Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE:BNED – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a large decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,040,000 shares, a decrease of 7.1% from the February 29th total of 1,120,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,220,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.9 days. Approximately 2.8% of the company’s stock are short sold.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of analysts have recently commented on BNED shares. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Barnes & Noble Education in a research report on Friday, January 12th. Craig Hallum reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $1.25 target price (down from $3.00) on shares of Barnes & Noble Education in a research note on Thursday, January 11th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded Barnes & Noble Education from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, December 28th.
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Barnes & Noble Education Price Performance
Shares of BNED opened at $0.64 on Wednesday. Barnes & Noble Education has a twelve month low of $0.52 and a twelve month high of $2.26. The company has a market capitalization of $34.27 million, a P/E ratio of -0.41 and a beta of 1.82. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $0.79 and a 200 day moving average of $1.02. The company has a quick ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 0.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31.
About Barnes & Noble Education
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc operates bookstores for college and university campuses, and K-12 institutions in the United States. It operates through Retail and Wholesale segments. The company sells and rents new and used print textbooks, digital textbooks, and publisher hosted digital courseware through physical and virtual bookstores, as well as directly to students through Textbooks.com.
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