Blue Bird Corp financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
BLBD on Nasdaq
Location
Macon, GA
Fiscal year end
27 September
Latest financial report
04 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • BLBD - Blue Bird Corp financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 58%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-32%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 30 Jan 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-01-30) highlights Return On Equity 57.5%, Return On Assets 22.0%, and Operating Margin 11.5%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

91.2/100

Strong Confidence medium

Return On Equity

58%

Metric score 100.0/100

Return On Assets

22%

Metric score 100.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.81x
Quick Ratio
1.07x

Strengths

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Current Ratio

Watchpoints

Operating Margin

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 58% -32%
Return On Assets 22% -1.5%
Operating Margin 11% +15%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.81x +26%
Quick Ratio 1.07x +64%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 12%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 20%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 31,591,902 -1.6%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 31,679,557 -1.3%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 31,777,167 -1.4%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 32,624,339 -2.2%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $1,499,311,000 +12%
Cost of Revenue $1,184,886,000 +8.7%
Operating Income (Loss) $171,801,000 +28%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $44,352,000 +32%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 4.09 +22%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 3.96 +23%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $241,739,000 +78%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $10,768,000 -23%
Inventory, Net $140,925,000 -14%
Other Assets, Current $32,344,000 +84%
Assets, Current $425,776,000 +29%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $0 -100%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $112,734,000 +15%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $41,218,000 -4.3%
Goodwill $18,825,000 0%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $1,631,000 -28%
Assets $642,342,000 +20%
Accounts Payable, Current $121,668,000 -12%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $42,800,000
Liabilities, Current $235,114,000 +2.5%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $5,543,000 +1406%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $13,692,000 +68%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $28,157,000 -6.8%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $103,990,000 +457%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $271,368,000 +51%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $271,368,000 +51%
Liabilities and Equity $642,342,000 +20%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense $2,356,000 -6%
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Receivable $9,882,000 +78%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities $36,579,000 +39%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities $18,498,000 -44%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities $5,655,000 -11%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 100,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 31,679,557
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.0001 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect $12,426,000 +47%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $241,739,000 +78%
Interest Paid, Excluding Capitalized Interest, Operating Activities $1,490,000 -37%
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent 0.21 0%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $127,960,000 +13%
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $2,772,000
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 10,000,000 0%
Additional Paid in Capital $195,532,000 +4.4%
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization $3,978,000 +3.2%
Interest Expense $6,853,000 -23%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.0001 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY