Buckle (BKE) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Buckle (BKE) reported Operating Margin of 20.59% for Q2 2026, up 459.0% on a YoY basis from 3.68% in Q2 2025, and down 18.34% sequentially from 25.21% in Q1 2026.
Buckle (BKE) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Buckle (BKE) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 20.59% in Q2 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Operating Margin rose 459.0% year-over-year to 20.59%; the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 stood at 21.1% (up 134.0% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 20.14%, up 32.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin declined to 20.59% in Q2 2026, from 25.21% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 28.77% in Q1 2022 to a low of 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.
- Across the five-year window, Operating Margin slumped 464 bps in 2023 and jumped 459 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
- Tracing BKE's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 23.9% in 2022, then decreased by 12 bps to 21.11% in 2023, then slipped by 12 bps to 18.56% in 2024, then grew by 2 bps to 18.99% in 2025, then gained by 8 bps to 20.59% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows BKE's Operating Margin at 20.59% in Q2 2026, 25.21% in Q1 2026, and 18.99% in Q4 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 20.59% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 25.21% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 18.99% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 18.43% |
| May 3, 2025 | 16.00% |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 25.38% |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 18.56% |
| Aug 3, 2024 | 17.09% |
| May 4, 2024 | 16.15% |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 25.24% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 21.11% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 19.41% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 19.00% |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 27.36% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 23.90% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 21.76% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 23.64% |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 28.77% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 25.74% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 23.00% |