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BNED (Barnes & Noble Education) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 8.79 (As of Jun. 03, 2025)


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What is Barnes & Noble Education Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-03), Barnes & Noble Education's current share price is $11.95. Barnes & Noble Education's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was $1.36. Barnes & Noble Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 8.79.

The historical rank and industry rank for Barnes & Noble Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

BNED' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.2   Med: 3.43   Max: 14.54
Current: 8.82

During the past years, Barnes & Noble Education's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 14.54. The lowest was 1.20. And the median was 3.43.

BNED's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
62.76% of 435 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 13.23 vs BNED: 8.82

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Barnes & Noble Education's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $-1.458. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $1.36 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2025.

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Barnes & Noble Education Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Barnes & Noble Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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.

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Barnes & Noble Education Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Barnes & Noble Education Annual Data
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Barnes & Noble Education Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Barnes & Noble Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Barnes & Noble Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Barnes & Noble Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Barnes & Noble Education Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Barnes & Noble Education's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=11.95/1.36
=8.79

* 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.

Barnes & Noble Education's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Barnes & Noble Education's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jan. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2025)
=-1.458/134.0288*134.0288
=-1.458

Current CPI (Jan. 2025) = 134.0288.

Barnes & Noble Education Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201504 -52.504 99.824 -70.495
201507 -1.161 100.691 -1.545
201510 26.548 100.346 35.459
201601 12.462 99.957 16.710
201604 -23.972 100.947 -31.828
201607 -14.758 101.524 -19.483
201610 90.388 101.988 118.785
201701 -20.170 102.456 -26.385
201704 -39.590 103.167 -51.433
201707 -30.055 103.278 -39.004
201710 111.691 104.070 143.844
201801 -30.895 104.578 -39.596
201804 -43.210 105.708 -54.787
201807 -16.532 106.324 -20.840
201810 113.497 106.695 142.574
201901 -31.485 106.200 -39.735
201904 -31.522 107.818 -39.185
201907 -22.241 108.250 -27.538
201910 85.269 108.577 105.257
202001 -34.760 108.841 -42.804
202004 -49.632 108.173 -61.495
202007 -27.107 109.318 -33.235
202010 59.697 109.861 72.830
202101 -26.077 110.364 -31.669
202104 -4.213 112.673 -5.012
202107 -12.140 115.183 -14.126
202110 12.654 116.696 14.534
202201 -11.946 118.619 -13.498
202204 -2.912 121.978 -3.200
202207 -15.259 125.002 -16.361
202210 11.912 125.734 12.698
202301 -15.263 126.223 -16.207
202304 33.206 127.992 34.772
202307 -48.090 128.974 -49.975
202310 25.630 129.810 26.463
202401 -14.603 130.124 -15.041
202404 29.629 132.289 30.019
202407 -10.914 132.708 -11.023
202410 36.414 133.182 36.646
202501 -1.458 134.029 -1.458

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Barnes & Noble Education  (NYSE:BNED) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Barnes & Noble Education Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
120 Mountain View Boulevard, Basking Ridge, NJ, USA, 07920
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