Buckle (BKE) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Buckle's (BKE) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 1.69 in Q1 2026, up 29.56% year-on-year from 1.3 in Q1 2025, and up 262.3% quarter-over-quarter from 0.47 in Q4 2025.

Buckle (BKE) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Buckle has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 1.69 for Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 1.69, up 29.56% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 1.09 (up 10.33% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 1.09, up 10.33% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 1.69 for Q1 2026 at Buckle, up from 0.47 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 3.56 in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.3 in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.74 (2023), against an average of 0.98.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio surged 559.3% in 2022 and tumbled 57.53% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Buckle's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.3 in 2022, then advanced by 9.01% to 0.33 in 2023, then surged by 60.93% to 0.53 in 2024, then slipped by 11.81% to 0.47 in 2025, then soared by 262.3% to 1.69 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 1.69 (Q1 2026), 0.47 (Q4 2025), and 0.39 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Tjx Companies 177.75 Bn 172.17 Bn 4.48 Bn 1.04
2 Ross Stores 74.23 Bn 69.64 Bn 1.80 Bn 0.14
3 Burlington Stores 19.90 Bn 19.15 Bn 1.26 Bn -
4 Lululemon Athletica 13.59 Bn 11.78 Bn 2.00 Bn -
5 Gap 7.91 Bn 5.35 Bn 1.42 Bn 0.81
6 Urban Outfitters 6.43 Bn 5.73 Bn 599.20 Mn -
7 Boot Barn Holdings 5.12 Bn 4.92 Bn 281.24 Mn -
8 Victoria's Secret 4.37 Bn 3.90 Bn 855.00 Mn -
9 Abercrombie & Fitch 3.57 Bn 2.80 Bn 1.10 Bn -
10 Buckle 2.25 Bn 1.98 Bn 209.97 Mn 1.69

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 1.69
Nov 1, 2025 0.47
Aug 2, 2025 0.39
May 3, 2025 0.91
Feb 1, 2025 1.30
Nov 2, 2024 0.53
Aug 3, 2024 0.49
May 4, 2024 0.93
Feb 3, 2024 1.44
Oct 28, 2023 0.33
Jul 29, 2023 0.45
Apr 29, 2023 0.74
Jan 28, 2023 1.51
Oct 29, 2022 0.30
Jul 30, 2022 0.44
Apr 30, 2022 1.22
Jan 29, 2022 3.56
Oct 30, 2021 0.20
Jul 31, 2021 0.43
May 1, 2021 0.18