Blue Bird Financial Ratios
NASDAQ: BLBDConsumer DiscretionaryConstruction/Ag Equipment/TrucksUSD
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Blue Bird ratio analysis
Blue Bird earned a net margin of 8.6% in FY 2025, up from 7.8% a year earlier. Gross margin was 20.5% compared with a median of 11.9% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 50.0%, meaning Blue Bird generated 0.50 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity, an unusually high figure that often reflects a small equity base after share buybacks.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.35 versus 0.60 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.74. At the end of FY 2025, BLBD traded at 14.9 times earnings; across the 7 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 14.9 to 28.9, with a median of 22.7. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Blue Bird financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 14.94 | 15.33 | 28.85 | — | — | — | 26.80 | 21.17 | 22.69 | 27.84 |
| Price / sales | 1.25 | 1.16 | 0.60 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.85 | 0.37 | 0.49 | 0.60 | 0.49 |
| Price / book | 7.23 | 9.80 | 17.12 | 187.42 | 187.42 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gross margin | 20.5% | 19.0% | 12.3% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 10.5% | 10.9% | 13.1% | 11.9% | 12.9% |
| Operating margin | 11.3% | 10.3% | 4.6% | -5.1% | -5.1% | 1.0% | 2.5% | 4.3% | 3.4% | 6.0% |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 7.8% | 2.1% | -5.7% | -5.7% | -0.0% | 1.4% | 2.4% | 3.0% | 2.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 10.4% | 7.1% | 9.8% | -3.9% | -3.9% | -9.7% | -1.8% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 3.9% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 50.0% | 66.1% | 59.5% | -3,311.1% | -3,311.1% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 20.4% | 20.1% | 5.7% | -12.5% | — | -0.1% | 3.8% | 6.7% | 10.0% | 9.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.35 | 0.60 | 3.26 | 108.68 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Current ratio | 1.74 | 1.37 | 1.03 | 1.06 | — | 1.25 | 1.05 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.16 |
| Revenue growth | 9.9% | 18.9% | 41.5% | 0.0% | 17.1% | -22.2% | -13.7% | -0.6% | 3.5% | 6.3% |
| EPS growth | 22.8% | 327.0% | — | — | — | -102.2% | -50.0% | -16.7% | 45.9% | 428.6% |