The Buckle, Inc. (BKE)

NYSE: BKE · USD

$45.6

-0.76 (-1.6%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	2.3B
Revenue (ttm)	1.3B
Net income (ttm)	220.8M
EPS (ttm)	$4.34
Shares out	50.6M
P/E (trailing)	10.5x
P/E (forward)	11.3x
Dividend	$1.40 (3.05%)
Volume	224,758
Beta	1.06

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Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.3B
Net income (ttm): 220.8M
EPS (ttm): $4.34
P/E (trailing): 10.5x
P/E (forward): 11.3x
Market cap: 2.3B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E11.3

P25 10.9P50 15.4P75 22.5

Trailing P/E10.5

P25 12P50 17.7P75 28

ROE45.8

P25 -15.1P50 6P75 18

ROIC34.9

P25 -3.5P50 5.2P75 12.7

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Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000885245
Company name	The Buckle, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	118440106
Earnings date	2026-11-20
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	8,000
Employees change	-1,100
Employees growth	-12.09%
Enterprise value	$2.4B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-08-01
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	January
Founded	1948
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Apparel Retail
IPO date	1992-05-06
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US1184401065
Last 10-K release date	2026-04-01
Last earnings date	2026-08-21
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2008-10-31
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$2.3B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-20
Options	Yes
Price	$45.63
Price currency	USD
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
SIC code	5651
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	BKE
U.S. state	Nebraska
Website	https://www.buckle.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	10.51x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	9.77x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	10.49x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	9.21x
Earnings yield	9.5%
EV/Earnings	11.06x
EV/EBIT	8.83x
EV/EBITDA	8.04x
EV/FCF	12.77x
EV/Sales	1.84x
FCF / EV yield	7.83%
FCF yield	8.29%
Forward EV/Sales	1.74x
Forward P/E	11.26x
Forward P/S	1.65x
Graham number	30.69958
Graham upside	-32.7%
Industry forward P/E	21.49x
Industry P/E	19.92x
Lynch fair value	$21.68
Lynch upside	-52.47%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	13.27x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	9.6x
P/B ratio	4.8x
P/E ratio	10.52x
P/FCF ratio	12.07x
P/OCF ratio	8.96x
P/S ratio	1.74x
PEG ratio	3.79x
Price / tangible book value	4.72x
Price/EBITDA ratio	7.6x
Sector forward P/E	24.39x
Sector P/E	30.5x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	20.84%
EBITDA margin	22.86%
Effective tax rate	24.06%
FCF margin	14.4%
Gross margin	58.93%
Operating margin	20.84%
Pretax margin	21.89%
Profit margin	16.62%
Profit per employee	$27,605
Profitable quarters	25
Profitable years	32
Revenue per employee	$166,066
ROA	16.3%
ROA (5Y)	20.93%
ROCE	32.07%
ROE	45.76%
ROE (5Y)	59.51%
ROIC	34.95%
ROIC (5Y)	53.52%
SBC / revenue	1.3%
Tax / revenue	5.27%

Growth

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

Metric	Value
EPS growth	8.5%
EPS growth (Q)	-2.25%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-5.43%
EPS growth 10Y	4.94%
EPS growth 3Y	-3.17%
EPS growth 5Y	-0.23%
EPS growth years	1
FCF growth	-9.12%
FCF growth (Q)	-63.66%
FCF growth (QoQ)	-51.34%
FCF growth 3Y	-4.7%
FCF growth 5Y	-8.68%
Gross profit growth	6.09%
Gross profit growth (Q)	6.48%
Gross profit growth 3Y	0.33%
Gross profit growth 5Y	2.65%
Net income growth	9.56%
Net income growth (Q)	-1.32%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-5.27%
Net income growth 3Y	-2.44%
Net income growth 5Y	0.45%
Net income growth years	1
OCF growth	1.51%
OCF growth (Q)	-20.05%
OCF growth (QoQ)	-5.27%
OCF growth 10Y	4.07%
OCF growth 3Y	0.44%
OCF growth 5Y	-3.91%
Operating income growth	10.46%
Operating income growth (Q)	-0.96%
Operating income growth 3Y	-2.63%
Operating income growth 5Y	-0.4%
Revenue growth	6.23%
Revenue growth (Q)	4.61%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	10.76%
Revenue growth 10Y	2.21%
Revenue growth 3Y	0.48%
Revenue growth 5Y	2.68%
Revenue growth quarters	6
Revenue growth years	1

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-66.4M
Depreciation and amortization	$26.9M
EBIT	$276.8M
EBITDA	$303.7M
EPS	$4.34
FCF per share	$3.78
Financing cash flow	$-225.3M
Free cash flow	$191.3M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$174M
Gross profit	$782.9M
Income taxes	$70M
Investing cash flow	$-65.5M
Net cash flow	$-33M
Net income	$220.8M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$240.5M
Operating income	$276.8M
Revenue	$1.3B
Stock-based compensation	$17.3M

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	5.26
Book value per share	$9.66
Debt / EBITDA	0.97
Debt / equity	0.86
Debt / FCF	2.2
Long-term assets	$612.5M
Long-term liabilities	$374.3M
Net cash (debt)	$-134.2M
Net cash / market cap	-5.81%
Net debt / EBITDA	0.44
Net debt / equity	0.27
Net debt / FCF	0.7
Piotroski F-Score	4
Property, plant and equipment	$565.7M
Shareholders' equity	$489M
Tangible book value	$489M
Tangible book value per share	$9.66
Total assets	$1.1B
Total cash	$287.2M
Total debt	$421.4M
Total liabilities	$605.8M
WACC	8.5%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.25
Current assets	$482.2M
Current liabilities	$231.5M
Current ratio	2.08
Inventory turnover	3.59
Net working capital	$45.4M
Quick ratio	1.28
Working capital	$250.8M
Working capital turnover	5.16

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-0.8%
Dividend growth	12.82%
Dividend growth (10Y)	8.2%
Dividend growth (3Y)	2.8%
Dividend growth (5Y)	5.99%
Dividend growth years	0
Dividend payment date	2026-10-29
Dividend payment years	24
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$1.40
Dividend yield	3.05%
Ex-dividend date	2026-10-15
FCF payout ratio	37.04%
Last dividend	$0.35
Payout ratio	32.28%
Shareholder yield	2.28%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y price change	116.57%
10Y return CAGR	19.54%
10Y total return	495.86%
150-day SMA	$46.12
15Y price change	0.64%
15Y return CAGR	9.31%
15Y total return	280.18%
1D price change	-1.64%
1M price change	7.59%
1M total return	8.44%
1W price change	-2.34%
1W total return	-2.34%
1Y price change	-17.85%
1Y return CAGR	-10.55%
1Y total return	-10.55%
20-day SMA	$45.10
200-day SMA	$47.48
20Y price change	161.18%
20Y return CAGR	14.46%
20Y total return	1,389.51%
3M price change	4.29%
3M total return	5.11%
3Y price change	37.28%
3Y return CAGR	21.19%
3Y total return	78.02%
50-day SMA	$43.33
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$58.52
52-week high date	2025-12-12
52-week low	$39.44
52-week low date	2026-09-15
5Y price change	11.44%
5Y return CAGR	13.48%
5Y total return	88.14%
6M price change	-19.5%
6M total return	-18.19%
All-time high	$61.69
All-time high date	2025-09-15
All-time low	$1.56
All-time low date	1994-12-19
Average true range (ATR)	$1.09
Average volume	385.7K
Beta (1Y)	0.57
Beta (2Y)	0.75
Beta (5Y)	1.06
Change from 52-week high	-22.03%
Change from 52-week low	15.7%
Change from all-time high	-26.28%
Change from all-time low	2,822.88%
Change from open	-0.35%
Day's gap	-1.29%
Dollar volume	$10.3M
High price	$45.83
Low price	$45.42
Monthly RSI	49.33
Open price	$45.79
Position in 52-week range	51.22%
Premarket change	-0.52%
Premarket close	$46.39
Premarket price	$46.15
Previous close	$46.39
Price vs 150-day SMA	-1.39%
Price vs 20-day SMA	0.85%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-4.22%
Price vs 50-day SMA	4.96%
Relative volume	0.58
RSI	54.66
Sharpe ratio	-0.37
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.6
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.4
Sortino ratio	-0.31
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.05
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.74
Volume	224.8K
Weekly RSI	49.35
YTD price change	-14.86%
YTD total return	-7.3%

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	30.8M
Float percentage	60.95%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.02%
Shares change (YoY)	0.8%
Shares held by insiders	39.02%
Shares held by institutions	63.07%
Shares outstanding	50.6M
Short % of float	12.11%
Short % of shares	7.38%
Short ratio	7.2 days

Deeper analysis on BKE

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Forecast

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Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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