Growth Metrics

Blue Bird (BLBD) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Blue Bird has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 11 years, most recently at 0.43% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.43% for Q4 2025, down 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.43% (down 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.49%, down 10.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.43% at Blue Bird, down from 0.46% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for BLBD hit a ceiling of 0.55% in Q1 2024 and a floor of 0.29% in Q2 2023.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.36% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.24%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: fell -24bps in 2023 and later skyrocketed 83bps in 2024.
  • Blue Bird's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.13% in 2021, then plummeted by -130bps to 0.04% in 2022, then surged by 1166bps to 0.42% in 2023, then grew by 7bps to 0.45% in 2024, then fell by -4bps to 0.43% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.43% (Q4 2025), 0.46% (Q3 2025), and 0.43% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.