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

Barnes & Noble Education's Return on Sales history spans 13 years, with the latest figure at 0.01% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Sales rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.01%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.0%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.01% in Q1 2026 per BNED's latest filing, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.04% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.07% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.0%, with a median of 0.0% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: surged 41bps in 2022, then decreased -7bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.0% in 2022, then soared by 67bps to 0.0% in 2023, then soared by 122bps to 0.0% in 2024, then surged by 15747bps to 0.04% in 2025, then crashed by -64bps to 0.01% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BNED's Return on Sales are 0.01% (Q1 2026), 0.04% (Q4 2025), and 0.07% (Q3 2025).