Blue Bird (BLBD) Times Interest Earned (2014 - 2026)

Blue Bird (BLBD) recorded quarterly Times Interest Earned of $25.32 in Q1 2026, up 5.24% quarter-over-quarter from $24.06 in Q4 2025, and up 36.17% on a YoY basis from $18.59 in Q1 2025.

Blue Bird (BLBD) Times Interest Earned (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Blue Bird's Times Interest Earned history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $25.32 for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Times Interest Earned rose 36.17% year-over-year to $25.32; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $26.91 (up 60.25% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $23.21, up 76.23% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned was $25.32 for Q1 2026 at Blue Bird, up from $24.06 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Times Interest Earned ranged from a high of $29.0 in Q3 2025 to a low of -$6.7 in Q2 2022.
  • Historically, Times Interest Earned has averaged $10.87 across 5 years, with a median of $11.53 in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Times Interest Earned tumbled 1482.37% in 2022, then soared 1447.86% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Times Interest Earned shows it stood at -$2.23 in 2022, then soared by 567.86% to $10.45 in 2023, then surged by 65.06% to $17.25 in 2024, then soared by 39.44% to $24.06 in 2025, then increased by 5.24% to $25.32 in 2026.
  • The last three Times Interest Earned figures came in at $25.32 (Q1 2026), $24.06 (Q4 2025), and $29.0 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 Caterpillar 424.10 Bn 420.03 Bn 6.11 Bn 8.94
2 Deere 156.25 Bn 148.36 Bn 13.06 Bn 3.14
3 Paccar 63.14 Bn 62.45 Bn 1.36 Bn -
4 Oshkosh 8.32 Bn 8.07 Bn 311.90 Mn 2.75
5 Terex 6.12 Bn 5.73 Bn 206.00 Mn -1.74
6 Blue Bird 2.24 Bn 1.97 Bn 70.65 Mn 25.32
7 Alamo 1.85 Bn 1.65 Bn 104.81 Mn 9.12
8 Lindsay 1.21 Bn 1.02 Bn 42.35 Mn -
9 Astec Industries 1.18 Bn 1.11 Bn 99.10 Mn 1.22
10 Hyster-Yale 619.64 Mn 623.94 Mn 124.80 Mn -3.89

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 25.32
Dec 27, 2025 24.06
Sep 27, 2025 29.00
Jun 28, 2025 28.81
Mar 29, 2025 18.59
Dec 28, 2024 17.25
Sep 28, 2024 12.61
Jun 29, 2024 18.86
Mar 30, 2024 12.83
Dec 30, 2023 10.45
Sep 30, 2023 7.08
Jul 1, 2023 4.31
Apr 1, 2023 2.40
Dec 31, 2022 -2.23
Sep 30, 2022 -6.53
Jul 2, 2022 0.28
Apr 2, 2022 -6.70
Jan 1, 2022 -0.66
Jul 3, 2021 2.88
Apr 3, 2021 0.49