The Buckle, Inc. (BKE) Stock

The Buckle, Inc. (BKE) is a Consumer Discretionary stock trading at $42.63 (as of 2026-08-20), with a market capitalization of $2.20B and a trailing P/E of 9.9. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

The Buckle, Inc. is a U.S. retailer of casual apparel, footwear, and accessories for young men and women, offering brand-name merchandise and private label lines through its Buckle stores and website. The company also provides services such as alterations, gift packaging, layaway, a loyalty program, and personalized styling.

Understand The Buckle, Inc.: how it makes money

The Buckle, Inc. sells casual apparel, footwear, and accessories for young men and women in the United States, earning money from retail sales of brand name merchandise and its private label assortment, and also from certain services like hemming and gift packaging.

The company has a large store footprint (442 stores), and with a heavy concentration in denim and category-specific items like accessories and footwear, its results are closely tied to what merchandise categories it sells and how that mix performs across stores and online.

Business quality (Solid): Clear product focus and a measurable store footprint and merchandise mix, but the provided dataset does not include key operating metrics like same store sales or inventory turns, and it only shows one explicit segment (Online Net Sales).

Valuation: At 10× earnings, BKE trades 46% below the Retail average (19×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Denim and private label mix are prominent: Denim is 44.0% of sales, and the company carries a large private label assortment (including brands such as BKE and Buckle Black), which supports a differentiated merchandise offering.
  • Meaningful scale in physical retail: The company operates 442 retail stores across 42 states, giving it broad geographic coverage for its core customer base.

Bear case

  • Category concentration risk: With denim representing 44.0% of sales, adverse shifts in denim demand or customer preferences could disproportionately impact results.
  • Less visibility into key drivers: The provided facts do not include operating metrics investors often track for retailers, such as same store sales or inventory performance, limiting how precisely performance can be explained from this dataset.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$42.63
Market Cap$2.20B
P/E Ratio9.9
EV / EBITDA6.4
Price / Book4.79
Price / Sales1.67
FCF Yield10.1%
DCF Value (model)$176.08
DCF Upside vs Price313.0%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$1.30B
Net Margin16.2%
Revenue Growth (YoY)6.1%
EPS Growth (YoY)32.9%
FCF Growth (YoY)77.1%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score5.05 (safe)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E9.9
Sector P/E (Consumer Discretionary)20.5
Industry P/E (Retail)19.5
vs Sector-51.6%
vs Industry-49.2%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($237.27M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Congressional Trades (recent)5
Company
SectorConsumer Discretionary
IndustryRetail
CEODennis H. Nelson
Employees2,800
CountryUS
IPO Date1992-05-08

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Data as of 2026-08-20.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.