Growth Metrics

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) over the last 11 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.01%.

  • Barnes & Noble Education's Return on Invested Capital rose 700.0% to 0.01% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Nov 2025 it was 0.01%, marking a year-over-year increase of 700.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.05% for FY2025, which is 1700.0% up from last year.
  • Latest data reveals that Barnes & Noble Education reported Return on Invested Capital of 0.01% as of Q4 2025, which was up 700.0% from 0.12% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Barnes & Noble Education's Return on Invested Capital registered a high of 0.12% during Q3 2025, and its lowest value of 0.37% during Q2 2021.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Return on Invested Capital was 0.14% (2023), whereas its average is 0.14%.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Barnes & Noble Education's Return on Invested Capital tumbled by -3000bps in 2021 and then skyrocketed by 2500bps in 2022.
  • Barnes & Noble Education's Return on Invested Capital (Quarter) stood at 0.25% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 49bps to 0.13% in 2022, then dropped by -13bps to 0.15% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 61bps to 0.06% in 2024, then surged by 121bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 0.01% in Q4 2025, 0.12% for Q3 2025, and 0.04% during Q2 2025.