The Buckle, Inc. (NYSE:BKE)

I think this is an interesting stock to put up on the list -- sells to top end fashion stores and I hear college student's buzzing about it. P/E is reasonable and I like that dividend too.

HG company that has a great balance sheet.

Extremely well managed and has a great well thought out distribution model

Just watching for now, but stock picks for chicks make a good case....

Until the economy improves, this stock will not perform outside of a narrow trading range. It does have a nice dividend.

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Foolish pick 11/8/2011

They have such great quality mdse. and stores have nice ambience plus helpful employees. I enjoy shopping there.

Current at roughly trading at 14x TTM, and from 08 to 09 Net profit was up 23% and operating cash flow was up 10% into the worst economy in many of our lifetimes, and the trend continues.

Bail if free operating cash flow falls or stays steady while payables on the books increase,
that and my GF hip young trendy sister says she just starting shopping there recently so that means its gotta be good for another six months

Magic Formula pick

Strong product line. Good revenue stream and low forward PE. A winner in my book!

dividends plus growth

I reupped BKE at a Caps price of $37.63.

The last two months they reported strong same store sales. June same store sales were up 10.8%. Same store sales were up 6.8% in July. This should make the next quarter report a good one. The 6.8% was under what analysts estimated, but the recent fall in the markets have brought BKE way too low in my opinion. Their $0.80 dividend gives them a yield of 2.13% which looks even better as the government declared they will keep interest rates low through 2013.

The last earings report was a good one in my opinion too -

The stock price fell about 12% on what I feel was a good earnings report. Revenues were up 11.8%. Earnings were up 10.8%. They pay an annual dividend of $0.80, but that is only part of the dividend story. They paid a special dividend on December 1, 2010 of $2.50. They have $226 million in cash and no debt. They paid a $3.00 special dividend in 2008 and a $2.00 special dividend in 2009.

They produced $125 million in cash flow for 2010. So they could continue to pay out special dividends without touching their cash in the bank.

If earnings were down or revenues down I might be concerned, but they are up in a non-holiday quarter. So I am happy to be a shareholder and if investors don't bid this one back up in the next two days I will establish a trading position. The PE Ratio presently is 14 based on a share price of 41.57 (caps addition price). I also want to mention that same stores sales were up 8.1%. I consider the drop to be irrational and the present value a good one.

Boasts industry-leading margins and great same-store sales growth. Its expansion plans are ambitious, but perfectly reasonable. Good dividend as well. Probably the best apparel retailer out there.

Excellent specialty retailer which has actually grown using their cash flows at reasonable rates. They are well run and I expect them to continue taking share from the competion. 400 + stores now and the market can probably handle double that. Oh, and they also pay a nice, and rising dividend.

Tracking my actual portfolio. Retail has taken an inexplicable beating from lowered forecasts and increased commodity prices. BKE margins should give it some safety even with the increase in cotton prices.

over-reaction to good quarter with slight miss. trading position. expect to hold through 2011 holiday season.

Great growth story in this stock. Rented them their stores #8 and #11. They now have over 425 stores nationwide. They pay a $0.20 regular dividend quarterly and just paid a special of $2.50. Main competitors are Aerostopole and Abercrombie and Fitch but better merchandisers. A lot of cash and no long term debt. An easy call on this one!!!!

Season Sales starts will bring profits for the 4th Q