Blue Bird BLBD
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As of: Sep 30, 2026 · 12:16 PM EDT

Blue Bird (BLBD) Preferred Shares (2015 - 2018)

Updated

Blue Bird (BLBD) reported Preferred Shares of $9.3 million for fiscal Q4 2018 (quarter ended Sep 29, 2018), down 76.8% from $40 million a year earlier and unchanged from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Blue Bird (BLBD) Preferred Shares (2015 - 2018) Analysis & Trends

Dating back to fiscal Q4 2015, Blue Bird's Preferred Shares record includes 13 quarters.

  • Preferred Shares has a three-year compound annual growth rate of -42.9% (FY2015 to FY2018).
  • By fiscal year, Preferred Shares came in at $40 million in FY2017 (-20.0%), $50 million in FY2016 (unchanged) and $50 million in FY2015.
  • Five-year quarterly Preferred Shares spans a low of $9.3 million in fiscal Q3 2018 and a high of $50 million in fiscal Q3 2017.
  • Year over year, Preferred Shares has now declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average decline of 27.3% over the last eight quarters.
  • Across the past five years, year-over-year decline in Preferred Shares ran from 0.0% in fiscal Q3 2017 to 81.4% in fiscal Q3 2018.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2018 came in at $9.3 million (Q3 2018), $40 million (Q2 2018) and $40 million (Q1 2018).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Preferred Shares (Qtr)
1 Caterpillar 376.87 Bn 348.57 Bn 7.76 Bn -
2 Amphenol 208.65 Bn 203.35 Bn 3.55 Bn -
3 Deere 185.97 Bn 194.73 Bn 4.66 Bn -
4 Eaton 167.50 Bn 164.73 Bn 2.86 Bn -
5 Parker-Hannifin 122.25 Bn 120.39 Bn 2.25 Bn -
6 Vertiv Holdings 93.95 Bn 84.57 Bn 1.23 Bn -
7 Emerson Electric 88.90 Bn 81.65 Bn 2.66 Bn -
8 3M 87.39 Bn 68.85 Bn 2.68 Bn -
9 Illinois Tool Works 78.00 Bn 74.56 Bn 1.90 Bn -
10 Blue Bird 1.80 Bn 941.13 Mn 103.37 Mn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 29, 2018 9.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 9.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 40.00 Mn
Dec 30, 2017 40.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 40.00 Mn
Jul 1, 2017 50.00 Mn
Apr 1, 2017 50.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 50.00 Mn
Oct 1, 2016 50.00 Mn
Jul 2, 2016 50.00 Mn
Apr 2, 2016 50.00 Mn
Jan 2, 2016 50.00 Mn
Oct 3, 2015 50.00 Mn
Jul 4, 2015 50.00 Mn
Apr 4, 2015 50.00 Mn
API Access

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