.9 million in 2023, then slipped by 13.4% to -$707.5 million in 2024, then rose by 0.24% to -$705.8 million in 2025, then rose by 1.44% to -$695.7 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BNED's Retained Earnings at -$695.7 million in Q2 2026, -$699.2 million in Q1 2026, and -$705.8 million in Q4 2025.

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8 MINISO Group Holding 15.90 Bn 14.83 Bn 414.86 Mn 775.16 Mn
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10 Barnes & Noble Education 424.67 Mn 416.25 Mn 84.86 Mn -695.70 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 2, 2026 -695.70 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 -699.18 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 -705.84 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 -730.84 Mn
May 3, 2025 -712.57 Mn
Jan 25, 2025 -689.57 Mn
Oct 26, 2024 -707.51 Mn
Jul 27, 2024 -750.67 Mn
Apr 27, 2024 -646.75 Mn
Jan 27, 2024 -604.83 Mn
Jul 29, 2023 -623.91 Mn
Apr 29, 2023 25.10 Mn
Jan 28, 2023 -547.11 Mn
Oct 29, 2022 -522.06 Mn
Jul 30, 2022 -544.20 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 -491.49 Mn
Jan 29, 2022 -480.54 Mn
Oct 30, 2021 -443.74 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 -466.27 Mn
May 1, 2021 -422.64 Mn