Company Analysis

The Buckle, Inc. (BKE)

NYSE: BKE · Retail-Family Clothing Stores · Kearney, NE · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade6.4
◀ Past 6.6● Present 6.5▶ Future 6.2

The grade of The Buckle, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.4/10
◀ Past6.625% of the headline
● Present6.545% of the headline
▶ Future6.230% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The Buckle, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+3.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Buckle, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $975 million in fiscal 2017 to $1.3 billion in fiscal 2026, up 3.2% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 9% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span3.2%bottom 45% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 35% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 20% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak9.5%top 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.7% a year. 83% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 9 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 60th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-31, The Buckle, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 83% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 9 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-22 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 25% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.5/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 49%: 49¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 57%: owes 57¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-31, The Buckle, Inc. earned about 49 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 64 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 57 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 15% of its family
  • return on equitytop 17% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 17% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 45% of 10 in its family; net margin 16.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Buckle, Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 35% by size; a net margin of 16.2% ranks in the top 5%; revenue growth of -1.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 35% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.30Bbottom 35% of its family
  • net margin16.2%top 5% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-1.2%bottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 25% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The Buckle, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Nelson, Dennis H (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-01-06, 20.9 years (top 6% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 18.9 years (top 5%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 35%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 35% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed18.9 yearstop 5% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record20.9 yearstop 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
9.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 9% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 91st percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The Buckle, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $249 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 25.2% of its assets as net cash, top 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 15.9% of revenue (top 5%); a gross margin of 49% (top 17%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets25.2%top 5% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue15.9%top 5% of its family
  • gross margin49.0%top 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 45% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Buckle, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -1.2% a year over the last three filed years against 3.2% over all 10, slowing (bottom 15% of its family); the newest year grew 6.6% (top 35%); capital spending grew 14.3% a year (top 15%) (its annual reports). The Buckle, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-4.4 points a yearbottom 15% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.6%top 35% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending14.3%top 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 48% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The Buckle, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 12% above the $1.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 5% of its family); net income of $210 million against a prior three-year average of $223 million (bottom 35%); a net margin of 16.2% against 17.5% before (bottom 25%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace12.0%top 5% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-6%bottom 35% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.3 pointsbottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton BKE · research, not advice