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The price of Blue Bird Corp (NASDAQ: BLBD) closed at $47.85 in the last session, up 1.68% from day before closing price of $47.06. In other words, the price has increased by $1.68 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.5 million shares were traded. BLBD stock price reached its highest trading level at $48.005 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $47.0.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at BLBD’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 6.62 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 9.90. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.15 and its Current Ratio is at 1.74. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.38 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.35.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In the most recent recommendation for this company, BTIG Research on October 09, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $55.
On October 03, 2024, ROTH MKM Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Buy but kept the price unchanged to $48.
Needham reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on July 17, 2024, while the target price for the stock was revised from $52 to $65.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 17 ’25 when Radulescu Razvan sold 7,006 shares for $51.58 per share. The transaction valued at 361,369 led to the insider holds 46,180 shares of the business.
Radulescu Razvan bought 7,006 shares of BLBD for $359,000 on Dec 17 ’25. On Dec 12 ’25, another insider, Horlock Phil, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 15,381 shares for $50.42 each. As a result, the insider received 775,489 and left with 225,385 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BLBD now has a Market Capitalization of 1517560832 and an Enterprise Value of 1384853760. As of this moment, Blue’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 12.32, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.12. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.58. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.03 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.97. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.936 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.572.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BLBD is 1.44, which has changed by 0.12772584 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1877265 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BLBD has reached a high of $61.95, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $30.04. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -5.71%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.26%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, BLBD traded on average about 425.37K shares per day over the past 3-months and 399570 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 31.88M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 31.13M. Insiders hold about 1.83% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 109.16% stake in the company. Shares short for BLBD as of 1765756800 were 5137110 with a Short Ratio of 12.08, compared to 1763078400 on 4762559. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5137110 and a Short% of Float of 18.89.
Earnings Estimates
At present, 6.0 analysts are actively evaluating the performance of Blue Bird Corp (BLBD) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.92, with high estimates of $1.06 and low estimates of $0.79.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $4.83 and $4.07 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $4.28. EPS for the following year is $4.8, with 5.0 analysts recommending between $5.36 and $4.5.
Revenue Estimates
According to 7 analysts, . The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $325.74M. It ranges from a high estimate of $350M to a low estimate of $304M. As of . The current estimate, Blue Bird Corp’s year-ago sales were $313.87MFor the next quarter, 7 analysts are estimating revenue of $363.06M. There is a high estimate of $392M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $345.1M.
A total of 7 analysts have provided revenue estimates for BLBD’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.56B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.5B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.52B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.48BBased on 6 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.59B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.63B and the low estimate is $1.56B.
