SuperworthBarnes & Noble Education shares outstanding BNED
Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2014.
- Latest quarter, to Aug 1, 2026
- 34.5M
- On a year earlier
- +1.4%
- more shares
Barnes & Noble Education had 34.5M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q1 FY27, the quarter to Aug 1, 2026.
That is 1.4% more than a year earlier, so each share owns a little less of the company.
Shares outstanding over time
Fiscal year by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Shares, fourth quarter | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 34.7M | +2% |
| FY2025 | 34.1M | +1174% |
| FY2024 | 2.7M | +1% |
| FY2023 | 2.6M | +408% |
| FY2022 | 520.5K | +1% |
| FY2021 | 513.8K | +6% |
| FY2020 | 483K | +2% |
| FY2019 | 475.6K | +1% |
| FY2018 | 469.2K | +0% |
| FY2017 | 469K | −1% |
| FY2016 | 472.3K | +18% |
| FY2015 | 399.4K | n/a |
Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Ended | Shares outstanding | On a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY27 | 34.5M | +1% | |
| Q4 FY26 | 34.7M | +2% | |
| Q3 FY26 | 34.7M | +13% | |
| Q2 FY26 | 34.5M | +30% | |
| Q1 FY26 | 34.1M | +152% | |
| Q4 FY25 | 34.1M | +1174% | |
| Q3 FY25 | 30.6M | +1046% | |
| Q2 FY25 | 26.5M | +899% | |
| Q1 FY25 | 13.5M | +410% | |
| Q4 FY24 | 2.7M | +1% | |
| Q3 FY24 | 2.7M | +1% | |
| Q2 FY24 | 2.7M | +0% |
What the shares outstanding tells you
Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.
A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.