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Buckle (BKE) Competitors

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$55.12 -0.24 (-0.43%)
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BKE vs. SCVL, SHOO, URBN, ZUMZ, AEO, CAL, DBI, DDS, M, and ANF

Should you be buying Buckle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Buckle include Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Steven Madden (SHOO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Zumiez (ZUMZ), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Caleres (CAL), Designer Brands (DBI), Dillard's (DDS), Macy's (M), and Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF).

Buckle vs. Its Competitors

Buckle (NYSE:BKE) and Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Buckle currently has a consensus target price of $54.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.03%. Given Buckle's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Buckle is more favorable than Shoe Carnival.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Buckle
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Shoe Carnival
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

Buckle has a net margin of 16.12% compared to Shoe Carnival's net margin of 5.41%. Buckle's return on equity of 43.97% beat Shoe Carnival's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Buckle16.12% 43.97% 20.70%
Shoe Carnival 5.41%9.65%5.53%

53.9% of Buckle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.8% of Buckle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Shoe Carnival shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Shoe Carnival had 1 more articles in the media than Buckle. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Shoe Carnival and 2 mentions for Buckle. Buckle's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Shoe Carnival's score of 0.54 indicating that Buckle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Buckle
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Shoe Carnival
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Buckle pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Shoe Carnival pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Buckle pays out 35.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shoe Carnival pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Shoe Carnival has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Shoe Carnival is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Buckle has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Buckle$1.22B2.32$195.47M$4.0013.78
Shoe Carnival$1.15B0.48$73.77M$2.278.83

Summary

Buckle beats Shoe Carnival on 12 of the 18 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$2.83B$8.59B$27.28B$22.01B
Dividend Yield2.53%2.90%172.46%3.60%
P/E Ratio13.7823.8118.9132.73
Price / Sales2.321.259.1261.33
Price / Cash12.1419.7662.8524.48
Price / Book6.603.765.164.67
Net Income$195.47M$368.88M$911.66M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.78%0.98%0.39%-0.31%
1 Month Performance-8.13%-0.91%-2.23%-0.17%
1 Year Performance28.40%0.04%7.23%11.29%

Buckle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKE
Buckle
3.1015 of 5 stars
$55.12
-0.4%
$54.00
-2.0%
+26.3%$2.83B$1.22B13.788,000Positive News
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
3.7724 of 5 stars
$19.57
+5.3%
N/A-46.0%$508.86M$1.20B8.625,500
SHOO
Steven Madden
3.0915 of 5 stars
$34.32
+6.4%
$33.17
-3.4%
-25.4%$2.34B$2.28B27.024,800Gap Up
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.3005 of 5 stars
$69.02
+1.0%
$81.91
+18.7%
+85.3%$6.13B$5.55B13.4829,000
ZUMZ
Zumiez
1.2557 of 5 stars
$20.51
+7.0%
$18.00
-12.2%
-3.8%$328.66M$889.20M-2,048.958,700
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
3.6729 of 5 stars
$15.27
+6.7%
$14.72
-3.6%
-23.8%$2.42B$5.33B14.6944,000Gap Up
CAL
Caleres
3.6457 of 5 stars
$12.66
+6.7%
$14.00
+10.6%
-58.8%$401.38M$2.72B7.239,400
DBI
Designer Brands
3.8536 of 5 stars
$3.37
+6.0%
$4.00
+18.7%
-38.1%$157.55M$3.01B-4.8114,000Gap Up
DDS
Dillard's
3.9736 of 5 stars
$612.06
+5.7%
$394.33
-35.6%
+51.0%$9.06B$6.59B16.8828,800Positive News
M
Macy's
4.2106 of 5 stars
$17.42
+5.5%
$15.45
-11.3%
+13.9%$4.43B$23.01B9.9594,189News Coverage
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.0318 of 5 stars
$73.01
-0.5%
$111.11
+52.2%
-56.8%$3.45B$4.95B6.9139,200Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BKE) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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