BUCKLE, INC
boothcheck covers BUCKLE, INC (BKE) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed July 25, 2026.
• An 18.5% trailing operating margin puts this small chain ahead of every comparable apparel retailer in its cohort, including ANF at 13.0% and BOOT at 13.3%, both of which are more than twice its size. • Capital comes back as dividends rather than buybacks, and generously: the FY2026 10-K reports 225.1 million dollars of cash dividends paid in fiscal 2025, being $0.35 per share each quarter plus a special dividend of $3.00 per share, which exceeded the year's reported earnings. • Growth is real
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310 institutional managers reported holding BKE in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 62% of the company; the top 10 hold 36%. 41 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, Dimensional Fund Advisors, among others. On the short side, 3.7M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 7% of shares outstanding (7.4 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
BKE's share count grew 3.4% over the past five years. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (17 and counting); the current rate is $4.40 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $620.22M in dividends.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at BKE over the trailing three years: 2023: 1 buy totaling $27k. 15 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
BKE's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-09 | +5.6% | +10.2% |
| 2023-09-08 | +2.5% | -1.1% |
| 2023-12-08 | +3.2% | -5.3% |
| 2024-04-04 | +3.8% | -3.0% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
BKE's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-21 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-06-02 (items 5.07, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-05-29 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-04-09 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-03-24 (items 8.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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