Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Times Interest Earned (2014 - 2026)

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) posted Times Interest Earned of -$0.13 for Q2 2026, down 276.13% on a QoQ basis from $0.07 in Q1 2026, and down 139.05% year-over-year from $0.33 in Q2 2025.

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Times Interest Earned (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Barnes & Noble Education's Times Interest Earned history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$0.13 for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Times Interest Earned fell 139.05% year-over-year to -$0.13 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was -$0.64 (up 42.61% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at $0.44, up 133.44% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned was -$0.13 for Q2 2026 at Barnes & Noble Education, down from $0.07 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Times Interest Earned topped out at $18.44 in Q4 2022 and bottomed at -$4.36 in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $1.16 and a median of $0.1 in 2022 frame the typical range for Times Interest Earned.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Times Interest Earned jumped 2957.34% — and 2023, when it sank 1061.43%.
  • Barnes & Noble Education's Times Interest Earned stood at $18.44 in 2022, then sank by 86.39% to $2.51 in 2023, then soared by 265.98% to $9.18 in 2024, then sank by 97.9% to $0.19 in 2025, then tumbled by 167.66% to -$0.13 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BNED's Times Interest Earned at -$0.13 in Q2 2026, $0.07 in Q1 2026, and $0.19 in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 Caseys General Stores 32.13 Bn 31.61 Bn 1.08 Bn 24.25
2 NaaS Technology 30.58 Bn 30.58 Bn - -
3 Williams Sonoma 28.34 Bn 27.33 Bn 1.10 Bn 0.27
4 Ulta Beauty 23.18 Bn 22.69 Bn 1.48 Bn 1.50
5 Best Buy 18.52 Bn 16.77 Bn 2.10 Bn 33.64
6 Dick'S Sporting Goods 16.59 Bn 15.24 Bn 1.77 Bn 7.40
7 MINISO Group Holding 16.05 Bn 14.98 Bn 414.86 Mn -8.14
8 Tractor Supply 15.89 Bn 15.66 Bn 1.30 Bn 12.22
9 Five Below 12.09 Bn 11.16 Bn 696.98 Mn 3.60
10 Barnes & Noble Education 424.32 Mn 415.90 Mn 84.86 Mn 0.10

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 2, 2026 -0.13
Jan 31, 2026 0.07
Nov 1, 2025 0.19
Aug 2, 2025 -0.79
May 3, 2025 0.33
Jan 25, 2025 4.08
Oct 26, 2024 9.18
Jul 27, 2024 -3.82
Apr 27, 2024 0.52
Jan 27, 2024 0.26
Oct 28, 2023 2.51
Jul 29, 2023 -1.94
Apr 29, 2023 -1.25
Jan 28, 2023 -4.36
Oct 29, 2022 18.44
Jul 30, 2022 -1.82
Apr 30, 2022 0.13
Jan 29, 2022 -0.75
Oct 30, 2021 0.60
Jul 31, 2021 -1.49