---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000885245-23-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKE"
cik: "0000885245"
company_name: "BUCKLE INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T13:48:31.292117+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Buckle Q1 net income falls 22% to $42.9M; sales down 8.5% YoY

## Summary
- Diluted EPS of $0.86 vs $1.12 in prior-year quarter.
- Net sales $282.8M, down 8.5% from $309.1M; comparable store sales declined 9.2%.
- Online sales fell 5.6% to $51.3M from $54.3M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000885245-23-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKE
- cik: 0000885245
- company_name: BUCKLE INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524523000018/0000885245-23-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524523000018/bke-20230526.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-23-000018
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-23-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BUCKLE INC reported the fiscal quarter ended April 29, 2023 results: revenue $282.8 million, net income $42.9 million, EPS $0.87 per share ($0.86 per share on a diluted basis).
  - Period: the fiscal quarter ended April 29, 2023
  - Revenue: $282.8 million
  - Net income: $42.9 million
  - EPS: $0.87 per share ($0.86 per share on a diluted basis)
  - Result: reported results
  source text: The Buckle, Inc. (NYSE: BKE) announced today that net income for the fiscal quarter ended April 29, 2023 was $42.9 million, or $0.87 per share ($0.86 per share on a diluted basis). Net sales for the 13-week fiscal quarter ended April 29, 2023 decreased 8.5 percent to $282.8 million from net sales of $309.1 million for the prior year 13-week fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524523000018/0000885245-23-000018-index.htm

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