Buckle (BKE) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Buckle in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" BKE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BKE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Buckle's stock. Their BKE share price forecasts range from $38.00 to $38.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $38.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.8% from the stock's current price.
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Buckle's stock was trading at $45.35 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, BKE stock has decreased by 26.4% and is now trading at $33.39.
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Buckle saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,450,000 shares, an increase of 7.5% from the August 31st total of 2,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 324,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.5 days. Currently, 7.9% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 17th 2023.
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The Buckle, Inc. (NYSE:BKE) issued its earnings results on Friday, August, 18th. The company reported $0.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $292.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $292.40 million. Buckle had a net margin of 18.16% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 57.52%. The business's revenue was down 3.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.02 EPS.

Buckle declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 11th. Investors of record on Friday, October 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, October 27th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.19%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 12th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Buckle (NYSE:BKE) stock in their portfolio include ProShares Online Retail ETF (ONLN), ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF (CLIX), Euclidean Fundamental Value ETF (ECML), Roundhill Acquirers Deep Value ETF (DEEP), Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF (CALF), Hartford Multifactor Small Cap ETF (ROSC), Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF (SQLV) and WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS).

Buckle (NYSE:BKE) pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.31%. BKE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 29.29%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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Buckle same store sales rose 1.8% during the month of July. Buckle shares rose by 0% in the first full-day of trading following the report.

639 employees have rated Buckle Chief Executive Officer Dennis H. Nelson on Glassdoor.com. Dennis H. Nelson has an approval rating of 96% among the company's employees. This puts Dennis H. Nelson in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Buckle trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKE."

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One share of BKE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.39.

Buckle (NYSE:BKE) has a market capitalization of $1.68 billion and generates $1.35 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $254.63 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.78 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,100 workers across the globe.

Buckle's mailing address is 2407 West 24th Street, Kearney NE, 68848. The official website for the company is www.buckle.com. The company can be reached via phone at (308) 236-8491, via email at buckle.investors@buckle.com, or via fax at 308-236-4493.