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) Operating margin

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Buckle, Inc. (The)'s operating margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 20.8%, up 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (20.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.7% (fiscal 2019) to 25.9% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 58% of that period. That is above the Apparel Retail industry median of 2.50% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 20.1% 0.32
FY2025 19.8% (1.67)
FY2024 21.5% (2.90)
FY2023 24.4% (1.53)
FY2022 25.9% 7.28
FY2021 18.6% 4.03
FY2020 14.6% 0.95
FY2019 13.7% (1.02)
FY2018 14.7% (0.99)
FY2017 15.7% (4.84)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jul 2026 17.5% (3.14)
Apr 2026 20.6% (4.62)
Jan 2026 25.2% 6.22
Oct 2025 19.0% 0.56
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Against its own ten years

Low 13.7% High 25.9%
Ten-year median 20.0%
Current reading's percentile 67

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
BKE Buckle, Inc. (The) 20.8%
BOOT Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. compare 13.8%
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Company compare 13.7%
URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. compare 11.3%
GAP The Gap, Inc. compare 11.0%
CRI Carter's, Inc. compare 10.4%
VSXY Victoria's Secret & Co. compare 7.86%
AEO American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. compare 7.79%
REF Reformation Inc. compare —
Apparel Retail industry median 2.50%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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