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. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 4.60%, EPS fell 2.22% and free cash flow fell 63.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

46.50 0.07 −0.15%
Market cap
$2.4B
P/E
10.6×
Fwd P/E
10.5×
Dividend yield
2.26%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
5.24
Beneish M
−2.12
Dividend safety
27/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 6.63
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — 2 2 — 1 — — — —
Insider Ownership 37.28%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 2,400.00
Revenue 1,328.53
Net Income 220.84
Free Cash Flow 197.07
Net Debt (287.18)
Current Ratio 2.08 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.00 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 10.62
Fwd P/E 10.50
P/S ratio 1.77
P/B ratio 4.81
Past 5Y EPS Growth 9.25%
This Y EPS Growth 3.86%
Next Y EPS Growth (3.55%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth 5.48%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 1.25%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 67.34%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 79.80%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 79.17%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 84.04%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 88.94%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.24
Annual Dividend Rate 1.05
Annual Dividend Yield 2.26%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 4.42
3.00
0.35
0.35
0.35
2025 3.92
2.50
0.35
0.35
0.35
2024 1.05
2.50
0.35
0.35
0.35
2023 1.05
2.65
0.35
0.35
0.35
2022 1.05
0.35
0.35
0.35
2021 1.34
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.35
2020 0.60
0.30
0.30
2.00
2019 0.75
1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
2018 0.75
1.75
0.25
0.25
0.25
2017 0.75
0.75
0.25
0.25
0.25
2016 0.75
1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 290 291 274 287
Receivables 9 7 11 10
Inventory 126 121 140 161
Other — — — —
444 439 448 482
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 46 46 48 73
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other 17 17 17 14
221 214 237 231

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 1.49% 7.57% (1.19%)
Cash Flow 4.66% 2.00% 1.19%
Earnings 3.60% 10.02% (6.26%)
Book Value 0.29% 1.37% 4.11%

Revenue $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 289 320 — — —
’26 272 306 321 399 1,298
’25 262 282 294 379 1,218
’24 283 292 303 382 1,261
’23 309 302 332 402 1,345
’22 299 295 319 381 1,295
’21 115 216 251 319 901
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 49 47 — — —
’26 31 58 49 112 251
’25 30 48 44 121 242
’24 33 48 64 109 255
’23 22 48 66 107 242
’22 94 43 85 91 312
’21 (28) 77 77 101 227
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 35 17 — — —
’26 20 46 38 107 212
’25 19 36 34 111 200
’24 24 40 54 100 217
’23 14 40 58 99 212
’22 89 38 82 85 294
’21 (30) 76 76 98 220
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 0.92 0.87 — — —
’26 0.70 0.89 0.96 1.59 4.14
’25 0.69 0.78 0.88 1.53 3.89
’24 0.86 0.92 1.04 1.59 4.40
’23 1.12 1.01 1.24 1.76 5.13
’22 1.16 1.04 1.26 1.69 5.16
’21 (0.24) 0.71 0.85 1.33 2.66
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 13.50 17.51 14.81 11.76 28.42 26.50 30.18 34.87 33.12 39.44

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 25.00 29.65 28.52 33.50 57.10 46.67 50.35 54.25 61.69 57.10
People
People Employees 8,600 7,400 7,400 7,000 7,200 8,300 9,100 8,000 8,000 8,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.16 0.15 0.16 0.15 0.16
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 975 913 885 900 901 1,295 1,345 1,261 1,218 1,298
Gross margin, % 40.74 41.61 41.34 41.93 44.46 50.44 50.25 49.09 48.68 48.99
EBT 156 139 127 138 171 338 335 289 258 276
EBT margin, % 16.03 15.27 14.30 15.30 18.97 26.09 24.91 22.93 21.17 21.28
Net income 98 90 96 104 130 255 255 220 195 210
Depreciation 38 36 31 28 27 28 30 35 36 42
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 20.26 18.93 18.29 18.53 18.49 26.42 27.30 25.43 24.39 25.82
Earnings 2.04 1.86 1.97 2.15 2.67 5.20 5.17 4.44 3.92 4.17
Cash flow 3.09 2.48 2.25 2.69 4.66 6.36 4.92 5.14 4.85 5.00
Capex (0.65) (0.27) (0.20) (0.15) (0.15) (0.37) (0.62) (0.75) (0.85) (0.79)
Free cash flow 2.44 2.21 2.04 2.54 4.51 5.99 4.30 4.38 4.00 4.21
Book value 8.95 8.11 8.14 8.01 8.14 6.39 7.64 8.33 8.49 8.45
Shares, m 48 48 48 49 49 49 49 50 50 50
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 10.37 10.78 8.82 11.35 14.13 7.24 8.51 8.38 12.15 11.55
P/S 1.04 1.06 0.95 1.32 2.03 1.42 1.61 1.46 1.95 1.87
P/B 2.36 2.47 2.14 3.05 4.62 5.89 5.76 4.46 5.61 5.70
EV/Sales 0.79 0.82 0.70 1.06 1.68 1.22 1.41 1.23 1.71 1.65
EV/FCF 6.56 7.05 6.28 7.72 6.87 5.37 8.94 7.15 10.44 10.15
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 149 120 109 131 227 312 242 255 242 251
Capex (31) (13) (10) (7) (8) (18) (30) (37) (42) (40)
Free cash flow 118 107 99 123 220 294 212 217 200 212
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 288 263 280 206 231 143 197 223 225 211
Total debt — — — 378 306 288 304 — — —
Net debt (247) (216) (220) (234) (322) (267) (273) (290) (291) (274)
Shareholders’ equity 431 391 394 389 397 313 376 413 424 425
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 17.00 16.05 17.95 14.97 15.19 31.33 31.47 25.46 21.68 22.03
ROIC 51.89 47.80 43.47 52.80 140.99 455.56 198.65 137.96 113.36 108.58
ROE 23.24 21.83 24.35 26.67 33.12 71.83 73.89 55.71 46.71 49.44
Negative figures in brackets.

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Charts ten years each

Buckle, Inc. (The) vs peers in Apparel Retail (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
LULU lululemon athletica inc. $11.5B 8.0× 10.2× −4.34% (below 0%: shrinking) −5.81% (below 0%: shrinking) +49.33% (above 0%: growing) 60.52% 18.78% Compare
GAP The Gap, Inc. $8.2B 6.8× 8.1× −1.99% (below 0%: shrinking) +143.10% (above 0%: growing) −47.71% (below 0%: shrinking) 52.83% 18.52% Compare
URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. $7.5B 13.3× 11.7× +10.44% (above 0%: growing) +75.63% (above 0%: growing) +92.47% (above 0%: growing) 43.42% 17.37% Compare
VSXY Victoria's Secret & Co. $7.2B 19.1× 15.7× +10.42% (above 0%: growing) +990.00% (above 0%: growing) +272.73% (above 0%: growing) 47.11% 15.95% Compare
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Company $6.5B 12.9× 7.1× +4.81% (above 0%: growing) +41.41% (above 0%: growing) +296.59% (above 0%: growing) 71.10% 19.95% Compare
BOOT Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. $3.7B 15.3× 19.6× +17.75% (above 0%: growing) +32.00% (above 0%: growing) −22.73% (below 0%: shrinking) 40.42% 15.25% Compare
AEO American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. $3.0B 9.0× 9.6× +7.53% (above 0%: growing) +77.78% (above 0%: growing) +367.29% (above 0%: growing) 48.69% 15.32% Compare
BKE Buckle, Inc. (The) $2.4B 10.6× 10.5× +4.60% (above 0%: growing) −2.22% (below 0%: shrinking) −63.66% (below 0%: shrinking) 47.85% 17.45%
CRI Carter's, Inc. $1.2B 5.9× 11.6× +5.16% (above 0%: growing) +28,600.00% (above 0%: growing) +688.36% (above 0%: growing) 67.04% 22.72% Compare
Median of peers $6.8B 11.0× 10.9× +6.35% +76.71% +182.60% 50.76% 17.95%

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Buckle, Inc. (The) (BKE) key facts

  • Strength: Buckle, Inc. (The)’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $1.3 billion, up 6.58% from fiscal 2025.
  • Strength: Net income was $209.7 million, or $4.17 per share (basic), a net margin of 16.2%.
  • Buckle, Inc. (The) (BKE) is an Apparel Retail company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, BKE traded at $46.50, a market capitalization of $2.4 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 10.6× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.8× sales; its P/E is higher than 67% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Buckle, Inc. (The) pays an annual dividend of $1.05 per share, a yield of 2.26%, with a payout ratio of 24.2%.
  • Return on equity was 49.4% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 5.24 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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