Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Tax Rate (2014 - 2026)
Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) reported Tax Rate of 35.35% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 1, 2026), up 3.25 percentage points from 32.11% a year earlier and up 307.97 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Tax Rate (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Aug 1, 2026, Barnes & Noble Education's Tax Rate came in at 19.48%, up 71.00 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 2, 2026), it came in at 18.38%, up 25.29 percentage points from FY2025.
- Tax Rate has a five-year change of +14.33 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Tax Rate came in at -6.91% in FY2025 (-5.76 pp), -1.16% in FY2024 (-0.02 pp), -1.13% in FY2023 (-14.08 pp) and 12.94% in FY2022 (+8.89 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Tax Rate since fiscal Q4 2022.
- Year over year, Tax Rate gained in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -21.01 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was fiscal Q4 2022 (a gain of 122.62 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2026 (a drop of 224.38 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at -272.62% (Q4 2026), 31.65% (Q3 2026) and 32.26% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon Com | 2,826.65 Bn | 2,343.34 Bn | 104.83 Bn | 22.51% |
| 2 | Home Depot | 307.75 Bn | 300.99 Bn | 16.12 Bn | 24.53% |
| 3 | Tjx Companies | 162.60 Bn | 140.14 Bn | 5.07 Bn | 24.68% |
| 4 | Lowes Companies | 109.37 Bn | 102.33 Bn | 8.58 Bn | 24.44% |
| 5 | Ross Stores | 75.83 Bn | 58.75 Bn | 2.12 Bn | 24.98% |
| 6 | O Reilly Automotive | 73.47 Bn | 72.55 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 22.62% |
| 7 | Target | 69.62 Bn | 64.21 Bn | 8.94 Bn | 23.67% |
| 8 | Autozone | 51.01 Bn | 49.91 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 21.12% |
| 9 | Carvana | 42.20 Bn | 32.69 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 11.40% |
| 10 | Barnes & Noble Education | 443.39 Mn | 405.31 Mn | 57.05 Mn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | 31.65% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 32.26% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 1.80% |
| Oct 26, 2019 | 34.65% |
| Oct 27, 2018 | 22.11% |
| Oct 28, 2017 | 40.56% |
| Apr 29, 2017 | 92.09% |
| Jan 28, 2017 | 16.77% |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 47.82% |
| Oct 31, 2015 | 43.35% |
| May 2, 2015 | 277.78% |
| Jan 31, 2015 | 39.57% |
| Nov 1, 2014 | 43.50% |
Barnes & Noble Education Tax Rate 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
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=BNED&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=BNED&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();