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Buckle (BKE) Competitors

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$51.26 +0.25 (+0.49%)
(As of 12/24/2024 05:19 PM ET)

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

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

Buckle vs.

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

53.9% of Buckle shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.8% of Buckle shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 12 more articles in the media than Buckle. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 4 mentions for Buckle. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Buckle's score of 0.48 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Buckle has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Buckle currently has a consensus target price of $46.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.26%. Abercrombie & Fitch has a consensus target price of $179.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.04%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than Buckle.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Buckle
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Abercrombie & Fitch
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

Abercrombie & Fitch received 839 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.62% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 57.08% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BuckleOutperform Votes
379
57.08%
Underperform Votes
285
42.92%
Abercrombie & FitchOutperform Votes
1218
59.62%
Underperform Votes
825
40.38%

Buckle has a net margin of 16.21% compared to Abercrombie & Fitch's net margin of 11.16%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 46.50% beat Buckle's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Buckle16.21% 44.11% 21.32%
Abercrombie & Fitch 11.16%46.50%17.53%

Buckle pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Abercrombie & Fitch pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Buckle pays out 35.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Abercrombie & Fitch pays out 7.9% 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.

Abercrombie & Fitch has higher revenue and earnings than Buckle. 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
Buckle$1.22B2.13$219.92M$3.9413.01
Abercrombie & Fitch$4.82B1.59$328.12M$10.1115.04

Summary

Abercrombie & Fitch beats Buckle on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BKE vs. The Competition

MetricBuckleFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.60B$20.07B$24.92B$19.36B
Dividend Yield2.75%2.27%167.16%3.66%
P/E Ratio13.0115.57108.8741.37
Price / Sales2.131.052.8718.16
Price / Cash10.4711.0921.7421.28
Price / Book5.335.165.535.36
Net Income$219.92M$702.99M$673.49M$989.88M
7 Day Performance3.26%3.78%1.37%1.63%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-1.80%-1.55%-4.78%
1 Year Performance9.55%12.37%9.91%12.48%

Buckle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKE
Buckle
2.5417 of 5 stars
$51.26
+0.5%
$46.00
-10.3%
+9.6%$2.60B$1.22B13.018,000
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
3.9858 of 5 stars
$151.27
-2.1%
$179.50
+18.7%
+64.3%$7.62B$4.82B14.9631,700
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.056 of 5 stars
$54.55
-1.0%
$46.27
-15.2%
+50.4%$5.03B$5.40B15.6328,000
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.8483 of 5 stars
$16.69
flat
$22.40
+34.2%
-22.0%$3.21B$5.40B14.2743,100
FL
Foot Locker
4.586 of 5 stars
$21.49
-4.1%
$25.18
+17.2%
-29.8%$2.04B$8.12B-4.7646,846
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.2429 of 5 stars
$34.47
-0.5%
$42.00
+21.8%
+20.1%$936.72M$1.22B12.675,300Positive News
CAL
Caleres
4.3606 of 5 stars
$22.81
-3.1%
$30.00
+31.5%
-24.3%$767.08M$2.78B5.089,200
GES
Guess?
4.0456 of 5 stars
$14.22
-1.3%
$25.00
+75.8%
-40.7%$731.72M$2.95B11.9512,000
GCO
Genesco
3.9365 of 5 stars
$40.11
-2.8%
$31.00
-22.7%
+21.6%$449.71M$2.32B-16.5118,000
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.7318 of 5 stars
$18.91
-0.4%
$22.00
+16.3%
-4.9%$362.56M$891.86M-7.368,900Positive News
DBI
Designer Brands
3.9657 of 5 stars
$5.33
-4.8%
$5.75
+7.9%
-38.2%$255.46M$3.05B-177.6114,000Analyst Downgrade
Negative News

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This page (NYSE:BKE) was last updated on 12/25/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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