BNED (Barnes & Noble Education) Cash-to-Debt : 0.03 (As of Jan. 2025)

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What is Barnes & Noble Education Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Barnes & Noble Education's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 0.03.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Barnes & Noble Education couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025.

The historical rank and industry rank for Barnes & Noble Education's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

BNED' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01 Med: 0.03 Max: No Debt
Current: 0.03

During the past 13 years, Barnes & Noble Education's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was No Debt. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.03.

BNED's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
94.24% of 1112 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.45 vs BNED: 0.03

Barnes & Noble Education Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Barnes & Noble Education's Cash-to-Debt can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Barnes & Noble Education Cash-to-Debt Chart

Barnes & Noble Education Annual Data

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Barnes & Noble Education Quarterly Data
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Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03

Competitive Comparison of Barnes & Noble Education's Cash-to-Debt

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Barnes & Noble Education's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Barnes & Noble Education's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Barnes & Noble Education's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

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Barnes & Noble Education Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Barnes & Noble Education's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	10.459	/	(102.206	+	338.53)
	=	0.02

Barnes & Noble Education's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	9.185	/	(101.062	+	263.035)
	=	0.03

Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Barnes & Noble Education Business Description

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Address

120 Mountain View Boulevard, Basking Ridge, NJ, USA, 07920

Website

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Barnes & Noble Education Inc is an operator of bookstores in college and university campuses across the United States. The company is also engaged in providing digital education services. It operates in three reportable segments that include Retail offers existing and prospective clients the flexibility of physical, virtual, or custom store solutions, and wholesale is comprised of the wholesale and virtual retail fulfillment, and support operations of the MBS subsidiary, also Corporate Services represent unallocated shared-service costs which include corporate level expenses and other governance functions, including executive functions, such as accounting, legal, treasury, information technology, and human resources. It earns majority of the revenue from Retail segment.

Executives

Jonathan Shar	officer: EVP, Retail & Client Solutions	C/O BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION, INC., 120 MOUNTAIN VIEW BLVD., BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920
Rory Wallace	10 percent owner	767 3RD AVE, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Kevin Watson	officer: EVP, CFO	1111 STEWART AVENUE, BETHPAGE NY 11714
Raphael Wallander	director	3601 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, BUILDING E, AUSTIN TX 78704
Steven G Panagos	director	C/O SPIRIT MTA REIT, 2727 NORTH HARWOOD STREET, SUITE 300, DALLAS TX 75201
Michael Huseby	director	12405 POWERSCOURT DR, C/O CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, ST LOUIS MO 63131
Denise Warren	director	209 REDWOOD SHORES PKWY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Mario R. Dell'aera	director	C/O BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION, INC., 120 MOUNTAINVIEW BLVD., BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920
Kathryn Eberle Walker	director	1621 NORTH KENT STREET, SUITE 1200, ARLINGTON VA 22209
Zachary Levenick	other: See Explanation of Responses	840 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, PASADENA CA 91105
David G Golden	director	C/O BLACKBAUD, INC., 2000 DANIEL ISLAND DRIVE, CHARLESTON SC 29492
Miller Michael Connolly	officer: CLO & VP Corp Affairs	C/O BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION, INC, 120 MOUNTAIN VIEW BLVD, BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920
Nenke David W. B.	officer: Pres, DSS	C/O BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION, INC., 120 MOUNTAIN VIEW BLVD., BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920
David A Wilson	director
David Gordon Henderson	officer: Pres, MBS; EVP, Strat Services	C/O BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION, INC., 120 MOUNTAIN VIEW BLVD., BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920