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About Barnes & Noble Education
From its filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission
Barnes & Noble Education is based in Florham Park, New Jersey and is incorporated in Delaware. Its shares trade on NYSE under the ticker BNED. The SEC classifies its business as retail-miscellaneous shopping goods stores. In the fiscal year to 2 May 2026, it reported revenue of $1.71bn and net income of $16.9m. At that date it held total assets of $739.9m and shareholders' equity of $294.4m.
Our fiscal year is comprised of 52 or 53 weeks, ending on the Saturday closest to the last day of April. “Fiscal 2026” means the 52 weeks ended May 2, 2026, and “Fiscal 2025” means the 53 weeks ended May 3, 2025. "Fiscal 2027" means the 52 weeks ended May 1, 2027.
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (“BNED”) is one of the largest contract operators of physical and virtual bookstores for college and university campuses and K-12 institutions across the United States. We are also one of the largest textbook wholesalers and inventory management hardware and software providers. As of May 2, 2026, we operated 1,116 physical and virtual bookstores, delivering essential educational content and general merchandise within a dynamic omnichannel retail environment.
The strengths of our business include our ability to compete by developing new products and solutions to meet market needs, our large operating footprint with direct access to students and faculty, our well-established, deep relationships with academic partners and stable, long-term contracts and our well-recognized brands. We provide product and service offerings designed to address the most pressing issues in higher education, including enhanced convenience and improved affordability through innovative course material delivery models designed to drive improved student experiences and outcomes.
Quoted from its 10-K, filed 9 Jul 2026. Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗
Company facts
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Industry
- Specialty Retail
- Listed since
- 23 Jul 2015
- Employees
- 3,613
- Website
- bned.com ↗
- Head office
- 180 PARK AVENUE, FLORHAM PARK, NJ, 07932
- Incorporated in
- DE
- Classification
- Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores
- Filer status
- Accelerated filer<br>Smaller reporting company
Leadership
Pay as last reported
- Mr. Jonathan SharChief Executive Officer, since 2024$1.2m
- Mr. Jason SnaguskyChief Financial Officer
- Mr. Gary LusterSenior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
- Ms. Seema PaulSenior Vice President$716,274
- Ms. Emily HoffmanDirector
- Mr. Sean MadnaniDirector
- Mr. William MartinDirector
- Mr. Elias NaderDirector
- Mr. Eric SingerDirector
- Mrs. Kathryn WalkerIndependent Director$207,129
- Ms. Denise WarrenIndependent Director$214,306
- Mr. Hunter BlankenbakerVice President of Investor Relations
Environmental, social and governance
Scores out of 100, from our data supplier
- Overall
- 48
- Environment
- 11
- Social
- 59
- Governance
- 73
- Women in the workforce
- 59%
- Carbon reduction policy
- No
- Human rights policy
- Yes
SWOT analysis
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Strengths
- Barnes & Noble Education serves over five million college students through 750 campus bookstores.
- Barnes & Noble College Booksellers operates school-branded e-commerce sites for each store.
- Barnes & Noble Education offers Textbook and Course Material Sales and Rentals.
Weaknesses
- Barnes & Noble Education employs 3,613 full-time employees in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.
- Barnes & Noble Education has a 2015 IPO listing date.
- Barnes & Noble Education operates in the Consumer Discretionary sector.
Opportunities
- Barnes & Noble Education provides digital learning experiences for students.
- Barnes & Noble Education offers digital education and brand partnerships.
- Barnes & Noble Education serves faculty and administrators in educational goals.
Threats
- Barnes & Noble Education faces competition in the Retail industry.
- Barnes & Noble Education operates in the US market.
- Barnes & Noble Education has a Consumer Discretionary sector classification.
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