Consumer Discretionary / Apparel RetailUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Market cap

2.7B

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Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

Current price

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E12.4

P25 11.5P50 15.8P75 23.1

Trailing P/E12.7

P25 13.1P50 20.6P75 33.1

ROE49.4

P25 -21.1P50 4.5P75 16.1

ROIC36.8

P25 -4.5P50 5.2P75 12.8

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Indicator catalog

All BKE market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Showing 271 of 271 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000885245
Company name	The Buckle, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	118440106
Employees	8,000
Employees Change	-1,100%
Employees Change Percent	-12.09
Enterprise value	$2.8B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Apparel Retail
IPO Date	1992-05-06
Isin	US1184401065
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$2.7B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$52.41
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	162,229.38x
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Sic	5651
Symbol	BKE
Website	https://www.buckle.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	7.87%
EV Earnings	13.23x
EV Sales Forward	2.03x
EV/EBIT	10.61x
EV/EBITDA	9.67x
EV/FCF	13.48x
EV/Sales	2.14x
FCF yield	7.72%
Forward P/E	12.37x
P/B ratio	6.23x
P/E ratio	12.66x
P/S ratio	2.05x
PE Ratio10 Y	9.71x
PE Ratio3 Y	9.8x
PE Ratio5 Y	9.07x
PEG ratio	4.12x
PS Forward	1.95x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	20.14%
EBITDA Margin	22.1%
FCF margin	15.86%
Gross margin	58.94%
Gross Profit	$765M
Gross Profit Growth	6.6%
Gross Profit Growth Q	4.99%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-1.47%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	8.18%
Net Income	$209.7M
Net Income Growth	7.3%
Net Income Growth Q	4.72%
Net Income Growth Quarters	4%
Net Income Growth Years	1%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-6.26%
Net Income Growth5 Y	10.02%
Pretax Margin	21.28%
Profit Margin	16.16%
Profit Per Employee	$26,218
Profitable Years	32
ROA	17.16
Roa5y	20.93
ROCE	34.65
ROE	49.44
Roe5y	59.51
ROIC	36.78
Roic5y	53.52

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	18.66%
Cagr15y	10.72%
Cagr1y	57.98%
Cagr20y	14.7%
Cagr3y	26.46%
Cagr5y	13.96%
Div CAGR10	8.42%
Div CAGR3	2.8%
Div CAGR5	8.47%
EPS Growth	6.43
EPS Growth Q	3.28
EPS Growth Quarters	4
EPS Growth Years	1
EPS Growth3 Y	-6.9
EPS Growth5 Y	9.25
FCF Growth	3.02%
FCF Growth Q	-8.59%
FCF Growth3 Y	-0.99%
FCF Growth5 Y	-1.31%
OCF Growth	3.77%
OCF Growth Q	-7.03%
OCF Growth10 Y	4.66%
OCF Growth3 Y	1.19%
OCF Growth5 Y	2%
Revenue Growth	6.58x
Revenue Growth Q	5.26x
Revenue Growth Quarters	4x
Revenue Growth Years	1x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-1.19x
Revenue Growth5 Y	7.57x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$1.36
Assets	$991.3M
Cash	$274.2M
Current Assets	$447.9M
Current Liabilities	$236.7M
Debt	$383.8M
Debt EBITDA	$0.92
Debt Equity	$0.9
Debt FCF	$1.87
Equity	$424.6M
Liabilities	$566.6M
Long Term Assets	$543.4M
Long Term Liabilities	$329.9M
Net Cash	$-109.7M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-4.12
Net Debt EBITDA	$0.38
Net Debt Equity	$0.26
Net Debt FCF	$0.53
Tangible Book Value	$424.6M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$8.41
WACC	8.9

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.89
Inventory Turnover	4.09
Net Working Capital	$22.9M
Quick ratio	1.2
Working Capital	$211.2M
Working Capital Turnover	$5.95

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-0.78%
Dividend Growth	12.82%
Dividend Growth Years	0%
Dividend per share	$4.4
Dividend Years	24
Dividend Yield	8.4%
Ex Div Date	2026-04-15
Last Dividend	$0.35
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	106.28%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	453.03%
1Y total return	57.93%
200-day SMA	54.43
3Y total return	102.27%
50-day SMA	52.5
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	92.15%
All Time High	61.69
All Time High Change	-15.04%
All Time High Date	2025-09-15
All Time Low	1.56
All Time Low Change	3,268.25%
All Time Low Date	1994-12-19
ATR	1.63
Beta	1.08
Beta1y	1.08
Beta2y	0.77
Ch YTD	-1.89
High	52.89
High52	61.69
High52 Date	2025-09-15
High52ch	-15.04%
Low	51.59
Low52	36.48
Low52 Date	2025-05-08
Low52ch	43.67%
Ma50ch	-0.17%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-3.7%
RSI	43.03
RSI Monthly	54.48
RSI Weekly	48.76
Sharpe ratio	1.62x
Sortino ratio	2.82
Total Return	7.62%
Tr YTD	5.12
Tr15y	360.75%
Tr1m	2.84%
Tr1w	-5.17%
Tr3m	1.28%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	1
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.74
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	5.71
Earnings Revenue Estimate	289,223,180x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	6.28x
Operating Income	$261.4M
Operating Income Growth	8.32
Operating Income Growth Q	4.59
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-7.29
Operating Income Growth5 Y	9.25
Operating margin	20.14
Price target	$53
Price Target Change	$1.13

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	31,028,169%
Float Percent	61.03%
Shares Insiders	38.91%
Shares Institutions	62.83%
Shares Out	50,838,351
Shares Qo Q	0.41%
Shares Yo Y	0.78%
Short Float	12.05%
Short Ratio	7.39
Short Shares	7.35

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$189.6M
Average Volume	375,938.05x
Bv Per Share	8.41
CAPEX	$-45.4M
Ch10y	100
Ch15y	16.7
Ch1m	2.16
Ch1w	-5.17
Ch1y	45.38
Ch20y	174.3
Ch3m	0.61
Ch3y	55.29
Ch5y	13.91
Ch6m	-8.57
Change	0.1%
Change From Open	-0.15
Close	52.36
Days Gap	0.25
Depreciation Amortization	25,418,000
Dollar Volume	39,730,868
Earnings Date	2026-05-29
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$261.4M
EBITDA	$286.9M
EPS	$4.14
F Score	6
FCF	$205.8M
FCF EV Yield	7.42x
FCF Per Share	$4.05
Financing CF	-225,090,000
Fiscal Year End	January
Founded	1,948
Graham Number	27.99349
Graham Upside	-46.59
Income Tax	$66.4M
Investing CF	-43,518,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-03-13
Last Report Date	2026-01-31
Last Split Date	2008-10-31
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-04-01
Lynch Fair Value	$41.47
Lynch Upside	-20.88
Ma150	53.83
Ma150ch	-2.63%
Ma20	54.68
Ma20ch	-4.15%
Net CF	-17,468,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-05-29
Open	52.49
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	12.95
P OCF Ratio	10.61
Payment Date	2026-04-29
Position In Range	63.08
Ppne	502,133,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$9.29
Ptbv Ratio	6.27
Relative Volume	2.02x
Revenue	1,297,835,000x
SBC By Revenue	1.25x
Share Based Comp	16,185,000
Tax By Revenue	5.11x
Tax Rate	24.04%
Tr20y	1,453.75%
Tr6m	-2.04%
Us State	Nebraska
Volume	758,078
Z Score	5.3

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Income

BKE dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+8.4%

$4.40 annual per share

Payout ratio

+106.3%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+8.5%

0 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+7.6%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-04-15

Performance

BKE stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns BKE?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+62.8%

Float: +61.0% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+38.9%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

BKE momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

43.0

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-3.7%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

1.08

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

1.62

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

BKE vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
ABNB	Airbnb Inc.	84B	34.7x	6.6x	15.9%	+29.9%	+14.9%	Conserver
AMZN	Amazon.com Inc.	2.9T	32.6x	3.9x	13.5%	+12.1%	+44.5%	Réduire
BKNG	Booking Holdings Inc.	128.6B	21.8x	4.6x	57.9%	+37.4%	-19.6%	Acheter

Questions

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