All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

BNED: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

BNED total return snapshot: BNED returned +38.28% over the past year and +30.31% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 23, 2015, BNED is down −99.19% in nominal total return, or −35.45%/yr, and is currently −99.22% below its total-return high on Nov. 27, 2015.

Data ending Wed Jul. 22, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 2015-07-23💬 to Wed 2026-07-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
BNED × 		−99.19%
−35.45%/yr 		−36.73%/yr
R2=0.752
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 2015-07-23💬 to Wed 2026-07-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
BNED × 		$10,000.00
2015-07-23 		$81.19
2026-07-22

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-07-22

  YTD YoY
BNED × 		+30.31% +38.28%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
BNED × 		−99.22%
on 2026-07-22
from 2015-11-27 peak 		−99.60%
on 2024-07-01
from 2015-11-27 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-07-22 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
BNED × 		+38.28% +22.57%
+10.71%/yr 		−90.93%
−55.07%/yr 		−98.63%
−57.63%/yr 		−98.97%
−36.71%/yr

Annual Returns

Year BNED
2026 (YTD) +30.31%
2025 −8.47%
2024 −93.26%
2023 −14.86%
2022 −74.30%
2021 +46.45%
2020 +8.90%
2019 +6.48%
2018 −51.33%
2017 −28.16%
2016 +15.28%
2015 −32.54%