---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000885245-26-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKE"
cik: "0000885245"
company_name: "BUCKLE INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-29T19:38:39+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T19:40:07.940391+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Buckle Q1 net income $46.9M ($0.93/share), sales up 6.1% to $288.7M

## Summary
- Net income of $46.9M ($0.93 basic EPS) vs $35.2M ($0.70) a year ago; diluted EPS $0.92.
- Net sales $288.7M, up 6.1% YoY; comparable store sales increased 5.1%.
- Online sales $47.7M, up 2.8% from $46.4M in prior-year quarter.
- Received $19.1M net legal fees from interchange fee settlement, recorded as reduction in Selling Expenses.
- Management webcast at 10:00 a.m. EDT today to discuss results.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000885245-26-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKE
- cik: 0000885245
- company_name: BUCKLE INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-29T19:38:39+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/885245/000088524526000025/0000885245-26-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524526000025/bke-20260529.htm

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