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How Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. stacks up
BNED · against 1,603 other Consumer Cyclical companies
Profitability
38/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #987 of 1,604 · scores higher than 38% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score161 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 · 1,510 reported | 8.5% | 7.3% | 55% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 1,601 reported | 2.5% | 6.4% | 24% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 1,528 reported | 2.6% | 3.3% | 42% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 1,476 reported | 8.3% | 7.7% | 53% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 1,613 reported | 21.4% | 30.2% | 35% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BNED| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.48T JPY (≈$10.1B) | 100 | 96 | |
| 1 | 358.0B INR (≈$4.3B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 3 | 880.5B TWD (≈$27.3B) | 99 | 75 | |
| 3 | 981.2B JPY (≈$6.7B) | 99 | 67 | |
| 3 | 5.2B MYR (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 84 | |
| 987 | 3.6B CNY (≈$503M) | 38 | 42 | |
| 987 | 7.4B TWD (≈$230M) | 38 | 59 | |
| 987 | 169M EUR (≈$186M) | 38 | 59 | |
| 987 | 216M AUD (≈$143M) | 38 | 41 | |
| 987 | 433M USD | 38 | 43 | |
| 987 | 1.1B AUD (≈$714M) | 38 | 48 | |
| 987 | 462M EUR (≈$509M) | 38 | 48 | |
| 987 | 548M GBP (≈$712M) | 38 | 45 | |
| 987 | 63M EUR (≈$69M) | 38 | 46 |
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