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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.

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Industry
Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores
SEC CIK
0001634117

In the last 90 days, Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 2 sales; 111 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $334.5M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
1.40M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−381.5K
−21.4% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
6.19
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
227.1K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 1,044,767 sharesNov 15, 2024: 1,008,733 sharesNov 29, 2024: 884,349 sharesDec 13, 2024: 1,068,672 sharesDec 31, 2024: 711,267 sharesJan 15, 2025: 645,769 sharesJan 31, 2025: 537,254 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 648,063 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 786,973 sharesMar 14, 2025: 917,883 sharesMar 31, 2025: 984,130 sharesApr 15, 2025: 1,092,762 sharesApr 30, 2025: 1,227,404 sharesMay 15, 2025: 980,577 sharesMay 30, 2025: 979,402 sharesJun 13, 2025: 899,530 sharesJun 30, 2025: 1,367,702 sharesJul 15, 2025: 1,470,277 sharesJul 31, 2025: 1,973,129 sharesAug 15, 2025: 2,153,370 sharesAug 29, 2025: 1,994,220 sharesSep 15, 2025: 2,240,496 sharesSep 30, 2025: 2,077,430 sharesOct 15, 2025: 1,929,990 sharesOct 31, 2025: 2,073,586 sharesNov 14, 2025: 2,089,972 sharesNov 28, 2025: 2,628,817 sharesDec 15, 2025: 2,708,856 sharesDec 31, 2025: 2,606,394 sharesJan 15, 2026: 2,618,101 sharesJan 30, 2026: 3,038,977 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 3,392,677 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 3,199,652 sharesMar 13, 2026: 3,133,064 sharesMar 31, 2026: 3,026,489 sharesApr 15, 2026: 2,910,140 sharesApr 30, 2026: 2,280,153 sharesMay 15, 2026: 2,087,932 sharesMay 29, 2026: 2,324,674 sharesJun 15, 2026: 2,023,909 sharesJun 30, 2026: 1,610,556 sharesJul 15, 2026: 1,580,841 sharesJul 31, 2026: 1,601,173 sharesAug 14, 2026: 1,253,351 sharesAug 31, 2026: 1,464,351 sharesSep 15, 2026: 1,598,649 sharesSep 30, 2026: 1,885,210 sharesOct 15, 2026: 1,785,993 sharesOct 30, 2026: 1,404,519 shares
Short interest in BNED by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20261.40M−381.5K−21.4%227.1K6.19
Oct 15, 20261.79M−99.2K−5.3%236.0K7.57
Sep 30, 20261.89M+286.6K+17.9%202.1K9.33
Sep 15, 20261.60M+134.3K+9.2%363.7K4.40
Aug 31, 20261.46M+211.0K+16.8%245.8K5.96
Aug 14, 20261.25M−347.8K−21.7%168.6K7.43
Jul 31, 20261.60M+20.3K+1.3%290.5K5.51
Jul 15, 20261.58M−29.7K−1.9%488.7K3.23
Jun 30, 20261.61M−413.4K−20.4%454.0K3.55
Jun 15, 20262.02M−300.8K−12.9%343.3K5.90
May 29, 20262.32M+236.7K+11.3%264.8K8.78
May 15, 20262.09M−192.2K−8.4%268.5K7.78
Apr 30, 20262.28M−630.0K−21.7%229.3K9.94
Apr 15, 20262.91M−116.3K−3.8%180.7K16.10
Mar 31, 20263.03M−106.6K−3.4%227.9K13.28
Mar 13, 20263.13M−66.6K−2.1%284.1K11.03
Feb 27, 20263.20M−193.0K−5.7%273.4K11.70
Feb 13, 20263.39M+353.7K+11.6%300.9K11.28
Jan 30, 20263.04M+420.9K+16.1%330.5K9.20
Jan 15, 20262.62M+11.7K+0.5%404.1K6.48
Dec 31, 20252.61M−102.5K−3.8%279.1K9.34
Dec 15, 20252.71M+80.0K+3.0%319.5K8.48
Nov 28, 20252.63M+538.8K+25.8%964.7K2.72
Nov 14, 20252.09M+16.4K+0.8%191.1K10.93
Oct 31, 20252.07M+143.6K+7.4%166.8K12.43
Oct 15, 20251.93M−147.4K−7.1%220.2K8.76
Sep 30, 20252.08M−163.1K−7.3%332.6K6.25
Sep 15, 20252.24M+246.3K+12.4%328.4K6.82
Aug 29, 20251.99M−159.2K−7.4%283.9K7.02
Aug 15, 20252.15M+180.2K+9.1%349.1K6.17
Jul 31, 20251.97M+502.9K+34.2%767.8K2.57
Jul 15, 20251.47M+102.6K+7.5%314.7K4.67
Jun 30, 20251.37M+468.2K+52.1%589.8K2.32
Jun 13, 2025899.5K−79.9K−8.2%244.8K3.67
May 30, 2025979.4K−1.18K−0.1%369.3K2.65
May 15, 2025980.6K−246.8K−20.1%346.5K2.83
Apr 30, 20251.23M+134.6K+12.3%241.1K5.09
Apr 15, 20251.09M+108.6K+11.0%357.7K3.05
Mar 31, 2025984.1K+66.2K+7.2%334.4K2.94
Mar 14, 2025917.9K+130.9K+16.6%506.3K1.81
Feb 28, 2025787.0K+138.9K+21.4%329.9K2.39
Feb 14, 2025648.1K+110.8K+20.6%291.2K2.23
Jan 31, 2025537.3K−108.5K−16.8%311.7K1.72
Jan 15, 2025645.8K−65.5K−9.2%716.4K1.00
Dec 31, 2024711.3K−357.4K−33.4%830.1K1.00
Dec 13, 20241.07M+184.3K+20.8%584.8K1.83
Nov 29, 2024884.3K−124.4K−12.3%447.2K1.98
Nov 15, 20241.01M−36.0K−3.5%341.6K2.95
Oct 31, 20241.04M−138.1K−11.7%125.9K8.30

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in BNED by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 13, 2026653$12.42$8.11K
Oct 2, 20263,389$11.68$39.6K
Sep 25, 20268,234$11.13$91.6K
Sep 24, 2026129$11.21$1.45K
Sep 18, 2026328$10.66$3.50K
Sep 16, 20262,587$10.77$27.9K
Sep 9, 202610,800$12.25$132.3K
Sep 4, 20264,982$12.20$60.8K
Aug 28, 2026353$12.23$4.32K
Aug 21, 20266$12.03$72.18
Aug 18, 2026275$11.87$3.26K
Aug 13, 202629$12.05$349.45
Aug 11, 2026169$12.82$2.17K
Aug 4, 20261,108$12.90$14.3K
Jul 24, 202685$11.83$1.01K
Jul 20, 2026767$12.60$9.66K
Jul 7, 2026261$11.47$2.99K
Jun 29, 20261,366$13.74$18.8K
Jun 26, 2026534$13.43$7.17K
Jun 11, 202612$10.82$129.84
Jun 10, 202610$10.63$106.3
Jun 5, 20268,896$10.57$94.0K
Jun 3, 20262$10.86$21.72
May 20, 202636,418$9.01$328.1K
May 19, 2026349$8.93$3.12K
May 15, 202619,698$9.35$184.2K
Apr 27, 2026680$10.84$7.37K
Apr 24, 202634$10.85$368.9
Apr 21, 2026864$10.97$9.48K
Apr 17, 20264,800$10.36$49.7K

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in BNED by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 11, 202631,155351,42060.6%
Nov 10, 202613,864023,36759.3%
Nov 9, 202626,749051,04652.4%
Nov 6, 202628,362037,19276.3%
Nov 5, 202633,942048,60869.8%
Nov 4, 202644,049077,13657.1%
Nov 3, 202636,149048,79574.1%
Nov 2, 202629,695040,25573.8%
Oct 30, 202663,257082,57376.6%
Oct 29, 202640,361058,04669.5%
Oct 28, 202647,507063,21975.1%
Oct 27, 202635,401089,01239.8%
Oct 26, 202643,909071,26461.6%
Oct 23, 202643,585593111,23339.2%
Oct 22, 202674,440400146,78850.7%
Oct 21, 202653,410099,61153.6%
Oct 20, 202658,629280,93472.4%
Oct 19, 202627,662033,85381.7%
Oct 16, 202666,1830103,66263.8%
Oct 15, 202665,1390130,82149.8%
Oct 14, 202657,289075,21676.2%
Oct 13, 202640,758061,62766.1%
Oct 12, 202672,687096,18175.6%
Oct 9, 202631,543061,17551.6%
Oct 8, 202639,980062,41364.1%
Oct 7, 202631,702053,03659.8%
Oct 6, 202642,934062,82468.3%
Oct 5, 202640,907050,85980.4%
Oct 2, 202615,699025,52961.5%
Oct 1, 202623,793046,54651.1%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in BNED
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T2220,8708,491107,7701,95867.2%
Sep 28, 2026T2170,4927,278106,1611,92561.6%
Sep 21, 2026T2211,4116,592108,1911,96366.1%
Sep 14, 2026T2288,54610,251215,8942,14057.2%
Sep 7, 2026T2478,24311,471422,4022,10853.1%
Aug 31, 2026T2205,9958,840340,7551,88737.7%
Aug 24, 2026T2219,5589,701526,9311,90329.4%
Aug 17, 2026T2173,4859,749218,3431,66744.3%
Aug 10, 2026T2159,2918,920179,7951,61847.0%
Aug 3, 2026T2166,27010,185153,1012,32052.1%
Jul 27, 2026T2229,4476,886201,1161,86353.3%
Jul 20, 2026T2408,45012,157299,2622,94957.7%