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

Barnes & Noble Education Ownership Summary

Barnes & Noble Education is owned by 19.15% institutional investors, 9.55% insiders, and 71.31% 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 2.19% of its assets in Barnes & Noble Education shares.

BNED Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Barnes & Noble Education	19.15%	9.55%	71.31%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	33.14%	14.17%	52.68%
Industry	Specialty Retail Stocks	23.75%	12.78%	63.48%

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
Morgan stanley	1.10M	3.24%	$10.15M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	1.10M	3.22%	$10.09M
Vanguard group	1.06M	3.12%	$9.77M
Prescott group capital management	881.80K	2.59%	$8.10M
Goldman sachs group	508.90K	1.49%	$4.68M
Geode capital management	446.57K	1.31%	$4.11M
683 capital management	350.00K	1.15%	$3.48M
State street	231.12K	0.76%	$2.30M

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
Prescott group capital management	881.80K	0.75%	$8.10M
Dcf advisers	214.94K	0.53%	$1.98M
683 capital management	350.00K	0.18%	$3.48M
Pharvision advisers	11.47K	0.06%	$114.14K
Axq capital, lp	15.68K	0.03%	$144.14K
Sender co & partners	21.03K	0.02%	$209.24K
Corsair capital management	10.00K	0.02%	$99.50K
State of wyoming	14.58K	0.01%	$133.98K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Prescott group capital management	881.80K	0.75%	573.99K
Goldman sachs group	508.90K	0.00%	333.57K
Morgan stanley	1.10M	0.00%	125.58K
State street	231.12K	0.00%	41.93K
Vanguard group	1.06M	0.00%	35.54K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Towerview	-	-	-1.49M
Greenhaven road investment management	-	-	-984.16K
Blackrock	-	-	-662.49K
Centerbook partners lp	-	-	-345.88K
Marshall wace, llp	-	-	-261.65K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Voleon capital management lp	28.15K	0.01%	28.15K	$280.10K
Sender co & partners	21.03K	0.02%	21.03K	$209.24K
Axq capital, lp	15.68K	0.03%	15.68K	$144.14K
Balyasny asset management	15.66K	0.00%	15.66K	$184.34K
State of wyoming	14.58K	0.01%	14.58K	$133.98K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Global retirement partners	-1.00
Eversource wealth advisors	-24.00
Dhjj financial advisors	-63.00
Sbi securities	-76.00
Gamma investing	-88.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	56	-37.78%	6,520,935	-69.37%	19	0.39%	23	-53.06%	13	-40.91%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Philotimo Focused Growth and Income	750.43K	2.19%	50.00K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	601.17K	1.75%	30.95K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	471.20K	1.38%	471.20K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	394.52K	1.15%	394.52K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	234.92K	0.69%	-
Fidelity Small Cap Index	158.90K	0.46%	-189.00
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF	137.06K	0.40%	137.06K
Fidelity Extended Market Index	117.32K	0.34%	1.40K
State St Russell Sm/Mid Cp® Indx SL Cl I	83.90K	0.24%	-
Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF	76.68K	0.22%	-2.67K

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 19.15%, followed by 9.55% insiders and 71.30% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Barnes & Noble Education's industry, Specialty Retail Stocks , is 23.75%, which Barnes & Noble Education falls below.

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 Morgan stanley (1.1M shares, 3.24%). Together, they hold 50.11% 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 2.19% of its total shares outstanding invested in 750.43K Barnes & Noble Education shares.

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