Barnes & Noble Education
BNED
About: Barnes & Noble Education Inc is an operator of bookstores in college and university campuses across the United States. The company is also engaged in providing digital education services. It operates in three reportable segments that include Retail offers existing and prospective clients the flexibility of physical, virtual, or custom store solutions, and wholesale is comprised of the wholesale and virtual retail fulfillment, and support operations of the MBS subsidiary, also Corporate Services represent unallocated shared-service costs which include corporate level expenses and other governance functions, including executive functions, such as accounting, legal, treasury, information technology, and human resources. It earns majority of the revenue from Retail segment.
Employees: 3,750
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
131% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 30 | Existing positions closed: 13
107% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 29 | Existing positions reduced: 14
36% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $787K | Put options by funds: $578K
25% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $219M [Q1] → $274M (+$54.5M) [Q2]
24% more funds holding
Funds holding: 71 [Q1] → 88 (+17) [Q2]
6.97% more ownership
Funds ownership: 61.35% [Q1] → 68.32% (+6.97%) [Q2]
33% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q1] → 2 (-1) [Q2]
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 27 articles about BNED published over the past 30 days
