Barnes & Noble Education price to free cash flow BNED

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2016.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 9.6×
10-year median: 7.7×
Against its 10-year history: 55th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 0.2× to 366×
Peer median: 11.8×

Barnes & Noble Education's price to free cash flow is 9.6× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 7.7×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 0.2× in Jun 2024 to 366× in Oct 2017.

The median for 10 specialty retail stocks of a similar size is 11.8×.

Price to free cash flow over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	9.6×	7.6×	67.4×
2025	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2024	0.2×	0.2×	5.1×
2023	4.3×	1.0×	4.3×
2022	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2021	17.0×	17.0×	21.3×
2020	50.4×	50.4×	59.7×
2019	63.5×	2.0×	65.2×
2018	3.5×	3.4×	19.1×
2017	7.9×	6.8×	366×
2016	20.3×	15.2×	50.8×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
BNEDBarnes & Noble Education	9.6×
SGUStar	7.6×
BBWBuild-A-Bear Workshop	11.9×
ELAEnvela	12.2×
WOOFPetco Health & Wellness	3.3×
LOVELovesac	4.9×
WINAWinmark	22.7×
HZOMarinemax	6.5×
SPHSuburban Propane Partners	11.7×
SVVSavers Value Village	17.6×
RVLVRevolve	57.3×
Peer median	11.8×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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.