Blue Bird (BLBD) Payables (2014 - 2026)
Blue Bird (BLBD) posted Payables of $174.96 million for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 16.5% from $150.16 million a year earlier and up 37.6% from the prior quarter.
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Blue Bird (BLBD) Payables (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), Blue Bird's Payables came in at $151.48 million, up 5.8% from FY2024.
- Annual Payables shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 21.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Blue Bird's Payables was $143.16 million in FY2024 (+4.4%), $137.14 million in FY2023 and $72.27 million in FY2021 (+25.5%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Payables in data going back to fiscal Q4 2014.
- On a year-over-year basis, Payables increased in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 5.8%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Payables in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2023, with growth of 103.2%; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2026, with a decline of 17.3%.
- According to Business Quant data, Payables for the three prior fiscal quarters was $127.12 million (Q2 2026), $121.67 million (Q1 2026) and $151.48 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Payables (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caterpillar | 376.87 Bn | 348.57 Bn | 7.76 Bn | 16.11 Bn |
| 2 | Amphenol | 208.65 Bn | 203.35 Bn | 3.55 Bn | 4.32 Bn |
| 3 | Deere | 185.97 Bn | 194.73 Bn | 4.66 Bn | 14.11 Bn |
| 4 | Eaton | 167.50 Bn | 164.73 Bn | 2.86 Bn | 7.51 Bn |
| 5 | Parker-Hannifin | 122.25 Bn | 120.39 Bn | 2.25 Bn | 2.44 Bn |
| 6 | Vertiv Holdings | 93.95 Bn | 84.57 Bn | 1.23 Bn | 2.47 Bn |
| 7 | Emerson Electric | 88.90 Bn | 81.65 Bn | 2.66 Bn | 1.61 Bn |
| 8 | 3M | 87.39 Bn | 68.85 Bn | 2.68 Bn | 3.11 Bn |
| 9 | Illinois Tool Works | 78.00 Bn | 74.56 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 1.09 Bn |
| 10 | Blue Bird | 1.80 Bn | 941.13 Mn | 103.37 Mn | 174.96 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 174.96 Mn |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 127.12 Mn |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 121.67 Mn |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 151.48 Mn |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 150.16 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 153.73 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 137.76 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 143.16 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 128.14 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 138.85 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 113.91 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 137.14 Mn |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 136.19 Mn |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 136.62 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 124.79 Mn |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 129.91 Mn |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 111.92 Mn |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 61.41 Mn |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 72.27 Mn |
| Jul 3, 2021 | 113.15 Mn |
API Access
Blue Bird Payables 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=payables&ticker=BLBD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payables", "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=payables&ticker=BLBD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();