Discounted Cash Flow

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.

BNED · Based on 10 years of SEC filings

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Average annual growth rates

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income

Average annual growth is the mean year-over-year change across each period.

Endpoint CAGR (better for long term trend)

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income

Endpoint CAGR is the compound annual rate from the first to last year in each period.

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Projected growth rate

Free cash flow growth
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Averaged growth (FCF & NI)
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Net income growth
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Sales growth (not added to calculations)
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Historical inputs (10 fiscal years)

YEAR Sales Net Income Free Cash Flow Net Margin EPS (diluted)
2016 $1.8b $84.0k 0.0% $0.00
2017 $1.9b (3.7%) $5.4m (6282.1%) $33.3m 0.3% (6056.3%) $0.12
2018 $2.2b (17.6%) $-252.6m (-4811.2%) $17.2m (-48.3%) -11.5% (-4107.2%) $-5.40 (-4600.0%)
2019 $2.0b (-7.7%) $-24.4m (90.3%) $-62.5m (-462.8%) -1.2% (89.5%) $-0.52 (90.4%)
2020 $1.9b (-9.0%) $-38.2m (-56.9%) $-52.3m (16.4%) -2.1% (-72.5%) $-0.80 (-53.8%)
2021 $1.4b (-22.5%) $-131.8m (-244.5%) $-4.3m (91.7%) -9.2% (-344.8%) $-2.65 (-231.2%)
2022 $1.5b (6.8%) $-68.9m (47.8%) $-41.5m (-855.4%) -4.5% (51.1%) $-1.33 (49.8%)
2023 $1.5b (0.8%) $-101.9m (-47.9%) $65.4m (257.7%) -6.6% (-46.8%) $-1.94 (-45.9%)
2024 $1.6b (1.6%) $-63.2m (37.9%) $-15.6m (-123.9%) -4.0% (38.9%) $-23.75 (-1124.2%)
2025 $1.5b (-6.6%) $-65.8m (-4.1%) $-98.3m (-529.6%) -4.5% (-11.5%) $-2.50 (89.5%)

Base FCF: (latest fiscal year)

Discount rate: %

Terminal growth:

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Alt A decline yrs:

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Projected cash flows

Year Projected cash flow Discount Factor Present Value

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Terminal FCF:

Terminal value:

PV of terminal value:

Enterprise value (DCF):

DCF price per share:

Current price:

Alternative DCF Models

Model Fair Value Upside PV(FCFs) PV(Terminal) Total Years
Standard (10yr→TV) 10 + TV
Alt A (Gradual Decline)
Alt B (30yr Hard Stop) N/A

This is a simplified DCF model for illustration. It uses reported free cash flow, a single growth assumption, fixed WACC, and a Gordon Growth terminal value. It is not investment advice.

+ 10YR Financials Balance Sheet (10YR) Cash Flow (10YR) DCF Model

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