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 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Buckle's stock. Their BKE share price forecasts range from $38.00 to $38.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $38.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.4% from the stock's current price.
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Buckle's stock was trading at $45.35 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BKE stock has decreased by 28.0% and is now trading at $32.64.
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Buckle saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume, of 324,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.5 days. Currently, 7.9% of the company's stock 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August, 18th. The company reported $0.92 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $292.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $292.40 million. Buckle had a net margin of 18.16% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 57.52%. The company's revenue was down 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.02 earnings per share.

Buckle declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 11th. Investors of record on Friday, October 13th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, October 27th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 4.29%. 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 increased by 1.8% during the month of July. Buckle shares climbed by 0% in the first 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Buckle investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Starbucks (SBUX), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), CVS Health (CVS), eBay (EBAY), Ford Motor (F), General Electric (GE), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Intel (INTC) and Macy's (M).

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

Buckle's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.17%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.52%), State Street Corp (2.46%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.17%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.75%) and Palisade Capital Management LP (1.32%). Insiders that own company stock include Anna Fraser, Bill L Fairfield, Brett P Milkie, Dennis H Nelson, Dennis H Nelson, Diane L Applegate, Diane L Applegate, John P Peetz, Karen B Rhoads, Kari G Smith, Kelli D Molczyk, Michelle Hoffman, Robert M Carlberg and Thomas B Heacock.
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Shares of BKE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BKE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.64.

Buckle (NYSE:BKE) has a market capitalization of $1.65 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.