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

Barnes & Noble Education Ownership Summary

Barnes & Noble Education is owned by 11.80% institutional investors, 10.50% insiders, and 77.70% retail investors. Immersion is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 32.54% 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	11.80%	10.50%	77.70%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	249.86%	15.44%	-165.30%
Industry	Specialty Retail Stocks	31.43%	13.39%	55.18%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Immersion	11.21M	32.54%	$98.97M
Kanen wealth management	3.09M	10.12%	$30.47M
Windward management lp	1.70M	4.93%	$15.01M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	1.09M	3.16%	$9.60M
Vanguard group	1.06M	3.12%	$9.77M
Morgan stanley	1.05M	3.04%	$9.23M
Prescott group capital management	881.80K	2.56%	$7.79M
Goldman sachs group	530.37K	1.54%	$4.68M
Geode capital management	435.48K	1.26%	$3.85M
683 capital management	380.00K	1.10%	$3.36M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Immersion	11.21M	68.40%	$98.97M
Windward management lp	1.70M	11.54%	$15.01M
Kanen wealth management	3.09M	10.18%	$30.47M
Prescott group capital management	881.80K	0.78%	$7.79M
Dcf advisers	196.94K	0.46%	$1.74M
683 capital management	380.00K	0.18%	$3.36M
Pharvision advisers	11.47K	0.06%	$114.14K
Quadrant capital group	297.00	0.04%	$48.97M
Diametric capital, lp	15.76K	0.04%	$139.12K
Sender co & partners	21.03K	0.02%	$209.24K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Vanguard fiduciary trust	136.44K	0.00%	136.44K
Hrt financial lp	94.95K	0.00%	94.95K
Bnp paribas arbitrage, snc	226.51K	0.00%	80.55K
Barclays	116.84K	0.00%	68.55K
Voleon capital management lp	91.84K	0.02%	65.53K

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
Vanguard fiduciary trust	136.44K	0.00%	136.44K	$1.20M
Hrt financial lp	94.95K	0.00%	94.95K	$838.00K
Sig brokerage, lp	34.60K	0.01%	34.60K	$305.56K
Engineers gate manager lp	21.10K	0.00%	21.10K	$186.31K
Sender co & partners	21.03K	0.02%	21.03K	$209.24K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Flagship harbor advisors	-1.00
Global retirement partners	-1.00
Srs capital advisors	-10.00
Dhjj financial advisors	-63.00
Sbi securities	-76.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	51	-39.29%	4,066,050	-83.17%	11	0.23%	23	-39.47%	9	-52.63%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Philotimo Focused Growth and Income	750.43K	2.19%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	601.17K	1.75%	-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	471.20K	1.38%	471.20K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	388.36K	1.13%	3.29K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	250.83K	0.73%	7.24K
Fidelity Small Cap Index	158.74K	0.46%	3.72K
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF	136.12K	0.40%	735.00
Russell 2000 Equity Index Fund B	95.90K	0.28%	-51.00
Fidelity Extended Market Index	88.50K	0.26%	-387.00
State St Russell Sm/Mid Cp® Indx SL Cl I	83.90K	0.24%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 13, 2026	SHAR JONATHAN	CEO	Sell	$656.91
Mar 13, 2026	Snagusky Jason	CFO	Sell	$137.87
Mar 12, 2025	TORO 18 HOLDINGS LLC		Buy	$502.31K
Mar 13, 2025	TORO 18 HOLDINGS LLC		Buy	$1.23M
Dec 16, 2024	Lids Holdings, Inc.	-	Sell	$16.88M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	-
2025 Q1	2	-
2024 Q4	-	1
2024 Q3	8	-
2024 Q2	2	-

BNED Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Barnes & Noble Education?

Barnes & Noble Education shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 11.80%, followed by 10.50% insiders and 77.70% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Barnes & Noble Education's industry, Specialty Retail Stocks , is 31.43%, 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, 32.54%), Kanen wealth management (3.09M shares, 10.12%), and Windward management lp (1.7M shares, 4.93%). Together, they hold 47.59% 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 68.40% of its assets in 11.21M Barnes & Noble Education shares, valued at 98.97M$.

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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