BNEDBarnes & Noble Education, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: nothing decisive, though in an uptrend.
In an uptrend, above its rising 50- and 200-day averages. Overbought (RSI 76). Price is +28% vs its 200-day average.
Moderately shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, more than a week of normal trading to cover, a crowded exit.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How BNED is trading
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. is +49% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 33 points ahead of the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- +28%
vs 200-day average · a clear uptrend
- RSI (14)
- 76
RSI (14) · overbought, bought harder than it has been sold
- Below its 52-week high
- 2.8%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-23
- $13.56
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- +22%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- +49%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- −99%
- vs 50-day average$11.94
- +14%
- 52-week high
- $13.96
- 52-week low
- $6.12
- Annualised volatility
- 68%
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +48% |
| 2025 | −8.5% |
| 2024 | −93% |
| 2023 | −15% |
| 2022 | −74% |
| 2021 | +46% |
| 2020 | +8.9% |
| 2019 | +6.5% |
| 2018 | −51% |
| 2017 | −28% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 4 of 10 | +0.43% |
| Feb | 10 | 4 of 10 | +0.91% |
| Mar | 10 | 3 of 10 | −15% |
| Apr | 10 | 7 of 10 | −2.8% |
| May | 10 | 4 of 10 | +5.6% |
| Jun | 10 | 5 of 10 | −6.1% |
| Jul | 11 | 6 of 11 | +7.6% |
| Aug | 11 | 4 of 11 | −0.95% |
| Sep | 11 | 4 of 11 | −1.3% |
| Oct | 11 | 5 of 11 | +2.1% |
| Nov | 10 | 8 of 10 | +12% |
| Dec | 10 | 4 of 10 | +0.04% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
Where the price stands
Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.
What it has returned
With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.