BKEThe Buckle, Inc.

$43.06-22% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 75 out of 100, Strong

Strong. The Buckle, Inc. scores higher than 91% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by valuation and return on capital, held back by return on new capital.

Consumer Cyclical median 61 · all companies 50

Valuation

26% of the score, 28% here after data gaps

93median 13

The Buckle, Inc. is valued at 7.9x its operating profit, including debt: a low multiple.

25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
7.9x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score, 20% here after data gaps

100median 34

Over 7 years the business earned 52% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
52%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 45%

Return on new capital

16% of the score, 17% here after data gaps

30median 49

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 0 cents. New capital earned 0.2%, and 14% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
0%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score, 15% here after data gaps

72median 64

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countUp 0.7% a year over 5 years: new shares
54
5%
-3%
0.7%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 3.2% a year, sales 7.6%
100
12%
-2%
-4.3%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score, 13% here after data gaps

66median 62

Today's operating margin of 21% is 0.99x its normal 21%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 21%

Balance sheet

Taken out: its 8% is shared by the others

n/ano data

No debt or interest figures on file.

Earnings quality

6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps

73median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.20x profit over 3 years
86
0.7x
1x
1.3x
1.2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 4.3% of assets
82
8%
0%
-8%
-4.3%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.12
51
-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.12
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. For BKE, balance sheet could not be measured from the filings, so it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-08-01, latest annual report FY2025.