Why Buckle Stock Popped Today
Shares of The Buckle (NYSE: BKE) were up 19.3% as of 12:40 p.m. EST on Friday after the fashion retailer announced stronger-than-expected third-quarter results.
Quarterly net sales grew 4.2% year over year to $224.1 million. That translated to net income of $26 million, or $0.53 per diluted share, up from $0.42 per share in the year-ago period. Analysts on average were only expecting earnings of $0.43 per share on revenue of $219.2 million.
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