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) Return on invested capital

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Buckle, Inc. (The)'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 85.7%, down 22.8 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (108.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 43.5% (fiscal 2019) to 455.6% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 58% of that period. That is above the Apparel Retail industry median of 5.83% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.42%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 108.6% (4.78)
FY2025 113.4% (24.60)
FY2024 138.0% (60.69)
FY2023 198.7% (256.91)
FY2022 455.6% 314.57
FY2021 141.0% 88.19
FY2020 52.8% 9.33
FY2019 43.5% (4.33)
FY2018 47.8% (4.09)
FY2017 51.9% (14.85)

Against its own ten years

Low 43.5% High 455.6%
Ten-year median 95.3%
Current reading's percentile 58

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
BKE Buckle, Inc. (The) 85.7%
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Company compare 62.6%
GAP The Gap, Inc. compare 35.6%
VSXY Victoria's Secret & Co. compare 22.6%
URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. compare 21.4%
CRI Carter's, Inc. compare 17.6%
AEO American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. compare 16.8%
BOOT Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. compare 16.2%
REF Reformation Inc. compare 0.00%
Apparel Retail industry median 5.83%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.42%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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