Buckle (BKE) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Buckle in the last year. 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 research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Buckle's stock. Their BKE share price forecasts range from $37.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $37.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.8% 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 25.7% and is now trading at $33.71.
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Buckle saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,900,000 shares, a drop of 5.2% from the April 30th total of 3,060,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 403,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.2 days. Currently, 9.6% 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, August 18th 2023.
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The Buckle, Inc. (NYSE:BKE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May, 26th. The company reported $0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $282.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $297.30 million. Buckle had a net margin of 18.37% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 60.35%. Buckle's quarterly revenue was down 8.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.12 EPS.

Buckle declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, July 28th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 13th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Buckle (NYSE:BKE) stock in their portfolio include SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT), Direxion Daily Retail Bull 3X Shares (RETL), First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (SDVY), VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (CSB), Hartford Multifactor Small Cap ETF (ROSC), Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF (CALF), Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary ETF (PSCD) and Invesco S&P SmallCap Quality ETF (XSHQ).

Buckle (NYSE:BKE) pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.28%. BKE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 28.75%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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Buckle same-store sales increased by 1.8% in the month of May. Buckle shares rose by 0% in the first full-day of trading following the news.

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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.30%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.55%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.38%), State Street Corp (2.37%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.69%) and Boston Partners (1.34%). 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 $33.71.

Buckle (NYSE:BKE) has a market capitalization of $1.70 billion and generates $1.32 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $254.63 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.87 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.