Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Return on Equity (2016 - 2026)
Barnes & Noble Education's Return on Equity history spans 12 years, with the latest figure at 0.05% for Q1 2026.
- For Q1 2026, Return on Equity rose 5.0% year-over-year to 0.05%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.05%, up 5.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.01%, 6.0% up from the prior year.
- Return on Equity reached 0.05% in Q1 2026 per BNED's latest filing, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.05% in Q1 2026 to a low of 0.34% in Q1 2022.
- Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.05%, with a median of 0.04% recorded in 2022.
- Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: surged 50bps in 2022, then decreased -7bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.04% in 2022, then tumbled by -74bps to 0.07% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 103bps to 0.0% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 1148bps to 0.02% in 2025, then soared by 87bps to 0.05% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BNED's Return on Equity are 0.05% (Q1 2026), 0.02% (Q4 2025), and 0.07% (Q3 2025).