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Barnes & Noble

  • BKS
  • NYSE
  • Merchandising and Lodging
  • Latest 21.76
  • Currency US$
  • Change -0.27
  • Percent Change -1.226 %
  • Volume 1,336,040
  • Wed May 22, 2013 4:00 PM EDT NYSE data delayed 15 minutes.
Average recommendation
3 Analysts Reporting (Nov 07, 2012)
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Underperform
Sell
Change over time
Analyst rating breakdown
  Latest 4 weeks ago 2 months ago 3 months ago Last Year
Strong Buy 1 1 1 1 2
Buy 0 0 0 0 0
Hold 1 1 1 1 0
Underperform 0 0 0 0 0
Sell 1 1 1 1 1

As of Wed May 22, 2013 7:19 PM EDT
The consensus recommendation is the average buy, sell or hold rating for a company, based on a survey of brokerage equity analysts by Zacks Investment Research. We update the ratings daily.

Earnings & Estimates

Short Term
    Q2/11 Q3/11 Q4/11 Q1/12 Q2/12 Q3/12 Q4/12 Q1/13 Q4/13 Q1/14  

Actual quarterly earnings for the past eight quarters and estimated for the next two quarters
Estimated EPS ($)   -0.07 1.13 -0.97 -0.94 0.02 0.87 -0.95 -1.00 -0.88 -0.77  
Actual EPS   -0.22 1.00 -1.04 -0.94 -0.17 0.71 -1.08 -0.78 -- --  
Surprise (%)   -214.3 -11.5 -7.2 -- -950.0 -18.4 -13.7 22.0 -- --  
Est. % Chg from Prior Year   0.3 -0.3 -0.2 0.2 0.2 -0.3 -0.0 0.2 18.5 1.3  
{#} Analysts   4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3  
Date of Earnings   Nov 30 Feb 22 Jun 21 Aug 30 Dec 01 Feb 21 Jun 19 Aug 21 Jun 18 Aug 20  

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research.

Long Term
    2013 2014  

Estimated annual earnings for the next
two years
Estimated EPS ($)   -1.89 -0.70  
Actual EPS   -1.36 -1.89  
Surprise (%)   -- --  
Est. % Chg from Prior Year   -39.0 63.0  
{#} Analysts   3 3  
Date of Earnings   -- --  

Trends & Revisions

Earnings Per Share Trend
  Current 7-Days Ago 30-Days Ago 60-Days Ago 90-Days Ago
  Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean
Current Quarter (ends Apr 2013) -0.88 -0.88 -0.88 -0.88 -0.81
Next Quarter (ends Jul 2013) -0.77 -0.77 -0.77 -0.77 -0.82
Current Fiscal Year (ends Apr 2013) -1.89 -1.89 -1.89 -1.89 -1.10
Next Fiscal Year (ends Apr 2014) -0.70 -0.70 -0.70 -0.70 -0.96

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research.

Earnings Revisions
Last 7 Days Last 30 Days
Up Revs Down Revs Up Revs Down Revs
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0