Consolidated Investment Analysis for Barnes & Noble  Company Description  Barnes & Noble, Inc. (Barnes & Noble) is a bookseller. The Company is a content, commerce and technology company that provides customers access to books, magazines, newspapers and other content across its multi-channel distribution platform. As of May 1, 2010, the Company operated 1,357 bookstores in 50 states, 637 bookstores on college campuses, and one a Web eCommerce sites, which includes the development of digital content products and software. Barnes & Noble operates in two segments: B&N Retail and B&N College. B&N Retail refers to Barnes & Noble excluding B&N College. The Company's principal business is the sale of trade books (generally hardcover and paperback consumer titles, mass market paperbacks (such as mystery, romance, science fiction and other popular fiction), children's books, eBooks and other digital content, eReaders and related accessories, bargain books, music and movies direct to customers through its bookstores or on Barnes & Noble.com. Share Statistics  Symbol    BKS    Current Price  15.42    52wk Range  11.89‐  24.71  Avg Vol (3m)  555,862 

EPS   Market Cap  52wk Change  P/E (ttm) 

‐0.51 888.22M  ‐19.14%  N/A 

Financial Summary 

On November 30, 2010, Barnes & Noble Inc reported 2nd quarter 2011 losses of -0.13 per share. This result under-performed the -0.08 loss expectation of the 4 analysts following the company but under-performed last year's 2nd quarter results by -0.27. The next earnings announcement is expected on February 21, 2011. Barnes & Noble Inc reported annual 2010 earnings of 0.39 per share on June 28, 2010. BKS had 2nd quarter 2011 revenues of 1.91bn. This missed the 1.98bn consensus estimate of the 3 analysts following the company. This was 36.45% above the prior year's 2nd quarter results. BKS had revenues for the full year 2010 of 5.81bn. This was 13.45% above the prior year's results.

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The 3 analysts offering 12 month price targets for Barnes & Noble Inc (BKS:NYQ) have a median target of 12.00, with a high estimate of 13.00 and a low estimate of 10.00. The median estimate represents a -15.19% decrease from the last price of 14.15. Technical Analysis Chart 

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