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

Barnes & Noble Education Ownership Summary

Barnes & Noble Education is owned by 68.68% institutional investors, 9.55% insiders, and 21.77% 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	68.68%	9.55%	21.77%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	42.51%	13.92%	43.58%
Industry	Specialty Retail Stocks	35.75%	11.45%	52.80%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Immersion	11.21M	36.74%	$111.53M
Kanen wealth management	3.09M	10.12%	$30.47M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	1.06M	3.49%	$10.59M
Vanguard group	1.03M	3.37%	$10.22M
Morgan stanley	979.09K	3.21%	$9.74M
Geode capital management	433.62K	1.42%	$4.32M
683 capital management	350.00K	1.15%	$3.48M
Prescott group capital management	307.81K	1.01%	$3.06M
State street	231.12K	0.76%	$2.30M
Dcf advisers	229.44K	0.75%	$2.28M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Immersion	11.21M	68.86%	$111.53M
Kanen wealth management	3.09M	10.18%	$30.47M
Dcf advisers	229.44K	0.73%	$2.28M
Prescott group capital management	307.81K	0.32%	$3.06M
683 capital management	350.00K	0.18%	$3.48M
Pharvision advisers	11.47K	0.06%	$114.14K
Diametric capital, lp	17.16K	0.06%	$170.76K
Entrypoint capital	14.35K	0.06%	$142.78K
Gsa capital partners llp	41.35K	0.03%	$411.00K
Fny investment advisers	6.33K	0.03%	$74.00K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Morgan stanley	979.09K	0.00%	267.66K
Vanguard group	1.03M	0.00%	67.36K
State street	231.12K	0.00%	41.93K
Ubs group	133.89K	0.00%	41.59K
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	1.06M	0.00%	41.27K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Towerview	-	-	-1.49M
Greenhaven road investment management	-	-	-984.16K
Blackrock	-	-	-662.49K
Jpmorgan chase	90.06K	0.00%	-426.46K
Centerbook partners lp	-	-	-345.88K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Voleon capital management lp	28.15K	0.01%	28.15K	$280.10K
Verition fund management	26.66K	0.00%	26.66K	$265.32K
Sender co & partners	21.03K	0.02%	21.03K	$209.24K
Quantbot technologies lp	20.52K	0.01%	20.52K	$204.16K
Balyasny asset management	15.66K	0.00%	15.66K	$184.34K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Global retirement partners	-1.00
Dhjj financial advisors	-63.00
Us bancorp \de\	-89.00
Signaturefd	-104.00
Bank of america corp /de/	-1.26K

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	83	-9.78%	20,953,498	-9.93%	68	1.18%	44	-29.03%	21	75.00%
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%

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	366.43K	1.08%	-
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	213.71K	0.63%	-97.38K
Fidelity Small Cap Index	148.79K	0.44%	148.79K
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF	129.83K	0.38%	-
Fidelity Extended Market Index	106.26K	0.31%	-874.00
Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF	71.47K	0.21%	-4.75K
CREF Stock R3	59.81K	0.18%	59.81K

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 68.68%, followed by 9.55% insiders and 21.77% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Barnes & Noble Education's industry, Specialty Retail Stocks , is 35.75%, 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, 10.12%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (1.06M shares, 3.49%). Together, they hold 50.35% 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 68.86% of its assets in 11.21M Barnes & Noble Education shares, valued at 111.53M$.

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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