Buckle’s (BKE) Sturdy Sales Trend Continues in December
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The Buckle, Inc. BKE has been putting up a stellar show for the past few months. BKE’s impressive sales run continued in December 2021 wherein net sales for the five-week fiscal month ended Jan 1, 2022 rose 17.3% to $198.7 million from $169.4 million recorded in the five-week fiscal month ended Jan 2, 2021. This apparel, footwear and accessories retailer registered a sales increase of 35.9%, 23.6%, 17.3% and 43%, respectively, in the preceding four months.
For the fiscal month under review, comparable store net sales for stores open at least for a year climbed 17.7% year over year. The metric jumped 36%, 23.3%, 17.8% and 42.7%, respectively, in the prior four months.
For the five-week fiscal month ended Jan 1, 2022, total sales at the men’s unit increased 14.5% from the figure recorded in the five-week period ended Jan 2, 2021 while the metric at the women’s business jumped 20%. The men’s category contributed 57.5% to BKE’s overall monthly sales while the women’s unit accounted for 42.5%.
On combining the men’s and women’s categories, accessory sales for the fiscal month climbed 26.5% while footwear sales rose 4% from the figure registered in the comparable December of fiscal 2020. The accessory and footwear categories accounted for 11% and 10.5%, respectively, of the overall fiscal December 2021 sales. For the comparable period in fiscal 2020, these categories constituted 10% and 12%, respectively.
For the year-to-date 48-week period ended Jan 1, 2022, net sales jumped 46.7% year over year to $1.230 billion from net sales of $838.2 million generated in the prior-year fiscal period ended Jan 2, 2021. Also, comparable store net sales increased 46.7% year over year during the 48-week period ended Jan 1, 2022.
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Price Performance
Benefiting from a stellar sales trend, this currently Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stock has appreciated 25% in the past year against the industry’s 17.8% decline. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
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Buckle has also been witnessing a solid momentum in the e-commerce business so far. During third-quarter fiscal 2021, online sales rose 9% to $50.5 million for the 13-week period ended Oct 30, 2021. Also, robust gains from BKE’s women’s and men’s merchandise categories have been contributing to its performance for a while.
Kearney, NE-based Buckle currently operates 440 retail outlets across 42 states, including one store closure. BKE operated 445 stores in 42 states as of Jan 6, 2021.
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