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NYSE:BKE

Buckle (BKE) Competitors

$30.71
-0.95 (-3.00%)
(As of 05/31/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$30.18
$31.79
50-Day Range
$30.71
$36.47
52-Week Range
$26.50
$50.35
Volume
877,687 shs
Average Volume
440,971 shs
Market Capitalization
$1.55 billion
P/E Ratio
6.31
Dividend Yield
4.56%
Price Target
$37.00

BKE vs. ANF, AEO, URBN, GPS, JWN, ODP, IMKTA, WMK, PLAY, and CAKE

Should you be buying Buckle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Buckle include Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), GAP (GPS), Nordstrom (JWN), ODP (ODP), Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Weis Markets (WMK), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), and Cheesecake Factory (CAKE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Buckle vs.

Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and Buckle (NYSE:BKE) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Abercrombie & Fitch presently has a consensus price target of $28.75, suggesting a potential downside of 6.47%. Buckle has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.59%. Given Buckle's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Buckle is more favorable than Abercrombie & Fitch.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Abercrombie & Fitch
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Buckle
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Buckle has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Buckle has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Abercrombie & Fitch. Buckle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Abercrombie & Fitch, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abercrombie & Fitch$3.72 billion0.41$2.82 million$0.7043.91
Buckle$1.35 billion1.14$254.63 million$4.876.25

Abercrombie & Fitch pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Buckle pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Abercrombie & Fitch pays out 114.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Buckle pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Buckle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Abercrombie & Fitch received 816 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.99% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 57.63% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Abercrombie & FitchOutperform Votes
1186
59.99%
Underperform Votes
791
40.01%
BuckleOutperform Votes
370
57.63%
Underperform Votes
272
42.37%

Buckle has a net margin of 18.37% compared to Abercrombie & Fitch's net margin of 0.96%. Buckle's return on equity of 60.35% beat Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Abercrombie & Fitch 0.96% 6.82% 1.75%
Buckle 18.37% 60.35% 28.68%

In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 37 more articles in the media than Buckle. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 13 mentions for Buckle. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Buckle's score of 0.18 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Abercrombie & Fitch
7 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Buckle
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

51.0% of Buckle shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.1% of Buckle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Buckle beats Abercrombie & Fitch on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BKE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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

MetricBuckleFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.54B$12.55B$16.77B$14.26B
Dividend Yield4.40%3.85%170.05%4.06%
P/E Ratio6.2516.2932.4518.05
Price / Sales1.140.6612.989.01
Price / Cash5.598.6037.1723.16
Price / Book3.793.577.609.06
Net Income$254.63M$515.53M$526.33M$896.31M
7 Day Performance-5.17%-4.77%-3.25%-1.06%
1 Month Performance-9.25%-6.85%-4.23%-2.96%
1 Year Performance-7.40%-6.88%-6.25%-10.47%

Buckle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
1.4918 of 5 stars
$31.40
+4.8%
$28.75
-8.4%
+39.2%$1.57B$3.70B44.8629,600Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
2.4612 of 5 stars
$10.84
+0.8%
$13.38
+23.5%
-17.2%$2.14B$4.99B19.7140,000Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
URBN
Urban Outfitters
2.0822 of 5 stars
$32.43
+3.5%
$30.33
-6.5%
+49.6%$3.00B$4.80B16.7226,000Insider Selling
GPS
GAP
2.7194 of 5 stars
$8.41
+0.8%
$10.53
+25.2%
-27.5%$3.08B$15.62B-52.5695,000Earnings Report
Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
JWN
Nordstrom
2.0895 of 5 stars
$16.30
+1.7%
$18.75
+15.0%
-38.6%$2.63B$15.53B10.7960,000
ODP
ODP
1.5819 of 5 stars
$41.11
-0.4%
$41.00
-0.3%
+5.9%$1.59B$8.49B10.3825,000
IMKTA
Ingles Markets
2.3768 of 5 stars
$82.45
+0.9%
N/A-8.1%$1.57B$5.68B6.3226,000Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
WMK
Weis Markets
1.1111 of 5 stars
$59.87
-1.5%
N/A-19.1%$1.64B$4.70B13.4523,000Short Interest ↑
PLAY
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
2.376 of 5 stars
$32.18
-2.8%
$46.57
+44.7%
-16.3%$1.55B$1.96B11.5822,748Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
1.8661 of 5 stars
$32.13
-1.5%
$36.38
+13.2%
-6.9%$1.65B$3.30B34.1847,500

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