Barnes & Noble Education EV/EBIT BNED

Enterprise value divided by operating profit over the last twelve months, one-off items taken out, since 2016.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 10.7×
10-year median: 19.8×
Against its 10-year history: 45th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 3.1× to 113×
Peer median: 14.7×

Barnes & Noble Education's EV/EBIT is 10.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 19.8×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 3.1× in Dec 2018 to 113× in May 2025.

The median for 10 specialty retail stocks of a similar size is 14.7×.

EV/EBIT over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	10.7×	8.8×	89.3×
2025	95.7×	71.6×	113×
2024	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2023	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2022	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2021	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2020	29.1×	17.9×	32.0×
2019	19.7×	3.7×	19.9×
2018	3.2×	3.1×	9.1×
2017	9.6×	8.8×	43.4×
2016	44.1×	33.9×	52.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Specialty Retail nearest Barnes & Noble Education's size, closest first, today.

Company	EV/EBIT
BNEDBarnes & Noble Education	10.7×
SGUStar	4.2×
BBWBuild-A-Bear Workshop	6.0×
ELAEnvela	9.2×
WOOFPetco Health & Wellness	14.8×
LOVELovesac	15.2×
WINAWinmark	17.7×
HZOMarinemax	14.7×
SPHSuburban Propane Partners	11.4×
SVVSavers Value Village	14.8×
RVLVRevolve	16.4×
Peer median	14.7×

Where Barnes & Noble Education ranks

What the EV/EBIT tells you

What the whole business costs against its operating profit. Enterprise value is the market value plus borrowings and minority interests, less cash. EBIT is operating profit before interest and tax, with one-offs taken out. Unlike PE it is not moved by how a company is financed.

Leases are left out of debt for every company. Banks earn on their balance sheet, so EV/EBIT does not describe them.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.