Growth Metrics

Buckle (BKE) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Buckle's Operating Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 18.99% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin rose 43.0% year-over-year to 18.99%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 20.11%, up 32.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 19.82%, 167.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 18.99% at Buckle, up from 18.43% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 28.77% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 16.0% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 22.38% (2021), against an average of 22.07%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Operating Margin soared 3936bps in 2021 before it plummeted -464bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 25.74% in 2021, then dropped by -7bps to 23.9% in 2022, then dropped by -12bps to 21.11% in 2023, then decreased by -12bps to 18.56% in 2024, then rose by 2bps to 18.99% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BKE's Operating Margin are 18.99% (Q4 2025), 18.43% (Q3 2025), and 16.0% (Q2 2025).