Company

BARNES & NOBLE INC (0000890491)

Standardized SEC financial data for BARNES & NOBLE INC — income statement, balance sheet, cash flow and 40+ ratios, available as a clean JSON API. CIK 0000890491 · Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores.

Gross margin

30.3%

Operating margin

0.5%

Net margin

0.1%

Revenue growth (YoY)

-6.0%

Return on equity

0.8%

ROIC

2.0%

Free cash flow

-$7.7M

Debt / equity

0.46×

Ratios for fiscal year 2018, standardized from SEC filings.

Income statement

USD	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019
Revenue	$3.89B	$3.66B	—
Gross profit	$1.21B	$1.11B	—
SG&A expense	$1.04B	$997.3M	$936.7M
Operating income	$54.3M	-$127.9M	$16.5M
EBITDA	$174.1M	-$19.6M

Balance sheet

USD	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019
Cash & equivalents	$12.0M	$10.8M	$9.4M
Accounts receivable	$67.3M	$64.6M	$61.2M
Total current assets	$1.13B	$1.10B	$1.06B
Property, plant & equipment	$276.1M	$255.5M	$256.8M
Goodwill	$207.4M	$71.6M

Cash flow

USD	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019
Operating cash flow	$146.8M	$37.1M	$106.0M
Capital expenditures	$96.3M	$87.7M	$113.7M
Free cash flow	$50.6M	-$50.5M	-$7.7M
Investing cash flow	-$96.3M	-$87.7M	-$113.7M
Financing cash flow	-$52.4M	$49.3M

Get 0000890491 data via API

# JSON
curl https://sec-financial-api-production.up.railway.app/v1/company/0000890491/financials \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

# CSV export (income / balance / cash-flow)
curl "https://sec-financial-api-production.up.railway.app/v1/company/0000890491/income-statement?format=csv" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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