Blue Bird BLBD
NASDAQ BLBD
$61.71 +1.16 (+1.92%)
At close: Sep 2, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Blue Bird (BLBD) EBITDA Margin (2014 - 2026)

Blue Bird (BLBD) posted quarterly EBITDA Margin of 11.09% for Q1 2026, up 170.0% year-over-year from 4.11% in Q1 2025, and down 1.93% quarter-over-quarter from 11.31% in Q4 2025.

Analysis

Blue Bird (BLBD) EBITDA Margin (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Blue Bird's EBITDA Margin history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 11.09% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin rose 170.0% year-over-year to 11.09%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 11.87% (up 213.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 11.29%, up 95.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 11.09%, down from 11.31% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for EBITDA Margin was 12.58% in Q2 2025, with the low at 16.09% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 9.51% (2025), against an average of 5.56%.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: EBITDA Margin slumped 873 bps in 2022, then surged 2572 bps in 2023.
  • Blue Bird's EBITDA Margin stood at 3.98% in 2022, then jumped by 400 bps to 11.95% in 2023, then dropped by 12 bps to 10.53% in 2024, then gained by 7 bps to 11.31% in 2025, then slipped by 2 bps to 11.09% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BLBD's EBITDA Margin at 11.09% in Q1 2026, 11.31% in Q4 2025, and 12.3% in Q3 2025.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Caterpillar 364.77 Bn 358.05 Bn 7.76 Bn 20.91%
2 Deere 188.05 Bn 179.12 Bn 12.32 Bn 14.72%
3 Paccar 64.20 Bn 55.54 Bn 1.56 Bn -61.85%
4 CNH Industrial 16.95 Bn 15.09 Bn 1.41 Bn 13.66%
5 Oshkosh 9.54 Bn 9.14 Bn 480.30 Mn 8.34%
6 Agco 9.05 Bn 8.48 Bn 645.90 Mn 5.39%
7 Terex 7.04 Bn 6.63 Bn 444.00 Mn 8.36%
8 Blue Bird 2.12 Bn 2.01 Bn 103.37 Mn 12.12%
9 Alamo 2.08 Bn 1.88 Bn 110.86 Mn 10.15%
10 Lindsay 1.24 Bn 1.09 Bn 47.83 Mn 11.52%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 27, 2026 12.12%
Mar 28, 2026 11.09%
Dec 27, 2025 11.31%
Sep 27, 2025 12.30%
Jun 28, 2025 12.58%
Mar 29, 2025 9.39%
Dec 28, 2024 10.53%
Sep 28, 2024 7.30%
Jun 29, 2024 11.92%
Mar 30, 2024 10.43%
Dec 30, 2023 11.95%
Sep 30, 2023 9.63%
Jul 1, 2023 6.60%
Apr 1, 2023 4.15%
Dec 31, 2022 -3.98%
Sep 30, 2022 -16.09%
Jul 2, 2022 0.53%
Apr 2, 2022 -8.04%
Jan 1, 2022 -1.58%
Jul 3, 2021 4.11%