---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001634117-25-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BNED"
cik: "0001634117"
company_name: "Barnes & Noble Education, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T16:56:44.127667+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BNED completes investigation, posts FY25 revenue $1.6B, adjusted EBITDA $55-63M; H1 FY26 net income improves

## Summary
- FY25 net loss $(68M)-(62M) vs prior $(78M)-(72M) restated; Adjusted EBITDA $55-63M vs $34-40M.
- H1 FY26 revenue ~$933M (+7.8% YoY); net income $3M-$8M vs year-ago loss of $(65M)-(59M).
- Investigation: terminated employee made unsupported journal entries reducing cost of sales; no other involvement found.
- First Day Complete enrollment for fall 2025: 1.14M students, up 24%; 223 campus stores utilizing program.
- Non-reliance on FY24/FY23 financials due to lease accounting errors; quarterly gross profit adjustments but no impact on total profitability.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001634117-25-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BNED
- cik: 0001634117
- company_name: Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 4.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000163411725000025/0001634117-25-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000163411725000025/bned-20251124.htm

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