Blue Bird (BLBD) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026)
Blue Bird (BLBD) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 43.06% for Q1 2026, up 84.0% year-over-year from 23.4% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 43.09% in Q4 2025.
Blue Bird (BLBD) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Blue Bird's Return on Capital Employed history runs 12 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 43.06% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 84.0% year-over-year to 43.06%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 43.06% (up 84.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 49.42%, down 978.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 43.06%, roughly flat from 43.09% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 54.71% in Q1 2024, with the low at 28.53% in Q2 2023.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 42.62% (2025), against an average of 27.78%.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed slumped 2404 bps in 2023, then soared 8324 bps in 2024.
- Blue Bird's Return on Capital Employed stood at 3.92% in 2022, then soared by 1166 bps to 41.82% in 2023, then increased by 7 bps to 44.71% in 2024, then retreated by 4 bps to 43.09% in 2025, then fell by 0 bps to 43.06% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows BLBD's Return on Capital Employed at 43.06% in Q1 2026, 43.09% in Q4 2025, and 45.98% in Q3 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caterpillar | 388.84 Bn | 382.13 Bn | 7.76 Bn | 22.08% |
| 2 | Deere | 166.78 Bn | 158.87 Bn | 13.06 Bn | - |
| 3 | Paccar | 69.70 Bn | 61.03 Bn | 1.56 Bn | -45.71% |
| 4 | CNH Industrial | 13.24 Bn | 11.37 Bn | 1.41 Bn | - |
| 5 | Oshkosh | 9.73 Bn | 9.33 Bn | 480.30 Mn | 11.46% |
| 6 | Terex | 7.70 Bn | 7.29 Bn | 444.00 Mn | 4.54% |
| 7 | Agco | 7.21 Bn | 6.64 Bn | 645.90 Mn | 7.62% |
| 8 | Blue Bird | 2.28 Bn | 2.16 Bn | 103.37 Mn | 30.88% |
| 9 | Alamo | 2.06 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 110.86 Mn | 9.87% |
| 10 | Lindsay | 1.19 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 47.83 Mn | 9.38% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 30.88% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 43.06% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 43.09% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 45.98% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 43.02% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 42.22% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 44.71% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 53.48% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 53.99% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 54.71% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 41.82% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 29.64% |
| Jul 1, 2023 | -17.06% |
| Apr 1, 2023 | -28.53% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | -3.92% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | -4.49% |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 2.81% |
| Jul 3, 2021 | 13.11% |
| Apr 3, 2021 | 9.83% |
| Jan 2, 2021 | 10.30% |