Blue Bird Corporation
Rank #269Capital ReturnBLBD · Nasdaq · Industrials
Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD) — Rank #269 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.26) · ROE 19.5% · Piotroski F-Score 8 / 9.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0001589526 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Blue Bird Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, engineers, manufactures, and sells school buses in the United States, Canada, and internationally.
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The company operates through two segments, Bus and Parts. It offers Type C, Type D, and specialty buses; and alternative power options through its propane powered, gasoline powered, compressed natural gas powered, and electric powered school buses, as well as diesel engines. The company also sells replacement bus parts; and provides extended warranties related to its products. Blue Bird Corporation sells its products through drop ship and a network of dealers, as well as directly to fleet operators, the United States government, and state governments; independent service centers; and maintains a parts distribution center. It has a collaboration with Ford Motor Company to create the next generation of F-53/F-59 commercial stripped chassis.
Blue Bird Corporation was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Macon, Georgia.
- Industry
- Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
- Sector
- Industrials
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- October 3
- Website
- blue-bird.com
Financials
Each fiscal year is read as-of that year’s own 10-K filing, so nothing restated after the fact leaks backwards. Line items this filer never tagged are omitted. Hover or tap a badge for the diagnostic behind it.
| Fiscal year end | 2025-09-27filed 2025-11-24 | 2024-09-28filed 2024-11-25 | 2023-09-30filed 2023-12-11 | 2022-10-01filed 2022-12-12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||||
| Cash & equivalents | 229.3 | 127.7 | 79.0 | 10.5 |
| Accounts receivable | 20.7 | 59.1 | 12.6 | 12.5 |
| Inventory | 139.5 | 127.8 | 135.3 | 143.0 |
| Total current assets | 411.6 | 323.4 | 236.1 | 174.5 |
| Property, plant & equipment, net | 108.5 | 97.3 | 95.1 | 100.6 |
| Goodwill | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.8 |
| Intangible assets (excl. goodwill) | 41.7 | 43.6 | 45.4 | 47.4 |
| Total assets | 625.3 | 524.9 | 417.8 | 366.1 |
| Liabilities | ||||
| Accounts payable | 151.5 | 143.2 | 137.1 | 107.9 |
| Deferred revenue | 11.3 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 7.2 |
| Total current liabilities | 236.8 | 236.0 | 229.6 | 164.8 |
| Total debt | 90.3 | 95.0 | 130.3 | 150.2 |
| Equity | ||||
| Retained earnings | 88.2 | 0.0 | (55.7) | (79.5) |
| Total shareholders' equity | 255.4 | 159.6 | 40.0 | 1.4 |
Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?