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Buckle (BKE) Competitors

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BKE vs. URBN, ANF, FL, AEO, GES, SCVL, CAL, CTRN, ZUMZ, and GCO

Should you be buying Buckle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Buckle include Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Foot Locker (FL), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Guess? (GES), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Caleres (CAL), Citi Trends (CTRN), Zumiez (ZUMZ), and Genesco (GCO). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.

Buckle vs. Its Competitors

Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) and Buckle (NYSE:BKE) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Urban Outfitters has higher revenue and earnings than Buckle. Buckle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Urban Outfitters$5.55B1.18$402.46M$4.7815.31
Buckle$1.22B1.98$195.47M$3.8912.12

Urban Outfitters currently has a consensus price target of $74.09, suggesting a potential upside of 1.22%. Buckle has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential downside of 13.02%. Given Urban Outfitters' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Urban Outfitters is more favorable than Buckle.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Urban Outfitters
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54
Buckle
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Buckle shares are held by institutional investors. 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.8% of Buckle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Buckle has a net margin of 15.95% compared to Urban Outfitters' net margin of 7.91%. Buckle's return on equity of 43.13% beat Urban Outfitters' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Urban Outfitters7.91% 17.98% 9.64%
Buckle 15.95%43.13%20.57%

Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Buckle has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 5 more articles in the media than Buckle. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 3 mentions for Buckle. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Buckle's score of 0.53 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Urban Outfitters
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Buckle
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Urban Outfitters beats Buckle on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BKE vs. The Competition

MetricBuckleRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.42B$7.62B$26.40B$20.43B
Dividend Yield3.09%3.04%175.66%3.76%
P/E Ratio12.1665.7829.2827.62
Price / Sales1.981.114.5936.40
Price / Cash9.9416.2345.3021.79
Price / Book5.424.435.854.52
Net Income$195.47M$369.65M$872.48M$984.47M
7 Day Performance6.31%4.96%3.85%2.61%
1 Month Performance10.65%1.51%4.96%4.99%
1 Year Performance29.93%-3.97%18.74%13.53%

Buckle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKE
Buckle
2.6058 of 5 stars
$47.14
+3.9%
$41.00
-13.0%
+29.7%$2.42B$1.22B12.168,000
URBN
Urban Outfitters
3.9571 of 5 stars
$66.89
-1.6%
$74.09
+10.8%
+72.9%$6.00B$5.55B13.9929,000
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.2888 of 5 stars
$76.87
-1.5%
$110.63
+43.9%
-52.2%$3.66B$4.95B7.5739,200
FL
Foot Locker
2.908 of 5 stars
$24.04
+0.3%
$21.20
-11.8%
+7.8%$2.29B$7.99B-6.3847,306News Coverage
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.6351 of 5 stars
$9.71
-0.4%
$14.70
+51.4%
-47.5%$1.68B$5.33B9.9144,000
GES
Guess?
2.005 of 5 stars
$11.88
-0.7%
$12.50
+5.2%
-36.5%$618.00M$3.00B-49.5013,000Positive News
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.7022 of 5 stars
$18.79
-3.4%
$51.00
+171.4%
-44.2%$513.72M$1.20B7.865,500Dividend Announcement
CAL
Caleres
3.6264 of 5 stars
$12.55
-0.3%
$14.00
+11.6%
-59.4%$424.09M$2.72B5.239,400
CTRN
Citi Trends
0.6928 of 5 stars
$29.96
+2.5%
$32.50
+8.5%
+68.2%$248.37M$753.08M-6.424,600Positive News
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.8955 of 5 stars
$12.74
+1.6%
$25.00
+96.2%
-25.2%$226.39M$889.20M1,275.288,700
GCO
Genesco
3.626 of 5 stars
$20.98
-6.0%
$24.50
+16.8%
-12.5%$226.16M$2.33B-13.4518,000

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This page (NYSE:BKE) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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