BKE — Buckle Inc

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About Buckle Inc

The Buckle, Inc. operates as a retailer of casual apparel, footwear, and accessories for men, women, and kids under the Buckle and Buckle Youth brands in the United States. The company markets a selection of brand name casual apparel, including denims, other casual bottoms, tops, sportswear, outerwear, accessories, and footwear, as well as private label merchandise comprising the BKE, Buckle Black, Ace High, Daytrip, Departwest, FITZ + EDDI, Fres… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

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Key Metrics

Current Price$48.95
Market Cap$2.53B
Float31.0M
Shares Outstanding51.5M
P/E (Forward)11.75
P/E (TTM)11.84
Price/Sales (TTM)1.95
vs. Analyst Target+8.3% to analyst PT
Profit Margin16.16%
Operating Margin (TTM)25.22%
Revenue (TTM)$1.30B
Earnings Growth (YoY)3.30%
Dividend Rate1.4%
Analyst Target Price$53.00 (2 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2021 $901M $130M $401M $189M
2022 $1.29B $255M $653M $354M
2023 $1.35B $255M $676M $347M
2024 $1.26B $220M $619M $292M
2025 $1.22B $195M $593M $263M
2026 $1.30B $210M $636M $261M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Apr 2025 $272M $35.2M
Jul 2025 $306M $45.0M
Oct 2025 $321M $48.7M
Jan 2026 $399M $80.8M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership38.3%
Institutional Ownership63.5%
Short Float11.2%
% of All Funds Holding3.59%
Number of Funds Holding295

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$51.92Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$54.04Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$49.46Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$42.75Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$53.57Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$48.96Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$43.53Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

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Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$35.00 support 1.08x 11 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (108 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -0.07% 0.00% 43.52% 4.08% -13.01%
1 Day 0.75% 0.49% 58.33% 11.51% -8.09%
1 Week 1.94% 1.51% 63.89% 24.71% -10.61%
2 Weeks 3.21% 1.44% 62.96% 70.51% -14.12%
1 Month 2.48% 2.49% 59.26% 43.14% -18.67%

Next earnings: May 29, 2026 (2 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan1.2%44.1%34
Feb1.4%52.9%34
Mar3.3%61.8%34
Apr1.1%55.9%34
May1.4%48.5%33
Jun-0.1%55.9%34
Jul1.4%55.9%34
Aug-2.1%35.3%34
Sep1.0%52.9%34
Oct2.3%52.9%34
Nov8.0%70.6%34
Dec-0.5%44.1%34

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.09% 49.1% 1612
Tuesday 0.15% 50.2% 1760
Wednesday 0.10% 47.6% 1758
Thursday -0.03% 49.2% 1724
Friday 0.08% 47.5% 1715

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 63.5%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 38.3%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings12
Net Value-$11.1M
Net Shares Change-325,162
% of Float-1.0%
C-Suite Filings8
Clusters Detected1

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
SMITH KARI G EVP Stores -$5.3M 3 3 sell
HOFFMAN MICHELLE SVP Sales -$4.5M 3 4 sell
SHADA JAMES E -$2.2M 2 2 sell
RHOADS KAREN B -$1.1M 1 1 sell
MILKIE BRETT P SVP Leasing -$361,019.4 1 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2025-08-26 – 2025-09-09 6 6 -$6.1M 3 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-04-14 SMITH KARI G EVP Stores -$1.6M Transaction at $54.57, now -10.3%
2026-03-23 HOFFMAN MICHELLE SVP Sales -$1.5M Transaction at $49.14, now -0.4%
2026-03-17 SMITH KARI G EVP Stores -$2.5M Transaction at $50.37, now -2.8%
2026-04-14 HOFFMAN MICHELLE SVP Sales -$887,761.62 Transaction at $54.80, now -10.7%
2025-08-26 HOFFMAN MICHELLE SVP Sales -$2.2M Transaction at $56.04, now -12.7%
2025-09-09 SMITH KARI G EVP Stores -$1.2M Transaction at $59.36, now -17.5%

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