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How BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION, INC. makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$1.6B · 100%Cost of revenue$1.3B · 86%Gross profit$366M · 23%Operating income$36.5M · 2%Income before tax$20.7M · 1%Income tax$3.8M · 0%Net income$16.9M · 1%As of 2026-05-02 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$1.6B100%
Cost of revenue$1.3B86%
$366M23%
$36.5M2%
Income before tax$20.7M1%
Income tax$3.8M0%
$16.9M1%
Source: · event May 2, 2026 · retrieved Oct 15, 2026 · annual-row source set
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