BLBD
Blue Bird Corp Consumer Discretionary Truck & Bus Bodies Russell 3000
$55.90Close
$1.8BMarket cap
$46.59 – $81.5052-week range
Nov 23, 2026Next report
Highlights
Strengths
- Earnings growing EPS +371% year on year, faster than the quarter before (+357 pts)
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 2 of 8 trend conditions
- Lagging the market RS 29 · weaker than 71% of stocks over 12 months
- Far from its high 31% below its 52-week high
- Distribution down-day volume 1.5× up-day volume over 50 sessions
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
31%
1wk
down 3.2%
price change
1mo
up 0.7%
price change
12-month return
up 12%
market up 11% ·
its own down 3%
F-score
7 / 9
Strong
Altman Z
6.67
Low risk
P/E
14.0×
price / earnings
PEG
0.61
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
7.0×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 10.2%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
67%
of the market · cheap
Revenue growth
up 10%
year on year
EPS growth
up 371%
latest quarter · +357 pts
Sales growth
up 30%
latest quarter · +32 pts
ROE
up 62%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 10%
$153.3M FCF
D/E
0.33
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
-0.8×
net cash
Interest cover
23.2×EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- profitability slipped from last year
- assets working less efficiently
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profits backed by cash
- reduced long-term debt
- short-term liquidity improved
- no new shares issued
- gross margin widened
Repair signals
- Long-term debt down 5% ($0.1B → $0.1B)
- Gross margin 19.0% → 20.5%
Trade setup
ATR%
3.4%
$1.88 a day · 2×ATR $52.15
RS
29 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
2 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
0.9×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.65
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no option chain · report Nov 23, 2026
Trend template · 2 of 8
- 150-day average above the 200-day: passes
- 200-day average rising for a month: passes
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- No restatement or impairment
- Equity positive
- Interest covered
- No material dilution
- Profits tracking cash
- Margins and revenue not shrinking
Last reported
Aug 5, 2026
Last shock
Aug 6, 2026-14% in one session3.0× volumeon results-15% since
Financials
- Gross 21%
- Net 9%
- Free cash 10%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Oct 3, 2020 | FY2021Oct 2, 2021 | FY2022Oct 1, 2022 | FY2023Sep 30, 2023 | FY2024Sep 28, 2024 | FY2025Sep 27, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $879.2M | $684.0M | $800.6M | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.5B |
| Gross margin | 11% | 11% | 5% | 12% | 19% | 21% |
| Operating income | $22.0M | $6.5M | -$40.7M | $51.7M | $139.3M | $167.2M |
| Net income | $12.2M | -$289,000 | -$45.8M | $23.8M | $105.5M | $127.7M |
| Net margin | 1% | -0% | -6% | 2% | 8% | 9% |
| Earnings per share | $0.45 | -$0.01 | -$1.48 | $0.74 | $3.16 | $3.88 |
| Free cash flow | -$15.5M | -$66.5M | -$30.9M | $111.4M | $95.8M | $153.3M |
| Free cash margin | -2% | -10% | -4% | 10% | 7% | 10% |
| Cash | $44.5M | $11.7M | $10.5M | $79.0M | $127.7M | $229.3M |
| Long-term debt | $164.2M | $149.6M | $130.4M | $110.5M | $90.0M | $85.3M |
| Shareholders' equity | -$53.2M | -$32.7M | $1.4M | $40.0M | $159.6M | $255.4M |
| Shares outstanding | 27.05m | 27.21m | 32.02m | 32.17m | 32.27m | 31.88m |
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 27, 2026 | 39d |
| May 6, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 28, 2026 | 39d |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Dec 27, 2025 | 39d |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Sep 27, 2025 | 58d |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 28, 2025 | 39d |
| May 7, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 29, 2025 | 39d |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Dec 28, 2024 | 39d |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Sep 28, 2024 | 58d |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 29, 2024 | 39d |
| May 8, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 30, 2024 | 39d |
| Feb 7, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Dec 30, 2023 | 39d |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Annual ↗ | Sep 30, 2023 | 72d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Material agreement · New obligation · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Material agreement · Regulation FD ↗ |
| May 18, 2026 | Material agreement ↗ |
| May 6, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Apr 2, 2026 | Acquisition or disposal · Unregistered share sale · Director or officer change · Charter or bylaws · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Mar 11, 2026 | Director or officer change · Shareholder vote ↗ |
| Feb 17, 2026 | Material agreement · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Director or officer change · Other events ↗ |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |