BNED Stock — Barnes & Noble Education Inc

Barnes & Noble Education Inc (BNED)

Updated October 16, 2026.

BNED is a Stock. its distribution rate is 2.47%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.24%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is -99.1% over the past 11.2 years, 435.7 points behind SPY at 336.6%.

Barnes & Noble Education operates bookstores on college and university campuses throughout the United States, selling and renting textbooks (print and digital), course materials, school spirit apparel, technology products, and convenience items, along with point-of-sale software and services to other college bookstores. The company distributes quarterly; its latest distribution was special and may not recur as a regular pattern. The stock appeals to income-focused investors seeking exposure to the educational retail sector.

BNED performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -99.1% over the past 11.2 years, 435.7 points behind SPY at 336.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 38.8%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 35.5%.

BNED key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

07/23/2015

Distribution rate

2.47%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.24%

Last close

$12.95 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$448,911,491

Average volume

219244.0

Dividend

$0.08

Ex-dividend date

10/14/2026

Payment date

10/29/2026

Beta

1.457

Payout ratio

12.5%

P/E ratio

20.23

Forward P/E

10.627

EPS

$0.64

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (2.47%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.24%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

BNED risks and drawbacks

BNED's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 35.5%.

Who may consider BNED — and who may not

BNED may suit someone looking for moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (BNED pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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