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BLBD Financials Blue Bird Corp

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 11.0% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown faster than revenue (60.0% vs 11.0% per year).
  • Operating margin has expanded, at 11.3% in the latest year.

Financial health

  • The company holds more cash ($229M) than total debt ($90M).
  • Total debt has grown slower than revenue (-12.3% vs 11.0% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense 23× in the latest year, up from 1.8× 5 years ago.
  • Total debt is 0.5× EBITDA.
Revenue & net income
-$46M $717M $1B $0 2014 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-6% 7% 21% 0% 2014 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$66M $43M $153M $0 2014 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $115M $229M 2014 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$115M $31M $176M $0 2014 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $1.5B $128M 20.5% 11.3% $153M $90M $229M
2024 $1.3B $106M 19.0% 10.3% $96M $95M $128M
2023 $1.1B $24M 12.3% 4.6% $111M $130M $79M
2022 $801M -$46M 4.6% -5.1% -$31M $150M $10M
2022 $801M -$46M 4.6% -5.1% -$31M
2021 $684M -$289000 10.5% 1.0% -$66M $164M $12M
2020 $879M $12M 10.9% 2.5% -$16M $174M $45M
2019 $1.0B $24M 13.1% 4.3% $20M $183M $71M
2018 $1.0B $31M 11.9% 3.4% $16M $142M $60M
2017 $991M $29M 12.9% 6.0% $38M $151M $63M
2016 $7M $16M $152M $63M
2015 $15M $18M $187M $53M
2014 -$6M $119000
2014 -$4M $477000
2014 $3M $31M $223M $52M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced BLBD against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 38.6 77.1 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 0.8 1.7 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S

Frequently asked questions

Is BLBD growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Blue Bird Corp's revenue has grown 11.0% per year, and net income grown 60.0% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does BLBD have?

As of FY2025, Blue Bird Corp reported $90M of total debt against $229M of cash; operating income covered interest expense 23×.

What is BLBD's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 20.5%, operating margin 11.3%, and net margin 8.6%.

What is BLBD's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Blue Bird Corp traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 19.6× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.