---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001634117-26-000068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BNED"
cik: "0001634117"
company_name: "Barnes & Noble Education, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-09T20:12:53+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-09T20:14:06.851468+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BNED reports FY2026 net income of $16.9M, adjusted EBITDA $76.5M, initiates dividend

## Summary
- Revenue $1.715B (+6.5% YoY); comparable store sales +4.4%; gross margin 21.4% vs 21.0%.
- Net income $16.9M vs loss $(65.8)M prior year; adjusted EBITDA $76.5M (+28.8% YoY).
- BNC First Day revenue $760.1M (+28% YoY); 232 campus stores using First Day Complete.
- Inaugural quarterly dividend $0.08/share, payable July 30, 2026 to holders of record July 16.
- Reiterates FY2027 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $85M-$92M; net debt down 33% to $62.6M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001634117-26-000068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BNED
- cik: 0001634117
- company_name: Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-09T20:12:53+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000163411726000068/0001634117-26-000068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000163411726000068/bned-20260709.htm

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