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Buckle Inc. BKE

18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only

Revenue

$1.3B

▲ 6.6% YoY

Net income

$209.7M

▲ 7.3% YoY

Free cash flow

$205.8M

▲ 3.0% YoY

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In brief

What this company does

As of January 31, 2026, the Company operated 440 retail stores in 42 states throughout the United States under the names "Buckle" and "Buckle Youth." As of January 31, 2026, the Company had approximately 8,000 teammates, of which approximately 2,900 were full-time. In fiscal 2025, Axis Denim, which produces private label denim for the Company, accounted for 20.6% of net sales, with no other vendor accounting for more than 10%. The majority of the Company's central office functions, including purchasing, pricing, accounting, marketing, and distribution, are controlled from its corporate offices and distribution center in Kearney, Nebraska. Incorporated in Nebraska in 1948, the Company commenced business under the name Mills Clothing, Inc., a conventional men's clothing store with only one location. The Company changed its corporate name to The Buckle, Inc. on April 23, 1991.

Written from the business description in BUCKLE INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 1 April 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 1.3B

Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below

Revenue $B Net income $B

FY2025 · Revenue 1.3 · Net income 0.2

0.5B1.0B

2008201120142017202020232025

Compound annual growth

Revenue

−1.2%

+7.6%

+1.5%

+2.1%

Net income

−6.3%

+10.0%

+3.6%

+3.0%

EPS, diluted

−6.9%

+9.3%

+3.1%

+2.5%

Dividend / share

+2.8%

+11.1%

+8.5%

+1.9%

Returned to shareholders

+3.5%

+11.8%

+8.8%

+2.4%

3 yrs

5 yrs

10 yrs

15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +7.6% a year over the five years to FY2025 — but profit grew faster: net income at +10.0%, earnings per share at +9.3%.

The share count rose from 0.05B to 0.05B over the period.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

16 cents

of every revenue dollar became profit

Operating margin Net margin

FY2025 · Operating 20.1% · Net 16.2%

10%20%

200820162025

ROE

FY2025 · ROE 49.4%

20%40%60%

200820162025

Three returns, three denominators.

Return on equity49.4%

Return on assets22.0%

Return on capital employed36.0%

Gross margin49.0%

Operating margin20.1%

Net margin16.2%

EBITDAUSD 286.9M

Each USD of equity produced 49 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders

USD 225.1M

returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks

Free cash flow $M

FY2025 · FCF 205.8

150M300M

200820162025

Net buybacks $M Dividends $M

FY2025 · Dividends 225.1 · Net buybacks ·

150M300M

2008201120142017202020232025

Dividends paidUSD 225.1M

Net buybacks·

Share of profit107.3%

Consecutive raises1 year

USD 225.1M in dividends — 107% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Total assetsUSD 991.3M

EquityUSD 424.6M

CashUSD 249.5M

Current ratio1.89×

Equity funds 43% of total assets.

The 18-year record

18 fiscal years

Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD

row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data

BKE, 18-year financial record
Metric	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008
Revenue $B	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.8
Operating income $B	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
EBITDA $B	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Income tax $B	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Net income $B	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Free cash flow $B	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
EPS, diluted $	4.14	3.89	4.40	5.13	5.16	2.66	2.14	1.97	1.85	2.03	3.06	3.38	3.39	3.44	3.20	2.86	2.73	2.24
Dividend / sh $	4.40	3.90	3.90	4.05	6.99	2.60	2.30	2.00	2.75	1.75	1.94	3.66	2.02	5.30	3.05	3.30	2.60	2.73
Payout %	107	101	89	80	136	99	108	102	149	87	64	109	60	155	95	115	95	121
ROE %	49.4	46.7	55.7	73.9	71.8	33.1	26.7	24.4	21.8	23.2	38.4	45.3	49.9	50.3	42.7	38.5	36.8	31.0
Shares out B	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	◌

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 78 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 18 of the 18 fiscal years we could check. 10 checks were skipped: cost of revenue is not tagged before 2017. Four checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2009. Two checks were skipped: the share count is not tagged before 2009.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures

ActivityRetail-Family Clothing Stores

Listed onNYSE

Incorporated inNebraska

Fiscal year endsJanuary 30

Data on record since2008

Buckle Inc. BKE

What this company does

Growth↗ Share

Profitability↗ Share

Cash & shareholders↗ Share

The 18-year record

Other companies filing in the same sector

Company facts, as filed

Growth

Profitability

Cash & shareholders