Blue Bird (BLBD) Operating Margin (2014 - 2026)
Blue Bird (BLBD) posted quarterly Operating 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.
Blue Bird (BLBD) Operating Margin (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Blue Bird's Operating Margin history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 11.09% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Operating 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.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 11.09%, down from 11.31% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Operating Margin was 12.58% in Q2 2025, with the low at 16.09% in Q3 2022.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 9.51% (2025), against an average of 5.56%.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin slumped 873 bps in 2022, then surged 2572 bps in 2023.
- Blue Bird's Operating 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 Operating Margin at 11.09% in Q1 2026, 11.31% in Q4 2025, and 12.3% in Q3 2025.
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| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caterpillar | 390.12 Bn | 383.41 Bn | 7.76 Bn | 20.91% |
| 2 | Deere | 166.90 Bn | 159.00 Bn | 13.06 Bn | 1.88% |
| 3 | Paccar | 69.84 Bn | 61.17 Bn | 1.56 Bn | -61.85% |
| 4 | CNH Industrial | 13.37 Bn | 11.50 Bn | 1.41 Bn | 13.66% |
| 5 | Oshkosh | 9.77 Bn | 9.37 Bn | 480.30 Mn | 8.34% |
| 6 | Terex | 7.67 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 444.00 Mn | 8.36% |
| 7 | Agco | 7.27 Bn | 6.70 Bn | 645.90 Mn | 5.39% |
| 8 | Blue Bird | 2.25 Bn | 2.14 Bn | 103.37 Mn | 12.12% |
| 9 | Alamo | 2.08 Bn | 1.88 Bn | 110.86 Mn | 10.15% |
| 10 | Lindsay | 1.19 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 47.83 Mn | 11.80% |
Historic Data
Download 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 | -16.09% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 0.53% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | -8.04% |
| Jan 1, 2022 | -1.58% |
| Jul 3, 2021 | 4.11% |