Blue Bird (BLBD) Tax Rate (2014 - 2026)

Blue Bird (BLBD) recorded quarterly Tax Rate of 24.88% in Q1 2026, up 3.36% quarter-over-quarter from 24.07% in Q4 2025, and down 229.0% on a YoY basis from 19.29% in Q1 2025.

Blue Bird (BLBD) Tax Rate (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Blue Bird's Tax Rate history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 24.88% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 229.0% year-over-year to 24.88%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 25.36% (down 83.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 25.91%, down 27.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 24.88% for Q1 2026 at Blue Bird, up from 24.07% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 40.19% in Q2 2022 to a low of 137.17% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 17.52% across 5 years, with a median of 25.19% in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Tax Rate tumbled 17032 bps in 2022, then soared 15873 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 20.78% in 2022, then advanced by 25 bps to 25.88% in 2023, then dropped by 6 bps to 24.41% in 2024, then retreated by 1 bps to 24.07% in 2025, then climbed by 3 bps to 24.88% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 24.88% (Q1 2026), 24.07% (Q4 2025), and 26.86% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Caterpillar 424.10 Bn 420.03 Bn 6.11 Bn 20.87%
2 Deere 156.25 Bn 148.36 Bn 13.06 Bn 22.59%
3 Paccar 63.14 Bn 62.45 Bn 1.36 Bn 22.03%
4 Oshkosh 8.32 Bn 8.07 Bn 311.90 Mn 19.20%
5 Terex 6.12 Bn 5.73 Bn 206.00 Mn 26.19%
6 Blue Bird 2.24 Bn 1.97 Bn 70.65 Mn 24.88%
7 Alamo 1.85 Bn 1.65 Bn 104.81 Mn 25.26%
8 Lindsay 1.21 Bn 1.02 Bn 42.35 Mn 22.48%
9 Astec Industries 1.18 Bn 1.11 Bn 99.10 Mn 53.57%
10 Hyster-Yale 619.64 Mn 623.94 Mn 124.80 Mn 5.61%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 24.88%
Mar 28, 2026 24.88%
Dec 27, 2025 24.07%
Dec 27, 2025 24.07%
Sep 27, 2025 26.86%
Sep 27, 2025 26.86%
Jun 28, 2025 25.14%
Jun 28, 2025 25.14%
Mar 29, 2025 27.17%
Mar 29, 2025 27.17%
Dec 28, 2024 24.41%
Dec 28, 2024 24.41%
Sep 28, 2024 25.24%
Sep 28, 2024 25.24%
Jun 29, 2024 27.70%
Jun 29, 2024 27.70%
Mar 30, 2024 25.54%
Mar 30, 2024 25.54%
Dec 30, 2023 25.88%
Dec 30, 2023 25.88%