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

Blue Bird (BLBD) recorded quarterly Net Margin of 7.79% in Q1 2026, down 9.76% quarter-over-quarter from 8.64% in Q4 2025, and up 97.0% on a YoY basis from 3.96% in Q1 2025.

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

Blue Bird's Net Margin history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 7.79% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Net Margin rose 97.0% year-over-year to 7.79%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 8.74% (up 160.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 8.49%, up 153.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 7.79% for Q1 2026 at Blue Bird, down from 8.64% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 9.26% in Q2 2025 to a low of 14.1% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Net Margin has averaged 3.25% across 5 years, with a median of 6.19% in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Net Margin plunged 513 bps in 2022, then surged 1932 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 4.82% in 2022, then soared by 258 bps to 7.61% in 2023, then increased by 13 bps to 8.58% in 2024, then increased by 1 bps to 8.64% in 2025, then slipped by 10 bps to 7.79% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 7.79% (Q1 2026), 8.64% (Q4 2025), and 9.13% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Caterpillar 424.10 Bn 420.03 Bn 6.11 Bn 14.64%
2 Deere 156.25 Bn 148.36 Bn 13.06 Bn 13.28%
3 Paccar 63.14 Bn 62.45 Bn 1.36 Bn 8.93%
4 Oshkosh 8.32 Bn 8.07 Bn 311.90 Mn 1.91%
5 Terex 6.12 Bn 5.73 Bn 206.00 Mn 0.23%
6 Blue Bird 2.24 Bn 1.97 Bn 70.65 Mn 7.79%
7 Alamo 1.85 Bn 1.65 Bn 104.81 Mn 7.00%
8 Lindsay 1.21 Bn 1.02 Bn 42.35 Mn 7.80%
9 Astec Industries 1.18 Bn 1.11 Bn 99.10 Mn 0.33%
10 Hyster-Yale 619.64 Mn 623.94 Mn 124.80 Mn -3.81%

Historic Data

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Mar 28, 2026 7.79%
Dec 27, 2025 8.64%
Sep 27, 2025 9.13%
Jun 28, 2025 9.26%
Mar 29, 2025 6.82%
Dec 28, 2024 8.58%
Sep 28, 2024 5.57%
Jun 29, 2024 7.78%
Mar 30, 2024 6.96%
Dec 30, 2023 7.61%
Sep 30, 2023 5.22%
Jul 1, 2023 2.33%
Apr 1, 2023 1.85%
Dec 31, 2022 -4.82%
Sep 30, 2022 -14.10%
Jul 2, 2022 -2.40%
Apr 2, 2022 -5.31%
Jan 1, 2022 -2.46%
Jul 3, 2021 1.94%
Apr 3, 2021 -0.18%