How to buy The Buckle stock

The Buckle, Inc is an apparel retail business based in the US. The Buckle shares (BKE) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. The Buckle employs 2,800 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$853.4 million.

How to buy shares in The Buckle

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for The Buckle. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: BKE. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until The Buckle reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of The Buckle, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of The Buckle. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

The Buckle share price

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The Buckle shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$10.7883 - USD$42.36
50-day moving average	USD$36.3258
200-day moving average	USD$27.2624
Wall St. target price	USD$14
PE ratio	17.1203
Dividend yield	USD$0.6 (1.53%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.278

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The Buckle financials

Revenue TTM	USD$853.4 million
Operating margin TTM	16.79%
Gross profit TTM	USD$499.5 million
Return on assets TTM	9.98%
Return on equity TTM	25.94%
Profit margin	13.07%
Book value	$9.082
Market capitalisation	USD$1.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting The Buckle shares

There are currently 6.1 million The Buckle shares held short by investors – that's known as The Buckle's "short interest". This figure is 9% down from 6.7 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting The Buckle shares can be evaluated.

The Buckle's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

The Buckle's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of The Buckle shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of The Buckle shares traded daily (recently around 552404.64058235). The Buckle's SIR currently stands at 10.99. In other words for every 100,000 The Buckle shares traded daily on the market, roughly 10990 shares are currently held short.

However The Buckle's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of The Buckle shares, or, against the total number of tradable The Buckle shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case The Buckle's short interest could be expressed as 0.12% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 The Buckle shares in existence, roughly 120 shares are currently held short) or 0.2778% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable The Buckle shares, roughly 278 shares are currently held short).

A SIR above 10% would generally be considered pretty high, pointing to a potentially pessimistic outlook for the share price and a discouraging interest in betting against The Buckle.

Find out more about how you can short The Buckle stock.

Have The Buckle's shares ever split?

The Buckle's shares were split on a 10241:1000 basis on 13 January 2014. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 10241 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your The Buckle shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 90.2% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for The Buckle shares which in turn could have impacted The Buckle's share price.

The Buckle share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, The Buckle's shares have ranged in value from as little as $10.7883 up to $42.36. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while The Buckle's is 1.1078. This would suggest that The Buckle's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

The Buckle overview

The Buckle, Inc. operates as a retailer of casual apparel, footwear, and accessories for young men and women in the United States. It 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 primarily comprising BKE, Buckle Black, BKE Boutique, Red by BKE, Daytrip denim, Gimmicks, Gilded Intent, FITZ + EDDI, Outpost Makers, Departwest, and Veece. The company also provides services, such as hemming, gift-wrapping, layaways, guest loyalty program, the Buckle private label credit card, and personalized stylist services, as well as special order system that allows stores to obtain requested merchandise from other company stores or its online order fulfillment center. As of February 02-2019, it operated 450 retail stores in 42 states under the Buckle and The Buckle names. The Buckle, Inc. also sells its products through its Website, buckle.com. The company was formerly known as Mills Clothing, Inc. and changed its name to The Buckle, Inc. in April 1991. The Buckle, Inc. was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Kearney, Nebraska.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of The Buckle is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 41.558% of The Buckle shares are held by insiders and 64.477% by institutions.

• How many people work for The Buckle?

  Latest data suggests 2,800 work at The Buckle.

• When does the fiscal year end for The Buckle?

  The Buckle's fiscal year ends in February.

• Where is The Buckle based?

  The Buckle's address is: 2407 West 24th Street, Kearney, NE, United States, 68845

• What is The Buckle's ISIN number?

  The Buckle's international securities identification number is: US1184401065

• What is The Buckle's CUSIP number?

  The Buckle's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 118440106