Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (BNED)

NYSE: BNED · Real-Time Price · USD

9.94

-1.17 (-10.53%)

At close: Dec 20, 2024, 4:00 PM

10.12

+0.18 (1.81%)

After-hours: Dec 20, 2024, 7:24 PM EST

Barnes & Noble Education Stock Forecast

BNED's stock price has decreased by -91.98% in the past year and price targets may not have had time to catch up.

Stock Price Forecast

The 1 analyst with a 12-month price forecast for BNED stock has a target of 125, which predicts an increase of 1,157.55% from the current stock price of 9.94.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$125	$125	$125	$125
Change	+1157.5%	+1157.5%	+1157.5%	+1157.5%

* Price targets were last updated on Jan 11, 2024.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for BNED stock from 2 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jul '24	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	2	2	2	2	2	2
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2	2	2	2	2	2

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Ryan MacDonald Needham	Needham	Hold Reiterates n/a	Hold	Reiterates	n/a	n/a	May 24, 2024
Ryan MacDonald Needham	Needham	Hold Reiterates n/a	Hold	Reiterates	n/a	n/a	Apr 17, 2024
Ryan MacDonald Needham	Needham	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades n/a	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	n/a	n/a	Jan 12, 2024
Alex Fuhrman Craig-Hallum	Craig-Hallum	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades $300 → $125	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$300 → $125	+1,157.55%	Jan 11, 2024
Ryan MacDonald Needham	Needham	Strong Buy Reiterates $4 → $400	Strong Buy	Reiterates	$4 → $400	+3,924.14%	Dec 7, 2023

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.65B

from 1.57B

5.54%

from 1.57B

Revenue Next Year

n/a

from 1.65B

EPS This Year

-37.74

from -23.75

EPS Next Year

n/a

from -37.74

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025
Period Ending	May 2, 2020	May 1, 2021	Apr 30, 2022	Apr 29, 2023	Apr 27, 2024	Apr 27, 2025
Revenue	1.85B	1.41B	1.50B	1.54B	1.57B	1.65B
Revenue Growth	-9.02%	-24.02%	6.34%	3.17%	1.55%	5.54%
EPS	-80.00	-281.57	-133.09	-194.19	-23.75	-37.74
EPS Growth	-	-	-	-	-	-
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	-
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	3

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025
High	1.7B
Avg	1.7B
Low	1.6B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025
High	8.6%
Avg	5.5%
Low	1.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025
High	-38.85
Avg	-37.74
Low	-36.26

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025
High	-
Avg	-
Low	-

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.