---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000885245-24-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKE"
cik: "0000885245"
company_name: "BUCKLE INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T18:25:31.702620+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Buckle Q4 net income $79.6M ($1.60/share); FY net sales down 6.3%

## Summary
- Net income for Q4: $79.6M ($1.60 basic EPS), down from $87.8M ($1.78) a year ago.
- FY net sales $1.261B, down 6.3% from $1.345B; comparable store sales fell 8.0%.
- Online sales dropped 12.4% in Q4 to $65.5M; FY online sales fell 10.3% to $206.5M.
- FY net income $219.9M ($4.44 basic EPS), compared to $254.6M ($5.17) in prior year.
- No guidance provided; management webcast scheduled for 10:00 a.m. EDT today.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000885245-24-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKE
- cik: 0000885245
- company_name: BUCKLE INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524524000044/0000885245-24-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524524000044/bke-20240315.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BUCKLE INC reported the fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended February 3, 2024 results: revenue $382.4 million, net income $79.6 million, EPS $1.60 per share ($1.59 per share on a diluted basis).
  - Period: the fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended February 3, 2024
  - Revenue: $382.4 million
  - Net income: $79.6 million
  - EPS: $1.60 per share ($1.59 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 February 3, 2024 was $79.6 million, or $1.60 per share ($1.59 per share on a diluted basis). Net income for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2024 was $219.9 million, or $4.44 per share ($4.40 per share on a diluted basis). Net sales for the 14-week fiscal quarter ended February 3, 2024 decreased 4.8 percent to $382.4 million from net sales of $401.8 million for the prior year 13-week fiscal quarter ended January 28, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524524000044/0000885245-24-000044-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  BUCKLE INC reported the fiscal year ended February 3, 2024 results: revenue $1.261 billion, net income $219.9 million, EPS $4.44 per share ($4.40 per share on a diluted basis).
  - Period: the fiscal year ended February 3, 2024
  - Revenue: $1.261 billion
  - Net income: $219.9 million
  - EPS: $4.44 per share ($4.40 per share on a diluted basis)
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales for the 53-week fiscal year ended February 3, 2024 decreased 6.3 percent to $1.261 billion from net sales of $1.345 billion for the 52-week fiscal year ended January 28, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524524000044/0000885245-24-000044-index.htm

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