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Buckle (BKE) Competitors

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$48.89 +1.24 (+2.60%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

BKE vs. ANF, URBN, AEO, FL, CAL, SCVL, GES, ZUMZ, GCO, 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), Caleres (CAL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Guess? (GES), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Buckle has a net margin of 16.69% compared to Abercrombie & Fitch's net margin of 10.76%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 47.35% beat Buckle's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Buckle16.69% 46.17% 22.47%
Abercrombie & Fitch 10.76%47.35%16.88%

Buckle presently has a consensus price target of $46.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.91%. Abercrombie & Fitch has a consensus price target of $177.43, indicating a potential upside of 16.73%. 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)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

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$1.23B2.02$219.92M$4.1011.92
Abercrombie & Fitch$4.28B1.81$328.12M$9.4416.10

Abercrombie & Fitch received 836 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.65% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 57.16% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BuckleOutperform Votes
379
57.16%
Underperform Votes
284
42.84%
Abercrombie & FitchOutperform Votes
1215
59.65%
Underperform Votes
822
40.35%

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

Buckle has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Buckle had 6 more articles in the media than Abercrombie & Fitch. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Buckle and 10 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch. Buckle's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Abercrombie & Fitch's score of 0.63 indicating that Buckle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Buckle
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Abercrombie & Fitch
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Abercrombie & Fitch beats Buckle on 11 of the 18 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$2.48B$19.70B$24.70B$20.17B
Dividend Yield2.96%2.39%169.99%3.50%
P/E Ratio11.9214.17122.8544.36
Price / Sales2.021.067.2217.73
Price / Cash9.3710.2019.9321.28
Price / Book5.975.707.154.71
Net Income$219.92M$702.99M$689.21M$986.85M
7 Day Performance2.02%2.08%2.15%3.73%
1 Month Performance13.88%4.59%0.90%3.70%
1 Year Performance28.73%33.63%18.79%27.73%

Buckle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKE
Buckle
3.4646 of 5 stars
$48.89
+2.6%
$46.00
-5.9%
+28.7%$2.48B$1.23B11.928,000Earnings Report
News Coverage
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
3.7559 of 5 stars
$141.57
+3.5%
$177.43
+25.3%
+108.8%$7.23B$4.28B15.0031,700Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Gap Up
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.1038 of 5 stars
$37.36
+1.2%
$42.27
+13.1%
+22.5%$3.45B$5.15B11.4328,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.9487 of 5 stars
$17.18
-0.5%
$25.00
+45.5%
+4.9%$3.30B$5.26B13.7443,100Gap Up
FL
Foot Locker
4.7257 of 5 stars
$22.45
+0.0%
$26.53
+18.2%
+2.8%$2.13B$8.17B-5.8046,846Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
CAL
Caleres
3.972 of 5 stars
$30.46
+2.4%
$32.50
+6.7%
+10.0%$1.07B$2.82B6.449,200Positive News
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.2299 of 5 stars
$33.85
+1.1%
$42.00
+24.1%
+43.5%$919.70M$1.18B12.005,300Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
GES
Guess?
4.5907 of 5 stars
$16.63
+2.7%
$27.25
+63.9%
-18.0%$855.12M$2.78B6.7112,000News Coverage
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.3533 of 5 stars
$22.04
+2.7%
$22.00
-0.2%
+23.8%$421.85M$875.49M-8.018,900News Coverage
GCO
Genesco
3.4248 of 5 stars
$28.95
+0.3%
$31.00
+7.1%
+1.2%$324.82M$2.32B-412.2318,000News Coverage
DBI
Designer Brands
4.5666 of 5 stars
$4.89
+4.9%
$7.83
+60.2%
-52.6%$258.63M$3.06B-48.9014,000

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This page (NYSE:BKE) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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