Q1 Earnings Estimate for Blue Bird Issued By DA Davidson

Blue Bird Corporation (NASDAQ:BLBD) – Stock analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Blue Bird in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 26th. DA Davidson analyst M. Shlisky expects that the company will earn $0.74 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Blue Bird’s current full-year earnings is $3.86 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Blue Bird’s FY2027 earnings at $4.62 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Bank of America raised their target price on shares of Blue Bird from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Zacks Research lowered shares of Blue Bird from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $70.00 price objective on shares of Blue Bird in a research report on Tuesday. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Blue Bird in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Blue Bird from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 9th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Blue Bird has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $64.60.

Blue Bird Stock Up 1.7%

NASDAQ:BLBD opened at $52.74 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.62. Blue Bird has a twelve month low of $30.04 and a twelve month high of $61.95. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $54.17 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $49.56. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) last released its earnings results on Monday, November 24th. The company reported $1.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.35. Blue Bird had a return on equity of 62.87% and a net margin of 8.63%.The business had revenue of $409.37 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $380.37 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.77 earnings per share. Blue Bird’s revenue was up 16.9% on a year-over-year basis. Blue Bird has set its FY 2026 guidance at EPS.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Blue Bird news, CFO Razvan Radulescu sold 6,709 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $57.41, for a total value of $385,163.69. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 40,794 shares in the company, valued at $2,341,983.54. The trade was a 14.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 1.10% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Blue Bird

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Blue Trust Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Blue Bird in the third quarter valued at about $38,000. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. bought a new position in Blue Bird during the 2nd quarter worth $29,000. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd raised its holdings in Blue Bird by 10,028.6% in the 3rd quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd now owns 709 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,000 after acquiring an additional 702 shares in the last quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Blue Bird by 159.9% during the 2nd quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 993 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 611 shares during the period. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Blue Bird by 1,742.3% during the 3rd quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 1,308 shares of the company’s stock worth $75,000 after purchasing an additional 1,237 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.59% of the company’s stock.

About Blue Bird

Blue Bird Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, engineers, manufactures, and sells school buses in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Bus and Parts. It offers Type C, Type D, and specialty buses; and alternative power options through its propane powered, gasoline powered, compressed natural gas powered, and electric powered school buses, as well as diesel engines.