Barnes & Noble Education PE ratio BNED

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2017.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 21.2×
10-year median: 25.8×
Against its 10-year history: 38th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 3.9× to 220×
Peer median: 17.6×

Barnes & Noble Education's PE ratio is 21.2× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $13.57 against $0.64 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 25.8×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 3.9× in Jun 2019 to 220× in Jun 2017.

The median for 10 specialty retail stocks of a similar size is 17.6×.

PE ratio over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	21.2×	16.6×	102×
2025	n/m a value too high to mean anything
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	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2019	3.9×	3.9×	5.9×
2018	20.5×	17.5×	21.6×
2017	22.9×	20.8×	220×

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
BNEDBarnes & Noble Education	21.2×
SGUStar	4.9×
BBWBuild-A-Bear Workshop	5.9×
ELAEnvela	13.1×
WOOFPetco Health & Wellness	24.5×
LOVELovesac	12.7×
WINAWinmark	25.0×
HZOMarinemax	376×
SPHSuburban Propane Partners	9.1×
SVVSavers Value Village	58.6×
RVLVRevolve	22.0×
Peer median	17.6×

Where Barnes & Noble Education ranks

#19of 35Specialty retail stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

More on Barnes & Noble Education

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