# Buckle, Inc. (BKE)

- Sector: Consumer Discretionary · Industry: Apparel Retail
- SEC CIK: 0000885245 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000885245))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/bke
- Data as of: price 2026-09-25; newest filing used 2026-09-10; latest fiscal period ended 2026-08-01

## Grade

**C+** on the growth-and-cash rubric, 3 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Revenue growing overall | passed | $1.3B | $1.3B |
| Revenue growing recently | passed | $1.3B | $1.3B |
| Free cash flow positive | passed | $191.3M |  |
| Free cash flow growing overall | failed | $191.3M | $221.1M |
| Free cash flow growing recently | failed | $191.3M | $205.8M |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 6 of 6 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | 16.6% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | passed | 16.6% |  |
| Strong operating margin | passed | 20.8% |  |
| Good return on equity | passed | 52.0% |  |
| Debt under control | passed | 0.90 |  |
| Turns sales into cash | passed | 14.4% |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $1.3B |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $220.8M |
| Free cash flow, trailing twelve months | $191.3M |
| Net margin | 16.6% |
| Operating margin | 20.8% |
| Return on equity | 52.0% |
| Debt to equity | 0.90 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | $4.34 |
| Share price | $42.27 |
| Market value | $2.2B |
| Price / earnings | 9.7x |
| Price / sales | 1.6x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/bke)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/bke/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/bke/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/bke/earnings)

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