BKE — BUCKLE INC

US Consumer Discretionary Apparel retail equity mkt cap 2.3B
43.81 +2.74% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 41.46 · high 61.58

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Performance

1 day+2.74%
1 week-0.68%
1 month+4.33%
3 months-10.63%
6 months-18.78%
Year to date-18.66%
1 year-20.40%
3 years+19.67%
5 years-3.18%

Technicals

RSI 1434.4
vs 50-day avg+0.22%
vs 200-day avg-13.11%
Volatility 1y30.4%
Max drawdown 1y-32.67%
Avg volume 30d431.5K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)2.40%
Paid last 12m4.4000
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2016-01-13

⚠ Includes an irregular or special distribution — this yield is unlikely to repeat.

Measured signals that fired on BKE

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-04Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-28Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-09Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-26Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-13Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-08Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-06-08FAIRFIELD BILL L
Director
Open-market sale2.5K44.44111.1K
2026-06-05MILKIE BRETT P
SVP Leasing
Gift12.0K0.000
2026-04-20SMITH KARI G
EVP Stores
Gift5.0K0.000
2026-04-13HOFFMAN MICHELLE
SVP Sales
Gift10.0K0.000
2026-04-10SMITH KARI G
EVP Stores
Open-market sale30.0K54.571.6M
2026-04-10HOFFMAN MICHELLE
SVP Sales
Open-market sale16.2K54.80887.8K
2026-03-20HOFFMAN MICHELLE
SVP Sales
Open-market sale29.3K49.121.4M
2026-03-19HOFFMAN MICHELLE
SVP Sales
Open-market sale71950.0036.0K
2026-03-17SMITH KARI G
EVP Stores
Open-market sale48.9K50.392.5M
2026-03-16SMITH KARI G
EVP Stores
Open-market sale1.1K49.8156.8K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.237.3M4.7M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC122.9M2.4M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC68.2M1.4M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP67.6M1.3M
STATE STREET CORP65.4M1.3M
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC65.4M1.3M
MORGAN STANLEY60.6M1.2M
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC59.3M1.2M
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC58.8M1.2M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC56.0M1.1M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d52.4% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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