WPRT vs BLBD vs BWA Stock Comparison

Aetherion Technologies, Blue Bird and Borgwarner Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BLBD Blue Bird Corp
$59.19 +3.5% 1M +15.2% 1Y
Market cap
$1.87B
P/E
7.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.61B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
8 wins
BWA Borgwarner Inc
$47.54 -24.9% 1M +5.9% 1Y
Market cap
$9.55B
P/E
20.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.24B
Div. yield
1.43%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Blue Bird leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Blue Bird 8, Borgwarner 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWPRTBLBDBWALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $31.45M $1.87B $9.55B BWA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.7x 7.2x 20.0x BLBD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.2x 8.7x BWA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -73.4% +13.5% +0.4% BLBD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -493.2% 17.5% 3.4% BLBD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -39.8% 29.3% 5.9% BLBD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.0x -0.1x — BLBD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 1.43% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -11.3% +15.2% +5.9% BLBD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -45.1%/yr +22.1%/yr +0.3%/yr BLBD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.0% 42.9% 41.4% BWA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 26/100 75/100 64/100 BLBD

Percentile Scorecard

WPRTBLBDBWA

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

AxisWPRTBLBDBWA
Valuation 12 #179 of 204 92 #18 of 204 96 #10 of 204
Growth 36 #123 of 191 93 #14 of 191 51 #94 of 191
Profitability 4 #181 of 189 88 #23 of 189 47 #100 of 189
Financial Health 53 #105 of 221 72 #63 of 221 43 #127 of 221
Shareholder Returns – 29 #113 of 159 84 #27 of 159
Overall 26 75 64
  • WPRT ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • BLBD ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • BWA ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodWPRTBLBDBWASPY
1 month -1.6%+3.5%-24.9% -5.9%
3 months -2.2%-10.3%-27.7% -4.6%
6 months -5.7%-16.4%-18.3% +0.2%
Year to date +15.3%+25.9%+5.5% +7.5%
1 year -11.3%+15.2%+5.9% +8.2%
3 years -70.4%+214.8%+44.8% +68.3%
3 years, per year -33.4%+46.6%+13.1% +19.0%
5 years -95.0%+171.0%+1.4% +56.5%
5 years, per year -45.1%+22.1%+0.3% +9.4%
10 years -87.0%+308.2%+39.5% +251.5%
10 years, per year -18.4%+15.1%+3.4% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureWPRTBLBDBWASPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.0%42.9%41.4% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.5%45.5%35.5% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.591.061.32 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.210.360.14 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -96.1%-70.9%-51.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.7%-27.4%-38.3% -5.9%
52-week high $2.47$81.50$77.03 $779.14
52-week low $1.54$46.59$40.96 $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.

MultipleWPRTBLBDBWA
P/E now vs peer median -0.7xmedian 23.4x 7.2xmedian 23.4x 20.0xmedian 23.4x
P/S now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 1.7x 1.2xmedian 1.7x 0.7xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -0.4xmedian 13.4x 8.8xmedian 13.4x —median 13.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -3.6xmedian 21.9x 12.2xmedian 21.9x 8.3xmedian 21.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 2.1x 2.9xmedian 2.1x 1.6xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median -0.10median 1.02 0.05median 1.02 -2.27median 1.02

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 monthsWPRTBLBDBWA
Revenue $8.50M $1.61B $14.24B
Gross profit $952.00K $331.66M $2.79B
Operating income -$23.52M $189.81M $770.00M
Net income -$41.91M $281.81M $538.00M
Free cash flow -$8.83M $153.14M $1.15B
R&D $5.35M – –
EPS (diluted) $-2.42 $8.02 $2.34
Cash & equivalents $23.95M $116.82M $1.58B
Total debt $972.00K $86.81M $3.01B
Shares (diluted) 17.34M 35.15M 204.60M
Enterprise value -$205.65M $1.01B $1.29B

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
MetricWPRTBLBDBWA
P/E -0.7x 7.2x 20.0x
P/FCF -3.6x 12.2x 8.3x
P/Operating cash flow -4.0x 10.4x 5.7x
P/S 3.7x 1.2x 0.7x
P/B 0.6x 2.9x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 0.6x 3.9x 1.7x
EV/EBITDA -0.4x 8.8x –
EV/EBIT -0.4x 9.7x 14.2x
EV/Revenue 1.0x 1.1x 0.8x
EV/FCF -1.0x 12.0x 9.5x
EV/Operating cash flow -1.1x 10.2x 6.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.10 0.05 -2.27

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWPRTBLBDBWA
Revenue growth (1Y) -73.4% 13.5% 0.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -70.1% 14.0% 0.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -72.0% 19.9% 6.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -72.0% 57.8% 3.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -71.1% 33.3% 68.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 17.0% 598.6% -12.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 21.9% 143.2% 186.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 7.3% 160.8% -10.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 18.0% 125.4% 277.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.7% 155.1% -8.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 55.5% 8.4% -2.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.8% 16.5% 13.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 55.5% 7.0% -7.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 27.8% 13.0% 53.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWPRTBLBDBWA
Gross margin 11.2% 20.6% 19.6%
EBITDA margin -267.3% 13.1% –
Operating margin -276.7% 11.8% 5.4%
Pretax margin -423.1% 20.0% 5.3%
Net margin -493.2% 17.5% 3.4%
FCF margin -103.9% 9.5% 8.1%
Operating cash flow margin -93.2% 11.2% 11.8%
Return on equity -29.3% 58.9% 9.2%
Return on assets -19.9% 30.2% 4.0%
Return on invested capital -39.8% 29.3% 5.9%
Return on capital employed -42.2% 30.9% 8.5%
Asset turnover 0.1x 1.7x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.2x 0.6x 3.1x
Stock comp / revenue 8.2% 0.5% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWPRTBLBDBWA
Debt / assets 1.1% 7.4% 22.8%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.1x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.0x -0.1x –
Debt / FCF -0.1x 0.6x 2.6x
Liabilities / assets 38.5% 43.9% 55.6%
Equity / assets 61.5% 56.1% 44.4%
Interest coverage -100.9x 27.9x –
Current ratio 1.1x 1.6x 1.4x
Quick ratio 1.1x 0.5x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.4x 0.4x
Altman Z-score -19.53 4.70 2.98

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWPRTBLBDBWA
Dividend yield – – 1.4%
Net buyback yield 352.1% 0.4% 7.6%
Shareholder yield 352.1% 0.4% 9.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 25.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 12.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 28.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -1.4%

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.

ConsensusWPRTBLBDBWA
Forward P/E – 13.2xFY2026 8.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.37FY2026 $4.48FY2026 $5.44FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +2.3%FY2026 +10.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -6.9% +1.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.34MFY2026 $1.64BFY2026 $13.64BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -55.7%FY2026 +10.7%FY2026 -4.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +10.1% +16.4% +0.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWPRTBLBDBWA
Held by institutions – 94.5% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 304 817
Change in shares held, QoQ – -2.6% +3.7%
Institutions buying – 169 420
Institutions selling – 101 296
Buyers to sellers – 1.67 1.42

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.

WPRTBLBDBWA
WPRT 1.00 0.08 0.11
BLBD 0.08 1.00 0.26
BWA 0.11 0.26 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WPRT, BLBD and BWA?

Borgwarner (BWA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) $31.45M, Blue Bird (BLBD) $1.87B, Borgwarner (BWA) $9.55B.

Which stock is cheaper, WPRT, BLBD and BWA?

Blue Bird (BLBD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -0.7x, Blue Bird (BLBD) 7.2x, Borgwarner (BWA) 20.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Borgwarner (BWA) is cheapest (Blue Bird (BLBD) 13.2x, Borgwarner (BWA) 8.7x). 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: Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -73.4%, Blue Bird (BLBD) +13.5%, Borgwarner (BWA) +0.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Blue Bird (BLBD) has the highest net margin (Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -493.2%, Blue Bird (BLBD) 17.5%, Borgwarner (BWA) 3.4%). On return on invested capital, Blue Bird (BLBD) leads (Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -39.8%, Blue Bird (BLBD) 29.3%, Borgwarner (BWA) 5.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Blue Bird (BLBD) returned the most: Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -11.3%, Blue Bird (BLBD) +15.2%, Borgwarner (BWA) +5.9%. Over five years, Blue Bird (BLBD) compounded fastest (Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -45.1%/yr, Blue Bird (BLBD) +22.1%/yr, Borgwarner (BWA) +0.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Borgwarner (BWA) 1.43%. Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) and Blue Bird (BLBD) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Borgwarner (BWA) has been the steadiest (Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) 54.0%, Blue Bird (BLBD) 42.9%, Borgwarner (BWA) 41.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, WPRT, BLBD and BWA?

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 8. 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.