BLBD vs CYD vs DAN Stock Comparison

Blue Bird, China Yuchai International and Dana Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BLBD Blue Bird Corp
$58.04 -0.1% 1M +2.9% 1Y
Market cap
$1.95B
P/E
6.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.61B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
6 wins
DAN DANA Inc
$27.05 -0.3% 1M +36.1% 1Y
Market cap
$2.94B
P/E
2.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.66B
Div. yield
0.02%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Blue Bird leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Blue Bird 6, Dana 3, China Yuchai International 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLBDCYDDANLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.95B $876.80M $2.94B DAN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 6.9x 11.3x 2.6x DAN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.0x 7.0x 14.2x CYD
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.5% — +3.7% BLBD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 17.5% — 14.6% BLBD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 29.3% — 0.0% BLBD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.1x — 1.8x BLBD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +2.9% -37.1% +36.1% DAN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +25.1%/yr +12.1%/yr +4.0%/yr BLBD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 42.8% 55.2% 44.2% BLBD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 76/100 80/100 61/100 CYD

Percentile Scorecard

BLBDCYDDAN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBLBDCYDDAN
Valuation 94 #14 of 203 100 #2 of 203 95 #11 of 203
Growth 93 #15 of 187 – 82 #35 of 187
Profitability 90 #19 of 185 – 46 #100 of 185
Financial Health 71 #64 of 219 48 #115 of 219 21 #174 of 219
Shareholder Returns 32 #105 of 153 93 #11 of 153 64 #56 of 153
Overall 76 80 61
  • BLBD ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • CYD ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • DAN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBLBDCYDDANSPY
1 month -0.1%-29.4%-0.3% -0.8%
3 months -23.7%-49.9%-0.7% +3.5%
6 months -10.0%-44.3%-29.7% +7.0%
Year to date +23.5%-34.4%+13.8% +12.2%
1 year +2.9%-37.1%+36.1% +13.0%
3 years +211.4%+185.9%+114.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +46.1%+42.0%+29.0% +23.1%
5 years +206.1%+76.9%+21.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year +25.1%+12.1%+4.0% +11.0%
10 years +294.6%+109.9%+78.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year +14.7%+7.7%+6.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBLBDCYDDANSPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.8%55.2%44.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 45.7%61.7%46.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.131.511.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.07-0.670.82 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.9%-61.1%-69.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -28.8%-61.0%-30.5% -1.8%
52-week high $81.50$59.71$38.93 $779.14
52-week low $46.59$23.25$19.47 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBLBDCYDDAN
P/E now vs peer median 7.1xmedian 26.0x 11.3xmedian 26.0x 2.6xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 1.9x 0.2xmedian 1.9x 0.4xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.6xmedian 14.0x —median 14.0x 7.0xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.0xmedian 21.4x 2.7xmedian 21.4x 20.3xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 2.2x 0.5xmedian 2.2x 1.5xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.05median 1.26 —median 1.26 0.02median 1.26

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBLBDCYDDAN
Revenue $1.61B – $7.66B
Gross profit $331.66M – $725.00M
Operating income $189.81M – $210.00M
Net income $281.81M – $1.13B
Free cash flow $153.14M – $143.00M
EPS (diluted) $8.02 – $10.18
Cash & equivalents $116.82M $1.08B $331.00M
Total debt $86.81M $288.74M $1.34B
Shares (diluted) 35.15M 37.52M 109.50M
Enterprise value $1.08B -$2.48B $1.25B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBLBDCYDDAN
P/E 7.1x 11.3x 2.6x
P/FCF 12.0x 2.7x 20.3x
P/Operating cash flow 10.2x – 6.4x
P/S 1.1x 0.2x 0.4x
P/B 2.8x 0.5x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 3.8x 0.5x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 8.6x – 7.0x
EV/EBIT 9.5x – 18.7x
EV/Revenue 1.1x – 0.5x
EV/FCF 11.8x – 27.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.0x – 8.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.05 – 0.02

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLBDCYDDAN
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.5% – 3.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.0% – -9.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 19.9% – 79.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 57.8% – -6.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 33.3% – 307.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 598.6% – 6.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 143.2% – 28,400%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 160.8% – 83.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 125.4% – 6,201%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 155.1% – 108.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 8.4% – 49.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.5% – -8.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 7.0% – 180.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.0% – 5.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLBDCYDDAN
Gross margin 20.6% – 9.5%
EBITDA margin 13.1% – 7.3%
Operating margin 11.8% – 2.7%
Pretax margin 20.0% – 1.0%
Net margin 17.5% – 14.6%
FCF margin 9.5% – 1.9%
Operating cash flow margin 11.2% – 6.0%
Return on equity 58.9% – 56.6%
Return on assets 30.2% – 18.6%
Return on invested capital 29.3% – 0.0%
Return on capital employed 30.9% – 5.3%
Asset turnover 1.7x – 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.6x – 0.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% – 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLBDCYDDAN
Debt / assets 7.4% 6.3% 22.0%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.2x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.1x – 1.8x
Debt / FCF 0.6x – 9.4x
Liabilities / assets 43.9% 59.6% 67.6%
Equity / assets 56.1% 40.4% 32.4%
Interest coverage 27.9x – 1.5x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.4x 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.5x 1.1x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.4x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 4.66 – 2.29

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLBDCYDDAN
Dividend yield – 3.7% 1.7%
Net buyback yield 0.4% – 19.3%
Shareholder yield 0.4% 3.7% 21.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 4.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 35.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -12.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -4.2%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBLBDCYDDAN
Forward P/E 13.0xFY2026 7.0xFY2026 14.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.48FY2026 $3.34FY2026 $1.90FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +2.3%FY2026 +62.9%FY2026 +413.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -6.9% +14.4% +128.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.64BFY2026 $4.43BFY2026 $8.05BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.7%FY2026 +25.5%FY2026 +7.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.4% -4.0% +34.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLBDCYDDAN
Held by institutions 94.5% 22.4% 99.2%
Institutions holding 303 121 342
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.6% +4.4% +1.8%
Institutions buying 169 65 168
Institutions selling 100 33 126
Buyers to sellers 1.69 1.97 1.33

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BLBDCYDDAN
BLBD 1.00 0.23 0.27
CYD 0.23 1.00 0.32
DAN 0.27 0.32 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLBD, CYD and DAN?

Dana (DAN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Blue Bird (BLBD) $1.95B, China Yuchai International (CYD) $876.80M, Dana (DAN) $2.94B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLBD, CYD and DAN?

Dana (DAN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Blue Bird (BLBD) 6.9x, China Yuchai International (CYD) 11.3x, Dana (DAN) 2.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, China Yuchai International (CYD) is cheapest (Blue Bird (BLBD) 13.0x, China Yuchai International (CYD) 7.0x, Dana (DAN) 14.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Blue Bird (BLBD) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Blue Bird (BLBD) +13.5%, Dana (DAN) +3.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Blue Bird (BLBD) has the highest net margin (Blue Bird (BLBD) 17.5%, Dana (DAN) 14.6%). On return on invested capital, Blue Bird (BLBD) leads (Blue Bird (BLBD) 29.3%, Dana (DAN) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Dana (DAN) returned the most: Blue Bird (BLBD) +2.9%, China Yuchai International (CYD) -37.1%, Dana (DAN) +36.1%. Over five years, Blue Bird (BLBD) compounded fastest (Blue Bird (BLBD) +25.1%/yr, China Yuchai International (CYD) +12.1%/yr, Dana (DAN) +4.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Blue Bird (BLBD) 0.00%, China Yuchai International (CYD) 0.00%, Dana (DAN) 0.02%. Blue Bird (BLBD) and China Yuchai International (CYD) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Blue Bird (BLBD) has been the steadiest (Blue Bird (BLBD) 42.8%, China Yuchai International (CYD) 55.2%, Dana (DAN) 44.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BLBD, CYD and DAN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Blue Bird (BLBD) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.