Blue Bird (BLBD) Cost of Revenue (2014 - 2026)
Blue Bird's Cost of Revenue was $413.79 million in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 32.6% from $312.08 million a year earlier and up 46.7% from the prior quarter.
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Blue Bird (BLBD) Cost of Revenue (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Blue Bird's Cost of Revenue was $1.28 billion through Jun 27, 2026, up 11.9% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it came in at $1.18 billion, up 7.8% from FY2024.
- Cost of Revenue has now increased for four consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 8.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Cost of Revenue was $1.09 billion in FY2024 (+9.8%), $993.94 million in FY2023 (+30.1%), $764.09 million in FY2022 (+24.9%) and $611.85 million in FY2021 (-21.9%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Cost of Revenue in data going back to fiscal Q2 2014.
- Compared with a year earlier, Cost of Revenue was higher in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 10.0%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Cost of Revenue over five years was fiscal Q1 2023 (growth of 102.0%); the worst was fiscal Q4 2021 (a decline of 28.8%).
- Per Business Quant data, BLBD's Cost of Revenue in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was $281.99 million (Q2 2026), $261.86 million (Q1 2026) and $322.95 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cost of Rev (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caterpillar | 388.70 Bn | 360.40 Bn | 7.76 Bn | 12.78 Bn |
| 2 | Amphenol | 214.42 Bn | 209.12 Bn | 3.55 Bn | 5.21 Bn |
| 3 | Deere | 185.30 Bn | 194.07 Bn | 4.66 Bn | 7.95 Bn |
| 4 | Eaton | 169.35 Bn | 166.59 Bn | 2.86 Bn | 5.68 Bn |
| 5 | Parker-Hannifin | 122.64 Bn | 120.77 Bn | 2.25 Bn | 3.51 Bn |
| 6 | Vertiv Holdings | 97.12 Bn | 87.74 Bn | 1.23 Bn | 2.04 Bn |
| 7 | Emerson Electric | 90.13 Bn | 82.89 Bn | 2.66 Bn | 2.22 Bn |
| 8 | 3M | 83.49 Bn | 64.94 Bn | 2.68 Bn | 3.82 Bn |
| 9 | Illinois Tool Works | 74.89 Bn | 71.45 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 2.40 Bn |
| 10 | Blue Bird | 1.79 Bn | 926.88 Mn | 103.37 Mn | 413.79 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 413.79 Mn |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 281.99 Mn |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 261.86 Mn |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 322.95 Mn |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 312.08 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 288.00 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 253.56 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 290.61 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 264.01 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 282.28 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 254.10 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 252.97 Mn |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 248.53 Mn |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 264.17 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 228.28 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 262.07 Mn |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 184.49 Mn |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 204.50 Mn |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 113.03 Mn |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 179.18 Mn |
API Access
Blue Bird Cost of Revenue API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cost-of-revenue&ticker=BLBD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cost-of-revenue", "ticker": "BLBD", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cost-of-revenue&ticker=BLBD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();