Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. balance sheet

At the end of fiscal 2026, Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. had total assets of $740m, total liabilities of $445m and shareholders' equity of $294m. It held $8.4m in cash against $71.0m of debt.

Balance sheet

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.: balance sheet, annual
Fiscal year	2014May 2014	2015May 2015	2016Apr 2016	2017Apr 2017	2018Apr 2018	2019Apr 2019	2020May 2020	2021May 2021	2022Apr 2022	2023Apr 2023	2024Apr 2024	2025May 2025	2026May 2026	LTMAug 2026
Cash and equivalents	132	45	29	19	16	14	8	8	9	14	10	9	8	8
Receivables	—	77	51	86	100	98	91	121	136	93	99	98	117	177
Inventory	—	297	313	434	444	420	429	281	294	323	344	300	298	366
Total current assets	—	471	446	603	619	591	585	501	532	537	521	465	484	594
Goodwill	274	274	281	329	49	5	5	5	5	—	—	—	—	—
Total assets	—	1,091	1,072	1,300	1,039	946	1,156	1,031	1,072	981	910	790	740	847
Accounts payable	—	155	152	193	188	187	144	138	183	268	299	149	136	211
Deferred revenue (current)	—	—	—	—	—	20	13	0	0	0	11	10	10	10
Total current liabilities	—	253	258	413	413	409	407	374	415	462	475	279	284	357
Short-term debt	—	—	0	100	100	100	75	50	40	0	0	—	—	—
Long-term debt	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	186	182	196	103	71	124
Total debt	0	0	0	160	196	134	175	178	226	182	198	103	71	124
Total liabilities	—	364	363	586	571	496	739	738	843	850	830	518	445	568
Shareholders' equity	750	727	708	714	468	451	418	293	228	153	80	272	294	278
Non-controlling interests and other (assets − liabilities − equity)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	−22	—	—	—	—
Shares outstanding	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26m	27m	—	34m	35m

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.: balance sheet, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q2Oct 2024	2025 Q3Jan 2025	2025 Q4May 2025	2026 Q1Aug 2025	2026 Q2Nov 2025	2026 Q3Jan 2026	2026 Q4May 2026	2027 Q1Aug 2026
Receivables	260	344	98	162	315	416	117	177
Inventory	315	327	300	401	329	329	298	366
Total current assets	665	749	465	621	743	826	484	594
Total assets	1,028	1,093	790	951	1,063	1,130	740	847
Accounts payable	299	304	149	237	345	319	136	211
Deferred revenue (current)	10	50	10	12	32	53	10	10
Total current liabilities	499	524	279	386	525	580	284	357
Short-term debt	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Long-term debt	178	141	103	71	123	138	71	124
Total debt	178	141	103	71	123	138	71	124
Total liabilities	816	800	518	694	780	840	445	568
Shareholders' equity	211	293	272	256	283	290	294	278
Shares outstanding	27m	34m	34m	34m	34m	34m	34m	35m

Balances at each fiscal year end (quarter end in the quarterly view). Total debt is short- plus long-term borrowings, including lease debt where the company reports it within debt. Where assets do not equal liabilities plus shareholders' equity, the difference (non-controlling interests, redeemable preferred shares) is shown on its own line.

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Figures from Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.