Blue Bird (BLBD) Debt Ratio (2014 - 2026)
Blue Bird's (BLBD) Debt Ratio came in at 0.07 for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), down 53.2% from 0.16 a year earlier and down 41.7% from the prior quarter.
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Blue Bird (BLBD) Debt Ratio (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), Blue Bird's Debt Ratio stood at 0.14, down 20.2% from FY2024.
- In prior fiscal years, Blue Bird's Debt Ratio was 0.18 in FY2024 (-42.0%), 0.31 in FY2023 and 0.46 in FY2021 (-15.8%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Debt Ratio in data going back to fiscal Q4 2014.
- On a year-over-year basis, Debt Ratio has declined in each of the last 11 quarters, with an average decline of 28.4% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Debt Ratio in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2023, with growth of 4.3%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2026, with a decline of 53.2%.
- According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio for the three prior fiscal quarters was 0.13 (Q2 2026), 0.14 (Q1 2026) and 0.14 (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Debt Ratio (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caterpillar | 334.56 Bn | 306.26 Bn | 7.76 Bn | 0.44 |
| 2 | Amphenol | 195.61 Bn | 190.19 Bn | 3.55 Bn | 0.42 |
| 3 | Deere | 170.83 Bn | 138.92 Bn | 4.66 Bn | 0.54 |
| 4 | Eaton | 148.83 Bn | 146.01 Bn | 2.86 Bn | 0.37 |
| 5 | Parker-Hannifin | 119.40 Bn | 117.52 Bn | 2.25 Bn | 0.28 |
| 6 | Emerson Electric | 89.72 Bn | 82.46 Bn | 2.66 Bn | 0.31 |
| 7 | 3M | 88.78 Bn | 70.18 Bn | 2.68 Bn | 0.36 |
| 8 | Illinois Tool Works | 78.77 Bn | 75.33 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 0.59 |
| 9 | Vertiv Holdings | 78.36 Bn | 68.98 Bn | 1.23 Bn | 0.18 |
| 10 | Blue Bird | 1.96 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 103.37 Mn | 0.07 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 0.07 |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 0.13 |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 0.14 |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 0.14 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 0.16 |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 0.17 |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 0.18 |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 0.18 |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 0.21 |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 0.21 |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 0.31 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.31 |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 0.35 |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 0.38 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.42 |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 0.46 |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 0.39 |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 0.45 |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 0.46 |
| Jul 3, 2021 | 0.46 |
API Access
Blue Bird Debt Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=BLBD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "debt-ratio", "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=debt-ratio&ticker=BLBD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();