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Institutional Cluster

BKE

BUCKLE INC
NEUTRAL
Impact 3/10
Horizonweeks Processed2mo ago
Institutional cluster: 5 buyers, 2 sellers (bullish)
Actionable Insight • Neutral

The cluster is too small and mixed to act on. The largest seller (SEB) exiting over half its position outweighs the scattered buying. Monitor for a larger catalyst or insider buying before considering a position. The stock's poor analyst sentiment (0% bullish) and weak historical call performance suggest avoiding a bullish read here.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencemedium
Horizonweeks
Latest settled — T+20d
BKE ▼ -9.99% at T+20d
NEUTRAL call -9.99% · α vs SPY -9.07% · entry $46.65 → $41.99
Next anchor: T+60d in 7d
Latest observation: T+53 +13.88% FF3 residual α
Entry = T+0 close
Aug 8, 2026
via day close
T+1d
-1.52%
call -1.52% · α -1.20%
$45.94
settled 3mo ago
T+5d
-7.42%
call -7.42% · α -7.37%
$43.19
settled 2mo ago
T+20d
-9.99%
call -9.99% · α -9.07%
$41.99
settled 7w ago
T+60d
Pending
in 7d

Executive Summary

A small institutional cluster in BKE shows 5 buyers adding $537K in net new positions, while 2 sellers trimmed $1.12M, resulting in net selling of ~$583K. The buying is dominated by small asset managers making modest additions, while the largest seller (SEB Asset Management) cut over half its position. The cluster is weak in conviction and scale, with no insider buying to corroborate the bullish tilt.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
distributing
Buy Value
$3.4M
Sell Value
$1.8M
Net Flow
-$583.0K

Institutional Positions

Net institutional flow: -$583.0K

▲ Buyers (5)

InstitutionActionChangePosition ValueValue Δ
Universal- Beteiligungs- UndADD+56.9%$1.4M$325.0K
Russell Investments GroupADD+28.3%$1.5M$106.0K
D.a. Davidson &ADD+48.4%$479.0K$94.0K

▼ Sellers (2)

InstitutionActionChangePrev ValueValue Δ
Seb Asset Management AbTRIM-55.1%$1.8M-$1.1M
Farther Finance AdvisorsTRIM-29.2%$12.0K-$4.9K

Key Facts

  • 5 buyers added $537K in aggregate, led by Universal-Beteiligungs (+$325K) and Russell Investments (+$106K)
  • 2 sellers trimmed $1.12M, with SEB Asset Management alone cutting $1.12M (55% of its position)
  • Net institutional flow was negative: ~$583K more sold than bought
  • No open-market insider buying to corroborate the cluster; 13F × Form 4 confluence score is low (15/100, divergent)

Financial Impact

Net institutional selling of ~$583K across 7 filers; largest move was SEB Asset Management's $1.12M trim

institutional ownershipfloat

Risk Factors

  • Cluster is small in dollar terms relative to BKE's $2.4B market cap
  • 13F data is 45+ days stale; positions may have already been unwound
  • No insider buying to confirm the thesis; historical BKE calls have underperformed badly

Market Snapshot

Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Retail-Family Clothing Stores
Analyst Consensus
0% bullish (9 analysts)

Investment Themes

Consumer & Retail

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 institutional 13F filing from SEC EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
INST-CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)inst-cluster-BKE-2026-Q2
10 reports for BKE
Performance horizon
67% Hit rate @ T+60 2 of 3 directional calls Went positive at some point 2 of 4 best @ T+60▲ +21.63%Apr 10, 2026
Filters
Rows
Reports for BKE — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Oct 22, 2026
4d ago
144
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$47.48awaiting T+60——
Oct 22, 2026
4d ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 4/10
$46.54awaiting T+60——
Sep 15, 2026
5w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$39.65awaiting T+60——
Aug 31, 2026
8w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$42.60awaiting T+60——
Aug 8, 2026
11w ago
Institutional Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$46.65awaiting T+60——
Jun 2, 2026
20w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$44.15 $44.17▲ +0.05%▼ −1.07%—
May 29, 2026
21w ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 6/10
$45.87 $44.41▼ −3.18%▼ −4.37%—
Apr 22, 2026
26w ago
DEFA14A
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$55.95 $42.47▼ −24.09%▼ −28.87%—
Apr 10, 2026
28w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$54.47 $42.69▲ +21.63%▲ +31.95%—
Mar 17, 2026
31w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$49.09 $45.29▲ +7.74%▲ +19.88%—
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US Market Status

Market Closed — Opens Tue (< 1m)

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Report published Aug 8, 2026