Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
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How Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. stacks up
BNED · against 583 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Profitability
38/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #302 of 584 · scores higher than 47% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score75 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 · 556 reported | 8.5% | 5.2% | 66% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 582 reported | 2.5% | 5.0% | 29% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 555 reported | 2.6% | 2.3% | 53% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 543 reported | 8.3% | 5.3% | 66% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 585 reported | 21.4% | 27.1% | 40% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BNEDScores 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