Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)
Barnes & Noble Education's Return on Invested Capital history spans 12 years, with the latest figure at 0.11% for Q1 2026.
- For Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital fell 10.0% year-over-year to 0.11%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.11%, down 10.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.05%, 16.0% up from the prior year.
- Return on Invested Capital reached 0.11% in Q1 2026 per BNED's latest filing, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.12% in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.29% in Q1 2022.
- Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.1%, with a median of 0.12% recorded in 2022.
- Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: surged 35bps in 2022, then fell -10bps in 2026.
- A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.13% in 2022, then dropped by -13bps to 0.15% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 61bps to 0.06% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 121bps to 0.01% in 2025, then plummeted by -1038bps to 0.11% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BNED's Return on Invested Capital are 0.11% (Q1 2026), 0.01% (Q4 2025), and 0.12% (Q3 2025).