Buckle, Inc. (The) (BKE) vs Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSXY)

Buckle, Inc. (The) and Victoria's Secret & Co. are both Apparel Retail companies. Victoria's Secret & Co. is the larger, with a market value of $7.2B against $2.4B — 3.0× the size. Buckle, Inc. (The) trades at the lower P/E: 10.6× against 19.1×. Victoria's Secret & Co. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.3% against 6.22%. Buckle, Inc. (The) has the higher net margin (16.6% vs 5.47%) and the higher return on invested capital (85.7% vs 22.6%). Across the 22 metrics below, Buckle, Inc. (The) leads on 19 and Victoria's Secret & Co. on 3.

Valuation

Metric BKE VSXY Apparel Retail median
P/E 10.62 19.14 13.40
P/S 1.77 1.01 0.31
P/B 4.81 6.65 1.73
Price to free cash flow 11.94 12.61 12.11
EV/EBITDA 6.44 9.78 7.58
EV/Sales 1.56 1.08 0.51
Earnings yield 9.42% 5.23% 5.50%
Free cash flow yield 8.37% 7.93% 3.85%

Profitability

Metric BKE VSXY Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 48.95% 39.57% 41.90%
Operating margin 20.84% 7.86% 2.50%
Net margin 16.62% 5.47% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 14.83% 8.02% 2.86%
Return on equity 45.76% 42.93% 7.71%
Return on assets 20.80% 7.63% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 85.74% 22.56% 6.41%

Growth

Metric BKE VSXY Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.22% 10.31% 4.17%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 6.43% (5.85%) 5.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.57% 3.90% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 10.02% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BKE VSXY Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.93 0.01
Current ratio 2.08 1.36 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA (0.90) 0.90 (0.38)

Dividend

Metric BKE VSXY Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield 2.26% — 1.80%
Payout ratio 0.24 — 0.21

Size

Metric BKE VSXY Apparel Retail median
Market cap 2.40b 7.22b 371.52m

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