---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000885245-25-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKE"
cik: "0000885245"
company_name: "BUCKLE INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T20:00:32.599411+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Buckle Q4 net income $77.2M ($1.54/share); comp sales +3.9%; FY net income down 11% to $195.5M

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $379.2M (-0.8% vs prior-year 14-wk quarter); comp store sales +3.9% on 13-wk basis.
- Online sales Q4 $69.7M (+6.4% vs prior-year 14-wk period).
- FY 2024 net sales $1.218B (-3.4%); comp store sales -2.7%; online sales -4.3% to $197.7M.
- FY diluted EPS $3.89 vs $4.40 prior year; net income $195.5M vs $219.9M.
- Q4 diluted EPS $1.53 vs $1.59; 14-wk quarter in prior year distorts comparisons.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000885245-25-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKE
- cik: 0000885245
- company_name: BUCKLE INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-14T23:59:59+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/885245/000088524525000046/0000885245-25-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524525000046/bke-20250314.htm

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