Buckle, Inc. (The)

BKE Consumer Cyclical Apparel Retail

Buckle, Inc. (The)’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $1.3 billion, up 6.58% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+4.60%
EPS
−2.22%
Free cash flow
−63.7%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

44.39 3.49 −7.29%
Market cap
$2.3B
P/E
10.1×
Fwd P/E
10.8×
Dividend yield
2.37%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
5.24
Beneish M
−2.12
Dividend safety
27/100

Buckle, Inc. (The) (BKE) Free cash flow margin

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Buckle, Inc. (The)'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 14.8%, down 1.5 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (16.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.2% (fiscal 2019) to 24.4% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 67% of that period. That is above the Apparel Retail industry median of 2.86% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 16.3% (0.10)
FY2025 16.4% (0.84)
FY2024 17.2% 1.48
FY2023 15.8% (6.92)
FY2022 22.7% (1.72)
FY2021 24.4% 10.70
FY2020 13.7% 2.54
FY2019 11.2% (0.50)
FY2018 11.7% (0.40)
FY2017 12.1% 0.90

Against its own ten years

Low 11.2% High 24.4%
Ten-year median 14.7%
Current reading's percentile 67

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
BKE Buckle, Inc. (The) 14.8%
CRI Carter's, Inc. compare 10.8%
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Company compare 10.6%
VSXY Victoria's Secret & Co. compare 8.02%
GAP The Gap, Inc. compare 6.24%
AEO American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. compare 5.97%
BOOT Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. compare 5.27%
URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. compare 4.56%
REF Reformation Inc. compare —
Apparel Retail industry median 2.86%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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