Blue Bird Corp (BLBD) Interest Expenses (2014 - 2026)
Blue Bird (BLBD) reported Interest Expenses of $1.96 million for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 13.0% from $1.74 million a year earlier and up 27.1% from the prior quarter.
Blue Bird Corp (BLBD) Interest Expenses (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 27, 2026, Blue Bird's Interest Expenses came in at $6.81 million, down 9.1% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it came in at $7.2 million, down 31.9% from FY2024.
- Interest Expenses has a five-year compound annual growth rate of -10.1% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Interest Expenses came in at $10.58 million in FY2024 (-41.3%), $18.01 million in FY2023 (+22.7%), $14.68 million in FY2022 (+51.6%) and $9.68 million in FY2021 (-21.0%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Interest Expenses since fiscal Q4 2024.
- Year over year, Interest Expenses gained in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 23.2%.
- The high point for year-over-year Interest Expenses in five years was fiscal Q2 2023 (growth of 108.4%); the low point was fiscal Q3 2024 (a decline of 53.3%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at $1.55 million (Q2 2026), $1.57 million (Q1 2026) and $1.74 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.96 Mn |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 1.55 Mn |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 1.57 Mn |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 1.74 Mn |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 1.74 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.81 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 1.92 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 2.03 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 2.11 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 2.81 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 3.63 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.12 Mn |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 4.51 Mn |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 5.19 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.20 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.19 Mn |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 3.91 Mn |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 2.49 Mn |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 3.08 Mn |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 2.61 Mn |
Blue Bird Corp Interest Expenses API
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