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Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED) Shares Pass Below 50-Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE:BNED - Get Free Report)'s stock price crossed below its 50-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 50-day moving average of $10.13 and traded as low as $9.45. Barnes & Noble Education shares last traded at $9.75, with a volume of 173,675 shares trading hands.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, StockNews.com cut shares of Barnes & Noble Education from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Thursday, September 12th.

Check Out Our Latest Stock Analysis on BNED

Barnes & Noble Education Stock Up 29.3 %

The business's fifty day moving average price is $10.13 and its 200 day moving average price is $15.17. The company has a current ratio of 1.23, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $344.40 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 2.10.

Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, September 10th. The specialty retailer reported ($3.07) earnings per share for the quarter. Barnes & Noble Education had a negative net margin of 7.17% and a negative return on equity of 27.68%. The company had revenue of $263.43 million during the quarter.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in Barnes & Noble Education stock. Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE:BNED - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 76,733 shares of the specialty retailer's stock, valued at approximately $56,000. Virtu Financial LLC owned approximately 0.14% of Barnes & Noble Education at the end of the most recent quarter. 38.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Barnes & Noble Education Company Profile

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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc operates bookstores for college and university campuses, and K-12 institutions in the United States. It operates through Retail and Wholesale segments. The company sells and rents new and used print textbooks, digital textbooks, and publisher hosted digital courseware through physical and virtual bookstores, as well as directly to students through Textbooks.com.

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