Buckle - BKE Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Buckle in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" BKE shares.
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1 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Buckle's shares. Their BKE share price forecasts range from $60.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $60.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 86.1% from the stock's current price.
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Buckle's stock was trading at $42.31 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BKE stock has decreased by 23.8% and is now trading at $32.24.
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Buckle saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,310,000 shares, a drop of 17.0% from the August 15th total of 3,990,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 405,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.2 days. Currently, 11.1% 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 18th 2022.
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The Buckle, Inc. (NYSE:BKE) released its earnings results on Friday, August, 19th. The company reported $1.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $301.98 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $299.70 million. Buckle had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 63.63% and a net margin of 19.18%.

Buckle declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, October 28th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 13th.
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Buckle (NYSE:BKE) pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.34%. BKE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 27.56%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BKE will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.74% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Buckle issued an update on its second quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Friday, September, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $302.00 million-$302.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $304.33 million.

Buckle same-store sales rose 4.6% in the month of August. Buckle shares rose by 0% in the first 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.

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

Buckle's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.62%), State Street Corp (2.24%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.12%), Northern Trust Corp (0.82%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.73%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.44%). 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 $32.24.

Buckle (NYSE:BKE) has a market capitalization of $1.62 billion and generates $1.29 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $254.82 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.08 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 8,300 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.