Buckle, Inc. (The) (BKE) vs Caleres, Inc. (CAL)

Buckle, Inc. (The) and Caleres, Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Buckle, Inc. (The) is the larger, with a market value of $2.1B against $431.0M — 5.0× the size. Caleres, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 8.3× against 9.7×. Caleres, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.32% against 6.22%. Buckle, Inc. (The) has the higher net margin (16.6% vs 1.77%) and the higher return on invested capital (85.7% vs 8.62%). Both pay a dividend; Buckle, Inc. (The) yields more (8.57% vs 0.83%). Across the 21 metrics below, Buckle, Inc. (The) leads on 15 and Caleres, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric BKE CAL Apparel Retail median
P/E 9.65 8.29 12.56
P/S 1.61 0.14 0.35
P/B 4.38 0.60 1.57
Price to free cash flow 10.86 n/m 11.15
EV/EBITDA 5.77 7.42 7.42
EV/Sales 1.39 0.40 0.51
Earnings yield 10.36% 12.06% 5.76%
Free cash flow yield 9.21% (11.23%) 4.34%

Profitability

Metric BKE CAL Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 48.95% 46.25% 41.90%
Operating margin 20.84% 3.05% 2.50%
Net margin 16.62% 1.77% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 14.83% 2.21% 2.86%
Return on equity 45.76% 7.71% 7.71%
Return on assets 20.80% 2.34% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 85.74% 8.62% 6.41%

Growth

Metric BKE CAL Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.22% 7.32% 4.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 6.43% (106.80%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.57% 5.43% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 10.02% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BKE CAL Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 2.08 1.11 1.54
Net debt to EBITDA (0.90) (0.42) (0.29)

Dividend

Metric BKE CAL Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield 8.57% 0.83% 2.94%
Payout ratio 0.29 0.07 0.00

Size

Metric BKE CAL Apparel Retail median
Market cap 2.14b 430.97m 358.41m

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