Blue Bird (BLBD) Preferred Dividend Payments (2015 - 2018)
Blue Bird (BLBD) recorded Preferred Dividend Payments of $181,000 in fiscal Q4 2018 (quarter ended Sep 29, 2018), down 86.3% from $1.32 million a year earlier and down 0.5% from the prior quarter.
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Blue Bird (BLBD) Preferred Dividend Payments (2015 - 2018) Analysis & Trends
For FY2018 (ended Sep 29, 2018), Blue Bird reported Preferred Dividend Payments of $1.9 million, down 55.5% from FY2017.
- Annual Preferred Dividend Payments has a three-year compound annual growth rate of -8.0% (FY2015 to FY2018).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Preferred Dividend Payments came in at $4.26 million in FY2017 (+9.9%), $3.88 million in FY2016 (+59.1%) and $2.44 million in FY2015.
- The fiscal Q4 2018 figure is the lowest quarterly Preferred Dividend Payments in data going back to fiscal Q4 2015.
- On a year-over-year basis, Preferred Dividend Payments has declined for four consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 21.5% over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Preferred Dividend Payments in the last five years was growth of 36.8% in fiscal Q4 2017, against a decline of 86.3% in fiscal Q4 2018 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at $182,000 (Q3 2018), $763,000 (Q2 2018) and $770,000 (Q1 2018).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Pref Dividends (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caterpillar | 372.79 Bn | 344.49 Bn | 7.76 Bn | - |
| 2 | Amphenol | 207.98 Bn | 202.68 Bn | 3.55 Bn | - |
| 3 | Deere | 181.02 Bn | 189.78 Bn | 4.66 Bn | - |
| 4 | Eaton | 166.86 Bn | 164.09 Bn | 2.86 Bn | - |
| 5 | Parker-Hannifin | 120.45 Bn | 118.58 Bn | 2.25 Bn | - |
| 6 | Vertiv Holdings | 92.94 Bn | 83.56 Bn | 1.23 Bn | - |
| 7 | Emerson Electric | 86.56 Bn | 79.32 Bn | 2.66 Bn | - |
| 8 | 3M | 84.72 Bn | 66.18 Bn | 2.68 Bn | - |
| 9 | Illinois Tool Works | 73.32 Bn | 69.88 Bn | 1.90 Bn | - |
| 10 | Blue Bird | 1.76 Bn | 894.25 Mn | 103.37 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2018 | 181,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 182,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 763,000.00 |
| Dec 30, 2017 | 770,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 1.32 Mn |
| Jul 1, 2017 | 974,000.00 |
| Apr 1, 2017 | 1.02 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 953,000.00 |
| Oct 1, 2016 | 963,000.00 |
| Jul 2, 2016 | 964,000.00 |
| Apr 2, 2016 | 953,000.00 |
| Jan 2, 2016 | 998,000.00 |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 1.01 Mn |
| Jul 4, 2015 | 1.03 Mn |
| Apr 4, 2015 | 413,000.00 |
API Access
Blue Bird Preferred Dividend Payments 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=preferred-dividend-payments&ticker=BLBD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "preferred-dividend-payments", "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=preferred-dividend-payments&ticker=BLBD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();