Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
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How Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. stacks up
BNED · against 361 other Consumer Cyclical companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
38/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #236 of 362 · scores higher than 35% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score21 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including BNED · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 38?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, which is weaker than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 76% of peers. Operating margin: 2.5% vs peer median 6.4%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.6% vs peer median 3.3%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 8.5% vs peer median 7.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BNED, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | BNED | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 349 reported | 8.5% | 9.5% | 45% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 362 reported | 2.5% | 7.1% | 27% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 358 reported | 2.6% | 4.1% | 38% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 315 reported | 8.3% | 11.8% | 42% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 363 reported | 21.4% | 36.0% | 28% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BNED| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.6B USD | 99 | 80 | |
| 1 | 2.4B USD | 99 | 65 | |
| 1 | 11.5B USD | 99 | 78 | |
| 1 | 10.7B USD | 99 | 50 | |
| 1 | 6.5B USD | 99 | 62 | |
| 232 | 3.5B USD | 39 | 34 | |
| 232 | 15.2B USD | 39 | 57 | |
| 232 | 1.5B USD | 39 | 50 | |
| 232 | 593M USD | 39 | 40 | |
| 236 | 433M USD | 38 | 43 | |
| 237 | 8.6B USD | 37 | 49 | |
| 237 | 1.3B USD | 37 | 51 | |
| 237 | 7.9B USD | 37 | 31 | |
| 240 | 459M USD | 36 | 38 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score