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) Gross margin

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Buckle, Inc. (The)'s gross margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 49.0%, down 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (49.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 40.7% (fiscal 2017) to 50.4% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 75% of that period. That is above the Apparel Retail industry median of 41.9% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 34.3%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 49.0% 0.31
FY2025 48.7% (0.41)
FY2024 49.1% (1.16)
FY2023 50.3% (0.19)
FY2022 50.4% 5.98
FY2021 44.5% 2.53
FY2020 41.9% 0.59
FY2019 41.3% (0.27)
FY2018 41.6% 0.87
FY2017 40.7% (2.26)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jul 2026 47.9% 1.62
Apr 2026 46.2% (6.37)
Jan 2026 52.6% 4.63
Oct 2025 48.0% 0.54
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Against its own ten years

Low 40.7% High 50.4%
Ten-year median 44.2%
Current reading's percentile 72

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Company compare 63.7%
CRI Carter's, Inc. compare 49.1%
BKE Buckle, Inc. (The) 49.0%
GAP The Gap, Inc. compare 43.3%
AEO American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. compare 40.5%
VSXY Victoria's Secret & Co. compare 39.6%
BOOT Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. compare 38.6%
URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. compare 37.5%
REF Reformation Inc. compare —
Apparel Retail industry median 41.9%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 34.3%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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