Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD)

NASDAQ: BLBD · USD

$57.2

+0.33 (+0.6%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	1.8B
Revenue (ttm)	1.6B
Net income (ttm)	281.8M
EPS (ttm)	$8.48
Shares out	31.7M
P/E (trailing)	6.7x
P/E (forward)	13.0x
Volume	296,471
Beta	1.36

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.6B
Net income (ttm): 281.8M
EPS (ttm): $8.48
P/E (trailing): 6.7x
P/E (forward): 13.0x
Market cap: 1.8B

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Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E13

P25 13.2P50 18.7P75 25.2

Trailing P/E6.7

P25 16.3P50 24.9P75 35.2

ROE64.3

P25 -18.2P50 6.2P75 16.4

ROIC43.2

P25 -10.4P50 5.2P75 12.3

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001589526
Company name	Blue Bird Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	095306106
Earnings date	2026-11-23
Earnings time	amc
Employees	2,012
Employees change	64
Employees growth	3.29%
Enterprise value	$1.8B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-27
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	September
Founded	1927
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US0953061068
Last 10-K release date	2025-11-24
Last earnings date	2026-08-05
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$1.8B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-23
Options	Yes
Price	$57.15
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	3713
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	BLBD
U.S. state	Georgia
Website	https://www.blue-bird.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	12.42x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	24.92x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	14.39x
Earnings yield	14.84%
EV/Earnings	6.34x
EV/EBIT	9.43x
EV/EBITDA	8.62x
EV/FCF	11.67x
EV/Sales	1.11x
FCF / EV yield	8.57%
FCF yield	8.56%
Forward EV/Sales	0.9x
Forward P/E	12.97x
Forward P/S	0.9x
Graham number	62.81619
Graham upside	11.24%
Industry forward P/E	23.44x
Industry P/E	30.2x
Lynch fair value	$212.06
Lynch upside	275.53%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	12.28x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	10.34x
P/B ratio	2.75x
P/E ratio	6.74x
P/FCF ratio	11.68x
P/OCF ratio	9.91x
P/S ratio	1.11x
PEG ratio	0.88x
Price / tangible book value	8.32x
Price/EBITDA ratio	8.62x
Sector forward P/E	26.03x
Sector P/E	40.37x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	11.76%
EBITDA margin	12.87%
Effective tax rate	13%
FCF margin	9.5%
Gross margin	20.57%
Operating margin	11.76%
Pretax margin	20.09%
Profit margin	17.48%
Profit per employee	$140,064
Profitable quarters	14
Profitable years	3
Revenue per employee	$801,314
ROA	13.61%
ROA (5Y)	8.13%
ROCE	22.23%
ROE	64.29%
ROIC	43.21%
ROIC (5Y)	40.92%
SBC / revenue	0.46%
Tax / revenue	2.61%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	143.2%
EPS growth (Q)	370.54%
EPS growth (QoQ)	485.56%
EPS growth 10Y	36.04%
EPS growth 5Y	75.08%
EPS growth quarters	5
EPS growth years	3
FCF growth	7.01%
FCF growth (Q)	-58.6%
FCF growth (QoQ)	-45.72%
FCF growth 3Y	13.03%
FCF growth 5Y	22.74%
Gross profit growth	19.86%
Gross profit growth (Q)	20.3%
Gross profit growth 3Y	57.77%
Gross profit growth 5Y	30.16%
Net income growth	143.18%
Net income growth (Q)	408.17%
Net income growth (QoQ)	532.25%
Net income growth 5Y	82.19%
Net income growth quarters	14
Net income growth years	3
OCF growth	8.44%
OCF growth (Q)	-45.47%
OCF growth (QoQ)	-35.02%
OCF growth 10Y	9%
OCF growth 3Y	16.5%
OCF growth 5Y	21.73%
Operating income growth	32.29%
Operating income growth (Q)	23.86%
Operating income growth 3Y	760.19%
Operating income growth 5Y	46.51%
Revenue growth	13.46%
Revenue growth (Q)	29.94%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	46.66%
Revenue growth 10Y	5.4%
Revenue growth 3Y	14.03%
Revenue growth 5Y	15.83%
Revenue growth quarters	1
Revenue growth years	4

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-27.4M
Depreciation and amortization	$17.8M
EBIT	$189.7M
EBITDA	$207.5M
EPS	$8.48
FCF per share	$4.83
Financing cash flow	$-159.4M
Free cash flow	$153.1M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$145.7M
Gross profit	$331.7M
Income taxes	$42.1M
Investing cash flow	$-77.3M
Net borrowing	$-134.8M
Net cash flow	$-56.2M
Net income	$281.8M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$173.1M
Operating income	$189.7M
Revenue	$1.6B
Stock-based compensation	$7.4M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	4.59
Book value per share	$20.67
Debt / EBITDA	0.54
Debt / equity	0.18
Debt / FCF	0.76
Goodwill	$264.1M
Interest coverage	27.85
Long-term assets	$652.8M
Long-term liabilities	$198.3M
Net cash (debt)	$1.1M
Net cash / market cap	0.06%
Net cash growth	-98.68%
Net debt / EBITDA	-0.01
Net debt / equity	-0
Net debt / FCF	-0.01
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$193.8M
Shareholders' equity	$654.9M
Tangible book value	$215M
Tangible book value per share	$6.79
Total assets	$1.2B
Total cash	$116.8M
Total debt	$115.8M
Total liabilities	$511.6M
WACC	11.33%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.85
Current assets	$513.7M
Current liabilities	$313.3M
Current ratio	1.64
Inventory turnover	5.65
Net working capital	$89.5M
Quick ratio	0.54
Working capital	$200.4M
Working capital turnover	9.7

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-0.04%
Dividend yield	0%
Shareholder yield	-0.04%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	282.88%
10Y return CAGR	14.37%
10Y total return	282.88%
150-day SMA	$65.92
1D price change	0.58%
1M price change	-2.24%
1M total return	-2.24%
1W price change	-0.96%
1W total return	-0.96%
1Y price change	6.93%
1Y return CAGR	6.93%
1Y total return	6.93%
20-day SMA	$56.77
200-day SMA	$63.11
3M price change	-25.28%
3M total return	-25.28%
3Y price change	204.83%
3Y return CAGR	44.98%
3Y total return	204.83%
50-day SMA	$58.84
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$83.39
52-week high date	2026-07-21
52-week low	$46.14
52-week low date	2025-12-31
5Y price change	199.68%
5Y return CAGR	24.55%
5Y total return	199.68%
6M price change	-11.85%
6M total return	-11.85%
All-time high	$83.39
All-time high date	2026-07-21
All-time low	$7.14
All-time low date	2022-10-13
Average true range (ATR)	$1.91
Average volume	550.2K
Beta (1Y)	0.09
Beta (2Y)	0.69
Beta (5Y)	1.36
Change from 52-week high	-31.47%
Change from 52-week low	23.86%
Change from all-time high	-31.86%
Change from all-time low	696.36%
Change from open	0.39%
Day's gap	0.19%
Dollar volume	$16.9M
High price	$57.34
Low price	$56.25
Monthly RSI	53.63
Open price	$56.93
Position in 52-week range	82.57%
Previous close	$56.82
Price vs 150-day SMA	-13.8%
Price vs 20-day SMA	0.09%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-9.96%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-3.43%
Relative volume	0.54
RSI	45.19
Sharpe ratio	0.28
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.96
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.57
Sortino ratio	0.52
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.67
Sortino ratio (5Y)	1.05
Volume	296.5K
Weekly RSI	41.23
YTD price change	20.89%
YTD total return	20.89%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	29.7M
Float percentage	93.76%
Shares change (QoQ)	8.39%
Shares change (YoY)	0.04%
Shares held by insiders	1.13%
Shares held by institutions	105.51%
Shares outstanding	31.7M
Short % of float	15.16%
Short % of shares	14.22%
Short ratio	7.9 days

Deeper analysis on BLBD

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD)

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