• S&P 500: 1,337.35
  • Change: -1.08%
$12.76 -0.63 (-4.71%)
2/10/2012 10:16 AM

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS)

CAPS Rating: 1 out of 5

The Company's principal business is the sale of trade books, mass market paperbacks, children's books, bargain books, magazines, music and movies direct to customers.

Current Price $12.76 Mkt Cap $767.91M
Open $13.30 P/E Ratio 0.00
Prev. Close $13.39 Div. (Yield) 1.00 (5.10%)
Daily Range $12.75 - $13.30 Volume 125,692
52-Wk Range $8.45 - $21.06 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

Caps

How do you think BKS will perform against the market?

You must Sign in to MSN Caps before you can make a call.

All Players

301 Outperform
308 Underperform
 

All-Star Players

66 Outperform
87 Underperform
 

Wall Street

5 Outperform
4 Underperform
 

Top BKS Bull/Bear Pitches

The best Bull and Bear pitches based on recency and number of recommendations.

BanzaiTrader (38.94)
Submitted December 24, 2011

Once Amazon $AMZN is forced to pay sales tax in all 50 states. They will look to acquire a brick and mortar such as Barnes and Noble. Naturally they will rename the stores, "Amazon Outlet".

Thentor (51.81)
Submitted November 11, 2011

B&N is stuck in the stone age when it comes to inventory mechanics. I can't see how they'll compete with agile AMZN, even with Nooks.

BKS VS S&P 500 (SPY)

Fools bullish on BKS are also bullish on:

Fools bearish on BKS are also bearish on:

Recent Community Commentary

Read the most recent pitches from players about BKS.

Recs

0
Member Avatar Pockits (< 20) Submitted: 2/9/2012 10:00:12 AM : Outperform Start Price: $13.33 BKS Score: -1.81

There will always be a market for books. BKS is trusted, well established, and the only thing against them is their large scale retail operation (and their major competitor, AMZN). However, with momentum pointing to states requiring AMZN to collect sales tax, the competitive landscape levels off somewhat, and with AMZN making increasingly aggressive forays into their new role of publisher, they are creating significant friction inside the industry. If publishers turn against AMZN at all, BKS will be their go-to vendor. The scale of retail stores for BKS might have to change, but that takes less "agility" than people seem to think. It's not in the interest of any publisher to let BKS lose to AMZN. Borders was different--they had a long period of decline, which actually made it easier for publishers to absorb the resulting losses (not comfortable, but not a killing blow, either). I look at this as somewhat similar to the Ford/GM debacle a couple of years ago--F went way down because GM was failing, and they were muddled together in the eyes of most investors. But their businesses were different, and so were their products, at least to some degree. Same difference I see between BKS and the late great Borders.

Recs

0
Member Avatar NJ7 (58.94) Submitted: 2/8/2012 9:58:45 PM : Underperform Start Price: $13.29 BKS Score: +1.27

Barnes and Nobles has been consistently losing money and missing estimates for at least two years, with an overall downward trend in earnings. While its debt to equity is decent, its current ratio is 1. Naturally, the valuation is not too bad, but this store could be a bankruptcy candidate if this trend continues long term. The biggest problem for Barnes and Nobles is that the national bookstore chain is likely an endangered species, unless B&N can undercut Amazon and other online retailers' prices. I can obtain books frequently for >10% less from Amazon, and Amazon has a much greater selection. While the Nook was a good move, there is so much competition in the eReader business that B&N may well fail to profit from this. The bottom line is, the physical bookstores are a tremendous drag on B&N, with a huge amount of space to maintain, which online retailers avoid. Thus, pricing remains higher at Barnes and Nobles, which must capitalize on a "premium experience" (e.g. Starbucks) and the convenience factor to draw customers. Yet with the rise of Amazon Prime, yet again I have to call advantage Amazon, which draws on its vast volume to provide prices B&N could never attain. Local bookstores with novelty items and a devoted clientele also are piling on, leading me to conclude that B&N will continue to head down.

Recs

0
Member Avatar getrichdietrying (72.66) Submitted: 2/7/2012 2:23:20 PM : Outperform Start Price: $13.70 BKS Score: -4.73

pure speculation

Leaderboard

Find the members with the highest scoring picks in BKS.

Score Leader

NoBadDogs

NoBadDogs (29.34) Score: +149.71

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in BKS.

Top
Pick
Member Name Member
Rating
Start
Date
Call Time
Frame
Start
Price
Stock
Gain
Index
Gain
Score Commentary
brochhau < 20 3/6/2009 Underperform 3M $14.02 -7.27% +102.92% +110.19 0 Comment
TetradTX 76.50 3/9/2009 Underperform 5Y $14.08 -7.69% +100.87% +108.57 0 Comment
creativecharactr < 20 3/23/2009 Underperform 3M $19.83 -34.43% +72.17% +106.60 0 Comment
harvest2022 < 20 3/10/2009 Underperform 3M $15.34 -15.26% +89.74% +105.00 1 Comment
TMFMoby 99.39 4/8/2009 Underperform 5Y $20.45 -36.42% +66.01% +102.43 0 Comment
CraigMasonCPA 77.55 2/27/2009 Underperform 5Y $15.48 -16.03% +84.45% +100.48 0 Comment
PluckAndLuck 24.42 5/8/2009 Underperform NS $22.47 -42.14% +47.31% +89.45 0 Comment
This player feels very strongly about this pick and has marked it a Top Pick. Top Picks do not affect a player’s score. mojavemystic 67.21 5/13/2009 Underperform 5Y $20.95 -37.94% +51.08% +89.01 0 Comment
wannainvestsmart 71.40 6/22/2009 Underperform NS $19.27 -32.52% +50.06% +82.59 0 Comment
matt1929 < 20 7/9/2009 Underperform 1Y $18.32 -29.03% +52.97% +82.00 1 Comment

Wall Street

See what the Wall Street professionals think, according to their public statements and filings.

Player Name Player
Rating
Start
Date
Call Time
Frame
Start
Price
Stock
Gain
S&P
Gain
Score End Date Commentary
TrackMaximGroup < 20 12/2/2011 Outperform NS $14.62 -11.08% +6.38% -17.46 0 Comment
TrackUltraLong 78.36 11/2/2011 Underperform NS $12.08 +7.62% +8.35% +0.73 1 Comment
TrackBarclaysCap 93.31 6/7/2011 Underperform NS $18.90 -31.22% +3.53% +34.74 0 Comment
TrackGoldmanSach 71.46 2/16/2010 Underperform 5Y $20.14 -6.30% +22.82% +29.12 2/18/2011 @ $18.87 1 Comment
TrackCreditSuiss 93.30 8/15/2009 Underperform NS $20.06 -35.19% +32.79% +67.98 0 Comment
TrackJPMorgan < 20 3/4/2008 Underperform NS $24.40 -27.79% -35.19% -7.39 1/16/2009 @ $17.62 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.06 2/13/2008 Underperform 3W $26.68 -51.27% +2.54% +53.81 0 Comment
TrackZacks 71.12 11/27/2007 Outperform 3M $36.16 -43.05% -30.58% -12.47 10/20/2008 @ $20.59 1 Comment
TrackEveillard 95.98 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $30.34 -57.16% -7.87% -49.29 2 Comments
TrackBillAckman 76.83 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $33.81 -47.47% -44.13% -3.34 1/14/2009 @ $17.76 1 Comment
TrackCLKing 70.55 8/2/2007 Outperform NS $32.54 -32.38% -46.59% +14.21 3/20/2009 @ $22.00 0 Comment
TrackGaryBSmith 89.93 6/22/2007 Outperform 3W $33.68 -61.40% -6.10% -55.30 0 Comment
TrackMatrix 92.69 4/26/2007 Outperform NS $40.81 -5.43% +1.07% -6.50 6/29/2007 @ $38.59 0 Comment
TrackStifel 96.90 3/8/2007 Outperform NS $32.11 -59.52% +1.33% -60.85 0 Comment
TrackJPMorgan < 20 12/21/2006 Outperform NS $40.40 -27.01% -4.87% -22.14 2/5/2008 @ $29.49 0 Comment
TrackCreditSuiss 93.30 12/6/2006 Outperform NS $41.34 -38.68% -6.30% -32.38 3/4/2008 @ $25.35 0 Comment
TrackCreditSuiss 93.30 9/8/2006 Underperform NS $35.25 +19.21% +9.53% -9.68 12/7/2006 @ $42.02 0 Comment
TrackCharlesPayn 69.40 9/1/2006 Outperform 3M $31.17 -58.30% +8.83% -67.13 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.06 3/17/2006 Outperform 3W $45.37 -31.94% +4.20% -36.15 2/14/2008 @ $30.88 0 Comment

Featured Broker Partners