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

Blue Bird (BLBD) recorded quarterly Return on Invested Capital of 0.01% in Q1 2026, down 5.55% quarter-over-quarter from 0.01% in Q4 2025, and down 1.0% on a YoY basis from 0.01% in Q1 2025.

Blue Bird (BLBD) Return on Invested Capital (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Blue Bird's Return on Invested Capital history runs 12 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.01% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.01% (down 1.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.01%, down 1.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.01% for Q1 2026 at Blue Bird, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.02% in Q3 2024 to a low of 0.02% in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.0% across 5 years, with a median of 0.0% in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Invested Capital fell 2 bps in 2022, then increased 3 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.02% in 2022, then jumped by 145 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then surged by 70 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then tumbled by 57 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then fell by 6 bps to 0.01% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.01% (Q1 2026), 0.01% (Q4 2025), and 0.0% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Caterpillar 424.10 Bn 420.03 Bn 6.11 Bn 0.00%
2 Deere 156.25 Bn 148.36 Bn 13.06 Bn 0.00%
3 Paccar 63.14 Bn 62.45 Bn 1.36 Bn 0.00%
4 Oshkosh 8.32 Bn 8.07 Bn 311.90 Mn 0.00%
5 Terex 6.12 Bn 5.73 Bn 206.00 Mn 0.00%
6 Blue Bird 2.24 Bn 1.97 Bn 70.65 Mn 0.01%
7 Alamo 1.85 Bn 1.65 Bn 104.81 Mn 0.00%
8 Lindsay 1.21 Bn 1.02 Bn 42.35 Mn 0.00%
9 Astec Industries 1.18 Bn 1.11 Bn 99.10 Mn 0.00%
10 Hyster-Yale 619.64 Mn 623.94 Mn 124.80 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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Mar 28, 2026 0.01%
Dec 27, 2025 0.01%
Sep 27, 2025 0.00%
Jun 28, 2025 0.01%
Mar 29, 2025 0.01%
Dec 28, 2024 0.01%
Sep 28, 2024 0.02%
Jun 29, 2024 0.01%
Mar 30, 2024 0.01%
Dec 30, 2023 0.01%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jul 1, 2023 0.00%
Apr 1, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.02%
Sep 30, 2022 -0.02%
Jul 2, 2022 0.00%
Apr 2, 2022 0.00%
Jan 1, 2022 0.00%
Jul 3, 2021 0.00%
Apr 3, 2021 0.00%