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

Blue Bird (BLBD) recorded quarterly Gross Margin of 20.03% in Q1 2026, down 6.32% quarter-over-quarter from 21.38% in Q4 2025, and up 29.0% on a YoY basis from 15.53% in Q1 2025.

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

Blue Bird's Gross Margin history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 20.03% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 29.0% year-over-year to 20.03%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 21.04% (up 187.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 20.51%, up 149.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 20.03% for Q1 2026 at Blue Bird, down from 21.38% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 21.59% in Q2 2025 to a low of 7.31% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 14.65% across 5 years, with a median of 17.71% in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Gross Margin sank 971 bps in 2022, then surged 2381 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 3.16% in 2022, then soared by 533 bps to 20.01% in 2023, then retreated by 4 bps to 19.22% in 2024, then gained by 11 bps to 21.38% in 2025, then decreased by 6 bps to 20.03% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 20.03% (Q1 2026), 21.38% (Q4 2025), and 21.11% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Caterpillar 424.10 Bn 420.03 Bn 6.11 Bn 35.08%
2 Deere 156.25 Bn 148.36 Bn 13.06 Bn 97.71%
3 Paccar 63.14 Bn 62.45 Bn 1.36 Bn 20.07%
4 Oshkosh 8.32 Bn 8.07 Bn 311.90 Mn 13.46%
5 Terex 6.12 Bn 5.73 Bn 206.00 Mn 11.88%
6 Blue Bird 2.24 Bn 1.97 Bn 70.65 Mn 20.03%
7 Alamo 1.85 Bn 1.65 Bn 104.81 Mn 25.12%
8 Lindsay 1.21 Bn 1.02 Bn 42.35 Mn 27.38%
9 Astec Industries 1.18 Bn 1.11 Bn 99.10 Mn 25.01%
10 Hyster-Yale 619.64 Mn 623.94 Mn 124.80 Mn 15.69%

Historic Data

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Mar 28, 2026 20.03%
Dec 27, 2025 21.38%
Sep 27, 2025 21.11%
Jun 28, 2025 21.59%
Mar 29, 2025 19.74%
Dec 28, 2024 19.22%
Sep 28, 2024 17.02%
Jun 29, 2024 20.80%
Mar 30, 2024 18.40%
Dec 30, 2023 20.01%
Sep 30, 2023 16.50%
Jul 1, 2023 15.55%
Apr 1, 2023 11.89%
Dec 31, 2022 3.16%
Sep 30, 2022 -7.31%
Jul 2, 2022 10.48%
Apr 2, 2022 1.52%
Jan 1, 2022 12.53%
Jul 3, 2021 13.30%
Apr 3, 2021 11.23%