Blue Bird (BLBD) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026)

Blue Bird (BLBD) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 43.06% in Q1 2026, little changed quarter-over-quarter from 43.09% in Q4 2025, and up 84.0% on a YoY basis from 23.4% in Q1 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 was 43.06% for Q1 2026 at Blue Bird, roughly flat from 43.09% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 54.71% in Q1 2024 to a low of 28.53% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 27.78% across 5 years, with a median of 42.62% in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed tumbled 2404 bps in 2023, then jumped 8324 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 3.92% in 2022, then jumped by 1166 bps to 41.82% in 2023, then rose by 7 bps to 44.71% in 2024, then decreased by 4 bps to 43.09% in 2025, then retreated by 0 bps to 43.06% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 43.06% (Q1 2026), 43.09% (Q4 2025), and 45.98% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Caterpillar 397.22 Bn 393.14 Bn 6.11 Bn 19.06%
2 Deere 151.61 Bn 143.71 Bn 13.06 Bn -
3 Paccar 60.18 Bn 59.49 Bn 1.36 Bn -32.34%
4 Oshkosh 8.00 Bn 7.75 Bn 311.90 Mn 1.21%
5 Terex 5.74 Bn 5.35 Bn 206.00 Mn 5.03%
6 Blue Bird 2.18 Bn 1.91 Bn 70.65 Mn 43.06%
7 Alamo 1.82 Bn 1.62 Bn 104.81 Mn 10.37%
8 Lindsay 1.21 Bn 1.02 Bn 42.35 Mn -0.08%
9 Astec Industries 1.14 Bn 1.06 Bn 99.10 Mn 5.19%
10 Hyster-Yale 613.93 Mn 618.23 Mn 124.80 Mn -7.17%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%
Oct 3, 2020 9.09%