The Buckle, Inc.
$44.41+1.4%
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Price updated 16m ago·X counts updated 23h ago
What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Apparel - Retail sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $BKE.
Apparel - Retail
No material change from last week — TJX is being called 'Retail's Apex Predator' feasting on inflation, with excess inventory from full-price retailers expanding TJX's buying opportunity.
Industry benchmark
15-name peer basket
+11.0%YTD
+55.5%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
10.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
22.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
20.8%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
9.8%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
1.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
46.9%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
49.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
0.9Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 21, 2026$0.87$0.81+7.4%
Q1 2026May 29, 2026$0.92$0.74+24.7%
Q4 2025Mar 13, 2026$1.59$1.51+5.3%
Q3 2025Nov 21, 2025$0.96$0.95+0.8%
Next earningsFri, Nov 20·consensus EPS $0.90
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$319.8M+4.6%47.8%17.4%$0.88—
Q1 FY26$288.7M+6.1%46.2%20.6%$0.93$34.7M
Q4 FY25$399.1M+5.3%52.6%25.2%$1.60$101.4M
Q3 FY25$320.8M+9.3%48.0%19.0%$0.97$38.4M
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.2B$1.2B – $1.2B$4.07$4.04 – $4.102
FY27$1.3B$1.3B – $1.3B$4.23$4.23 – $4.231
FY28$1.4B$1.4B – $1.4B$4.15$4.15 – $4.151
FY29$1.5B$1.5B – $1.5B$4.30$4.30 – $4.301
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.15%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+0.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-13.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatLow float · 30.8M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.2% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.035-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.
Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
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