Blue Bird (BLBD) Operating Margin (2014 - 2026)
Blue Bird (BLBD) reported Operating Margin of 12.12% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), down 0.46 percentage points from 12.58% a year earlier but up 1.02 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Blue Bird (BLBD) Operating Margin (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 27, 2026, Blue Bird's Operating Margin came in at 11.77%, up 1.75 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it came in at 11.29%, up 0.95 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +8.79 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Operating Margin came in at 10.34% in FY2024 (+5.78 pp), 4.56% in FY2023 (+9.64 pp), -5.08% in FY2022 (-6.04 pp) and 0.95% in FY2021 (-1.55 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Operating Margin spans a low of -8.95% in fiscal Q4 2022 and a high of 12.58% in fiscal Q3 2025.
- Year over year, Operating Margin gained in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.36 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was fiscal Q4 2023 (a gain of 18.57 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q2 2022 (a drop of 8.73 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 11.09% (Q2 2026), 11.31% (Q1 2026) and 12.30% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caterpillar | 376.87 Bn | 348.57 Bn | 7.76 Bn | 20.91% |
| 2 | Amphenol | 208.65 Bn | 203.35 Bn | 3.55 Bn | 29.51% |
| 3 | Deere | 185.97 Bn | 194.73 Bn | 4.66 Bn | 14.72% |
| 4 | Eaton | 167.50 Bn | 164.73 Bn | 2.86 Bn | 16.32% |
| 5 | Parker-Hannifin | 122.25 Bn | 120.39 Bn | 2.25 Bn | 23.86% |
| 6 | Vertiv Holdings | 93.95 Bn | 84.57 Bn | 1.23 Bn | 19.48% |
| 7 | Emerson Electric | 88.90 Bn | 81.65 Bn | 2.66 Bn | 26.92% |
| 8 | 3M | 87.39 Bn | 68.85 Bn | 2.68 Bn | 15.14% |
| 9 | Illinois Tool Works | 78.00 Bn | 74.56 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 26.67% |
| 10 | Blue Bird | 1.80 Bn | 941.13 Mn | 103.37 Mn | 12.12% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 | -8.95% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 0.53% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | -8.04% |
| Jan 1, 2022 | -1.58% |
| Oct 2, 2021 | -1.29% |
Blue Bird Operating Margin 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=operating-margin&ticker=BLBD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "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=operating-margin&ticker=BLBD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();