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The Buckle, Inc.
1W: -0.8% 1M: +11.1% 3M: +2.9% YTD: -5.8% 1Y: -9.3% 3Y: +70.4% 5Y: +83.0%
$46.39
-0.19 (-0.41%)
After Hours: $46.10 (-0.29, -0.63%)
Weekly Expected Move ±3.6%
$43 $45 $47 $48 $50
NYSE · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Retail · Tech Score Buy · Power 66 · $2.4B mcap · 31M float · 1.56% daily turnover · Short 69% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 86% of companies Debt: 14.9% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.21 (down 99.5%), The Buckle, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $421.4M against a stock market value of $2.40B.
Distance to default 11.93 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-08-01, debt counted $81.8M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 29.5%; Altman Z'' 4.86. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.
Smart Money Score
Moderate 50
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Key Statistics
Market Cap$2.4B
52W Range39.44-58.52
Volume340,671
Avg Volume482,331
Beta1.05
Dividend$4.40
Analyst Ratings
1 Buy 15 Hold 4 Sell
Consensus Hold
Company Info
CEODennis H. Nelson
Employees8,000
SectorConsumer Cyclical
IndustryApparel - Retail
IPO Date1992-05-08
Websitebuckle.com
2407 West 24th Street
Kearney, NE 68845-4915
US
308 236 8491
About The Buckle, Inc.

The Buckle, Inc. operates as a retailer of casual apparel, footwear, and accessories for men, women, and kids under the Buckle and Buckle Youth brands in the United States. The company markets a selection of brand name casual apparel, including denims, other casual bottoms, tops, sportswear, outerwear, accessories, and footwear, as well as private label merchandise comprising the BKE, Buckle Black, Ace High, Daytrip, Departwest, FITZ + EDDI, Freshwear, Gentry Country, Gilded Intent, Gimmicks, J.B. Holt, Maven Co-op, Modish Rebel, Nova Industries, Outpost Makers, Reclaim, Salvage, Sterling & Stitch, Veece, Willow & Root, 33 Coastal, and Funk Lagoon brands. It also provides services, such as hemming, gift-packaging, layaways, a guest loyalty program, the Buckle private label credit card, personalized stylist services, and a special-order system that allows stores to obtain specifically requested merchandise from other company stores or from its online order fulfillment center. The company was formerly known as Mills Clothing, Inc. and changed its name to The Buckle, Inc. in April 1991. The Buckle, Inc. was incorporated in 1948 and is headquartered in Kearney, Nebraska.

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