Barnes & Noble Education Ownership | Who Owns Barnes & Noble Education?

Barnes & Noble Education Ownership Summary

Barnes & Noble Education is owned by 75.31% institutional investors, 9.55% insiders, and 15.14% retail investors. Immersion is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 36.74% of BNED shares. Philotimo Focused Growth and Income is the top mutual fund, with 2.06% of its assets in Barnes & Noble Education shares.

BNED Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Barnes & Noble Education	75.31%	9.55%	15.14%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	60.16%	14.23%	25.61%
Industry	Specialty Retail Stocks	52.70%	10.97%	36.34%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Immersion	11.21M	36.74%	$131.93M
Kanen wealth management	3.09M	10.13%	$36.37M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	1.02M	3.35%	$12.04M
Greenhaven road investment management	984.16K	3.23%	$11.58M
683 capital management	487.00K	1.60%	$5.73M
Prescott group capital management	290.00K	0.95%	$3.41M
Marshall wace, llp	261.65K	0.86%	$3.08M
Dcf advisers	215.94K	0.71%	$2.54M
Boothbay fund management	80.68K	0.26%	$949.62K
Apis capital advisors	70.00K	0.23%	$823.90K

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Immersion	11.21M	66.84%	$131.93M
Kanen wealth management	3.09M	13.91%	$36.37M
Greenhaven road investment management	984.16K	3.97%	$11.58M
Dcf advisers	215.94K	1.18%	$2.54M
Prescott group capital management	290.00K	0.40%	$3.41M
683 capital management	487.00K	0.38%	$5.73M
Apis capital advisors	70.00K	0.29%	$823.90K
Myda advisors	60.00K	0.12%	$706.20K
Corsair capital management	49.00K	0.11%	$576.73K
Diametric capital, lp	14.34K	0.09%	$168.73K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	1.02M	0.00%	802.00K
Boothbay fund management	80.68K	0.02%	40.98K
Caption management	49.32K	0.01%	38.59K
Fox run management	30.52K	0.06%	30.52K
Cetera investment advisers	29.19K	0.00%	29.19K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Vanguard group	-	-	-1.71M
Towerview	-	-	-1.49M
Blackrock	-	-	-662.49K
Invesco	-	-	-513.85K
Geode capital management	-	-	-377.50K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Fox run management	30.52K	0.06%	30.52K	$359.26K
Cetera investment advisers	29.19K	0.00%	29.19K	$343.61K
Quadrature capital	21.10K	0.00%	21.10K	$248.15K
Gilder gagnon howe	19.68K	0.00%	19.68K	$231.69K
Balyasny asset management	15.66K	0.00%	15.66K	$184.34K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Bnp paribas arbitrage, snc	-22.00
Dhjj financial advisors	-63.00
Us bancorp \de\	-67.00
Signaturefd	-104.00
Global retirement partners	-110.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2025	91	24.66%	22,976,454	15.92%	75	1.78%	61	52.50%	12	-20.00%
Mar 31, 2025	74	-6.33%	20,947,909	12.64%	68	1.85%	41	-16.33%	15	36.36%
Dec 31, 2024	79	71.74%	18,597,460	375.29%	60	28.02%	49	81.48%	11	57.14%
Sep 30, 2024	46	48.39%	3,912,893	560.85%	14	76.80%	27	170.00%	7	-58.82%
Jun 30, 2024	1	-97.87%	280	-100.00%	-	0.01%	-	-100.00%	-	-100.00%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Philotimo Focused Growth and Income	700.43K	2.06%	50.00K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	556.85K	1.64%	26.03K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	471.20K	1.38%	471.20K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	358.56K	1.05%	-6.83K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	213.71K	0.63%	-97.38K
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF	129.06K	0.38%	96.00
Fidelity Extended Market Index	107.13K	0.31%	12.85K
Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF	71.47K	0.21%	-4.75K
CREF Stock R3	59.81K	0.18%	59.81K
State St Russell Sm Cap® Indx SL Cl I	52.80K	0.15%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 13, 2025	TORO 18 HOLDINGS LLC		Buy	$1.23M
Mar 12, 2025	TORO 18 HOLDINGS LLC		Buy	$502.31K
Dec 16, 2024	Lids Holdings, Inc.	-	Sell	$16.88M
Jul 16, 2024	Singer Eric		Buy	$146.63K
Jun 10, 2024	SHAR JONATHAN	CEO	Buy	$10.41K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q1	2	-
2024 Q4	-	1
2024 Q3	8	-
2024 Q2	2	-
2023 Q4	-	-

BNED Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Barnes & Noble Education?

Barnes & Noble Education shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 75.31%, followed by 9.55% insiders and 15.14% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Barnes & Noble Education's industry, Specialty Retail Stocks , is 52.70%, which Barnes & Noble Education exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Barnes & Noble Education?

Barnes & Noble Education’s largest shareholders are Immersion (11.21M shares, 36.74%), Kanen wealth management (3.09M shares, 10.13%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (1.02M shares, 3.35%). Together, they hold 50.22% of Barnes & Noble Education’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Barnes & Noble Education?

BlackRock is not among the top 10 institutional shareholders of Barnes & Noble Education.

Who is Barnes & Noble Education’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Immersion is Barnes & Noble Education’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 66.84% of its assets in 11.21M Barnes & Noble Education shares, valued at 131.93M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Barnes & Noble Education shares?

Philotimo Focused Growth and Income is the top mutual fund holder of Barnes & Noble Education shares, with 2.06% of its total shares outstanding invested in 700.43K Barnes & Noble Education shares.

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