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Barnes & Noble Education (Barnes & Noble Education) Quick Ratio : 0.44 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Barnes & Noble Education Quick Ratio?

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Barnes & Noble Education's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.44.

Barnes & Noble Education has a quick ratio of 0.44. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

The historical rank and industry rank for Barnes & Noble Education's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

BNED' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09   Med: 0.4   Max: 0.81
Current: 0.44

During the past 12 years, Barnes & Noble Education's highest Quick Ratio was 0.81. The lowest was 0.09. And the median was 0.40.

BNED's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
76.23% of 1119 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.88 vs BNED: 0.44

Barnes & Noble Education Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Barnes & Noble Education's Quick Ratio 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 Quick Ratio Chart

Barnes & Noble Education Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.30 0.28 0.51 0.50 0.40

Barnes & Noble Education Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Quick Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.57 0.40 0.40 0.48 0.44

Competitive Comparison of Barnes & Noble Education's Quick Ratio

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Barnes & Noble Education's Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick Ratio 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 Quick Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Barnes & Noble Education's Quick Ratio falls into.



Barnes & Noble Education Quick Ratio Calculation

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.

Barnes & Noble Education's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Apr. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(537.001-353.328)/462.085
=0.40

Barnes & Noble Education's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Jan. 2024 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(763.651-386.065)/849.586
=0.44

* 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  (NYSE:BNED) Quick Ratio Explanation

The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.

In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.

The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Barnes & Noble Education (Barnes & Noble Education) Business Description

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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: Retail, wholesale, and Corporate Services.
Executives
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
Seema Paul officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION, INC., 120 MOUNTAIN VIEW BLVD, BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920
Jonathan Shar officer: EVP, Retail & Client Solutions C/O BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION, INC., 120 MOUNTAIN VIEW BLVD., BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920

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