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Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Barnes & Noble Education filings provide 12 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 4.03% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 479.0% to 4.03% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 4.03%, a 479.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 2.79%, up 997.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 4.03% in Q1 2026 for Barnes & Noble Education, down from 5.22% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 6.49% in Q3 2025 to a low of 15.61% in Q1 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 6.68% (2023), compared with a mean of 5.6%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 1635bps in 2022 and later plummeted -513bps in 2024.
  • Barnes & Noble Education's Return on Capital Employed stood at 9.37% in 2022, then dropped by -16bps to 10.88% in 2023, then surged by 61bps to 4.29% in 2024, then soared by 222bps to 5.22% in 2025, then dropped by -23bps to 4.03% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 4.03% (Q1 2026), 5.22% (Q4 2025), and 6.49% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.