Buckle (BKE) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Buckle (BKE) posted Operating Margin of 20.59% for Q2 2026, down 18.34% sequentially from 25.21% in Q1 2026, and up 459.0% YoY from 3.68% in Q2 2025.

Buckle (BKE) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Buckle has reported Operating Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 20.59% in Q2 2026.

Quarterly Operating Margin rose 459.0% year-over-year to 20.59% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was 21.1% (up 134.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 20.14%, up 32.0% from the prior year.
Operating Margin declined to 20.59% in Q2 2026 per BKE's latest filing, from 25.21% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 28.77% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 16.0% in Q2 2025.
A 5-year average of 21.48% and a median of 20.85% in 2026 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2026: Operating Margin plunged 464 bps in 2023, then soared 459 bps in 2026.
Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 23.9% in 2022, then declined by 12 bps to 21.11% in 2023, then fell by 12 bps to 18.56% in 2024, then gained by 2 bps to 18.99% in 2025, then grew by 8 bps to 20.59% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 20.59%, 25.21%, and 18.99% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Operating Margin (Qtr)
1	Tjx Companies	155.53 Bn	149.95 Bn	4.48 Bn	11.77%
2	Ross Stores	76.74 Bn	72.61 Bn	1.78 Bn	13.38%
3	Burlington Stores	20.56 Bn	19.81 Bn	1.26 Bn	-50.84%
4	Lululemon Athletica	13.90 Bn	12.38 Bn	1.34 Bn	11.21%
5	Gap	7.31 Bn	4.75 Bn	1.42 Bn	12.73%
6	Victoria's Secret	6.97 Bn	6.76 Bn	585.00 Mn	4.87%
7	Urban Outfitters	6.54 Bn	6.13 Bn	542.57 Mn	9.43%
8	Boot Barn Holdings	5.01 Bn	4.87 Bn	-	-
9	Abercrombie & Fitch	4.90 Bn	4.28 Bn	682.63 Mn	7.97%
10	Buckle	2.22 Bn	1.93 Bn	133.48 Mn	20.59%

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