The Buckle Inc. (BKE): Price and Financial Metrics

BKE POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where BKE ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 99.02% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for BKE is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
• BKE ranks lowest in Stability; there it ranks in the 35th percentile.

BKE Stock Summary

• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for BKE is 3.04 -- better than 83.13% of US stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of BUCKLE INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 87.12% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for BKE comes in at 20.18% -- higher than that of 91.03% of stocks in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to BUCKLE INC, a group of peers worth examining would be KRT, MYE, LZB, DTEA, and LRN.
• BKE's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit BUCKLE INC's official web site, go to www.buckle.com.

BKE Valuation Summary

• BKE's EV/EBIT ratio is 5.1; this is 60.77% lower than that of the median Consumer Cyclical stock.
• Over the past 243 months, BKE's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.4.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for BKE.

BKE Growth Metrics

The 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 35.95%.
• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at 20.24%.
• Its 5 year revenue growth rate is now at -13.7%.

BKE's revenue has moved up $160,226,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows BKE's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	1,324.311	225.792	250.699
2022-06-30	1,311.402	244.779	251.53
2022-03-31	1,304.546	239.722	252.805
2021-12-31	1,294.607	311.754	254.82
2021-09-30	1,232.512	322.146	236.511
2021-06-30	1,164.085	314.721	215.929

BKE's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• BKE has a Quality Grade of A, ranking ahead of 99.78% of graded US stocks.
• BKE's asset turnover comes in at 1.296 -- ranking 104th of 165 Retail stocks.
• DKS, WSM, and KIRK are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with BKE.

The table below shows BKE's key quality metrics over time.