Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2016 - 2026)
Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) recorded Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -13.30% in fiscal Q1 2025 (quarter ended Jul 27, 2024), up 16.51 percentage points from -29.80% a year earlier but down 2.43 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2024 (ended Apr 27, 2024), Barnes & Noble Education reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -11.04%, up 5.79 percentage points from FY2023.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of -8.16 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at -16.84% in FY2023 (-5.42 pp), -11.41% in FY2022 (+19.05 pp), -30.46% in FY2021 (-24.93 pp) and -5.54% in FY2020 (-2.65 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has ranged from -46.23% in fiscal Q2 2024 to -5.84% in fiscal Q4 2020 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.59 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the last five years was a gain of 34.13 percentage points in fiscal Q2 2020, against a drop of 27.70 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2021 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at -10.86% (Q4 2024), -15.48% (Q3 2024) and -46.23% (Q2 2024).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon Com | 2,674.18 Bn | 2,190.88 Bn | 104.83 Bn | 11.04% |
| 2 | Home Depot | 319.00 Bn | 312.24 Bn | 16.12 Bn | 23.31% |
| 3 | Tjx Companies | 159.67 Bn | 137.22 Bn | 5.07 Bn | 44.55% |
| 4 | Lowes Companies | 111.47 Bn | 104.43 Bn | 8.58 Bn | 26.54% |
| 5 | O Reilly Automotive | 73.39 Bn | 72.48 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 54.96% |
| 6 | Ross Stores | 73.30 Bn | 56.23 Bn | 2.12 Bn | 33.92% |
| 7 | Target | 69.39 Bn | 63.98 Bn | 8.94 Bn | 14.40% |
| 8 | Carvana | 63.54 Bn | 55.14 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 0.00% |
| 9 | Autozone | 52.26 Bn | 51.16 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 46.31% |
| 10 | Barnes & Noble Education | 469.65 Mn | 431.56 Mn | 57.05 Mn | 8.91% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2026 | 8.91% |
| May 2, 2026 | 7.51% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 0.00% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 1.38% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 8.96% |
| May 3, 2025 | 3.93% |
| Jan 25, 2025 | -0.95% |
| Oct 26, 2024 | -5.65% |
| Jul 27, 2024 | -8.75% |
| Apr 27, 2024 | -10.36% |
| Jan 27, 2024 | -9.95% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | -14.38% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | -18.21% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | -16.70% |
| Jan 28, 2023 | -8.12% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | -12.29% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | -13.13% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -11.90% |
| Jan 29, 2022 | -22.65% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | -29.22% |
API Access
Barnes & Noble Education Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=BNED&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "BNED", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=BNED&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();