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BKE · CIK 0000885245 · FY2025 live · 2026-01-31

BUCKLE INC

SafeSEC 10-KZ″Consumer84th percentile in Consumer · 430 names

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Model

Z″

FY2025

4.62

Zone

Safe

Prior

—

Market DD

—

1y PD

—

4.62

Classic Z 3.17

−21.12.68+

Z″ 4.62 · distress below 1.10, grey to 2.60, safe above.

Z″ factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity. Carries more weight in Z″ than in classic Z.

    0.21
    6.56 × = 1.40

  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

    Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.

    0.20
    3.26 × = 0.66

  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.

    0.26
    6.72 × = 1.77

  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Sales / assets is omitted so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score.

    0.75
    1.05 × = 0.79

Five-year path

Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.

Meridian Rank

81.64

0–100 · Z″ family

  • Book standing

    83

  • Year change

    —

  • Market PD

    —

  • O-score

    78

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

  • Approaching grey

    watch · 41

    • Live score: — → 4.62
    • Cut: — → 1.10

Overview

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BUCKLE INC is on Z″ at 4.62 (safe) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. EBIT / assets is the line that sets the print; working capital / assets is the runner-up. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Z″ omits sales/assets so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score. X4 is book equity on every name.

Book screen Safe; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Z″ scores · 84th percentile in Consumer.

Filing line items

Current assets

$448M

Total assets

$991M

Current liabilities

$237M

Total liabilities

$567M

Working capital

$211M

Retained earnings

$202M

EBIT

$261M

Total sales

$1.3B

Book equity

$425M

Accession 0000885245-26-000012. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2026-01-31). Z″ is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.