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Blue Bird Corp BLBD

Truck & Bus Bodies · CIK 0001589526 · Fiscal year ends 1003

AnnualQuarterlyTTM
Revenue
$1.48B
Fiscal year ended 2025-09-27
Operating income
$167.17M
Fiscal year ended 2025-09-27
Free cash flow
Unavailable
Fiscal year ended 2025-09-27

Blue Bird Corp (BLBD) reported revenue of $1.48B and net income of $127.72M for the fiscal year ended 2025-09-27. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from Blue Bird Corp’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Truck & Bus Bodies.

Income

Blue Bird Corp income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-272024-09-282023-09-302022-10-012022-09-302021-10-022020-10-032019-09-282018-09-292017-09-30
Revenue$1.48B$1.35BUnavailable$800.64M$800.64M$684.00M$879.22M$1.02B$1.02B$990.60M
Cost of revenue$1.18B$1.09BUnavailable$764.09M$764.09M$611.85M$783.02M$885.40M$902.99M$863.23M
Gross profit$303.51M$256.16MUnavailable$36.55M$36.55M$72.14M$96.20M$133.47M$121.99M$127.37M
Operating income$167.17M$139.33MUnavailable-$40.70M-$40.70M$6.52M$21.99M$43.83M$35.08M$59.53M
Net income$127.72M$105.55MUnavailable-$45.76M-$45.76M-$289.00K$12.18M$24.30M$30.82M$28.80M
Research & development$15.20M$9.40MUnavailable$6.10M$6.10M$5.20M$6.40M$11.50M$8.50M$7.40M
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 32.88Mshares 33.35MUnavailableshares 31.02Mshares 31.02Mshares 27.14Mshares 27.09Mshares 27.04Mshares 28.62Mshares 24.88M
Pretax income$169.56M$126.94MUnavailable-$53.05M-$53.05M-$1.98M$10.49M$29.63M$26.87M$37.35M
Income tax expense$43.93M$33.23MUnavailable-$11.45M-$11.45M-$1.19M$1.52M$7.57M-$2.62M$11.86M
Diluted EPS$3.88$3.16Unavailable$-1.48$-1.48$-0.01$0.45$0.90$1.08$0.74
Selling, general & administrative$136.35M$116.82MUnavailable$77.25M$77.25M$65.62M$74.21M$89.64M$86.91M$67.84M
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

Blue Bird Corp balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-272024-09-282023-09-302022-10-012022-09-302021-10-022020-10-032019-09-282018-09-292017-09-30
Cash & equivalents$229.31M$127.69MUnavailable$10.48MUnavailable$11.71M$44.51M$70.96M$60.26M$62.62M
Total assets$625.26M$524.89MUnavailable$366.13MUnavailable$356.02M$317.42M$365.41M$307.43M$295.82M
Current assets$411.63M$323.38MUnavailable$174.48MUnavailable$156.07M$116.90M$172.09M$149.84M$160.45M
Total liabilitiesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current liabilities$236.80M$235.97MUnavailable$164.77MUnavailable$124.78M$111.65M$169.68M$148.86M$138.76M
Total equity incl. NCI$255.42M$159.56MUnavailable$1.38M$1.38M-$32.66M-$53.23M-$67.81M-$28.34M-$58.51M
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$139.47M$127.80MUnavailable$142.98MUnavailable$125.21M$56.52M$78.83M$57.33M$76.16M
Accounts receivable$20.65M$59.10MUnavailable$12.53MUnavailable$9.97M$7.62M$10.54M$24.07M$10.15M
Goodwill$18.82M$18.82MUnavailable$18.82MUnavailable$18.82M$18.82M$18.82M$18.82M$18.82M
Long-term debt$85.32M$89.99MUnavailable$130.39MUnavailable$149.57M$164.20M$173.23M$132.24M$143.22M
Accounts payable$151.48M$143.16MUnavailable$107.94MUnavailable$72.27M$57.60M$102.27M$95.78M$87.33M

Cash flow

Blue Bird Corp cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-272024-09-282023-09-302022-10-012022-09-302021-10-022020-10-032019-09-282018-09-292017-09-30
Operating cash flow$176.21M$111.11MUnavailable-$24.44M-$24.44M-$54.24M$3.46M$55.71M$48.35M$47.64M
Capital expendituresUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Investing cash flow-$23.87M-$15.82MUnavailable-$6.45M-$6.45M-$11.31M-$18.80M-$35.47M-$32.10M-$9.20M
Financing cash flow-$50.72M-$46.60MUnavailable$29.66M$29.66M$32.75M-$11.11M-$9.54M-$18.60M-$28.13M
Net change in cash$101.63M$48.70MUnavailable-$1.23M-$1.23M-$32.80M-$26.45M$10.70M-$2.36M$10.31M
Stock-based compensation$14.78M$8.61MUnavailable$3.69M$3.69M$5.94M$4.14M$4.27M$2.63M$1.27M
Common dividends paidUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Common share repurchases$9.89M$1.18MUnavailable$1.71M$1.71M$517.00K$3.57MUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Depreciation & amortization$15.59M$14.82MUnavailable$14.05M$14.05M$13.45M$14.40M$10.38M$9.04M$8.18M

Derived

Blue Bird Corp derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-272024-09-282023-09-302022-10-012022-09-302021-10-022020-10-032019-09-282018-09-292017-09-30
Free cash flowUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Gross margin20.5%19.0%Unavailable4.6%4.6%10.5%10.9%13.1%11.9%12.9%
Operating margin11.3%10.3%Unavailable-5.1%-5.1%1.0%2.5%4.3%3.4%6.0%
FCF marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
SBC / revenue1.0%0.6%Unavailable0.5%0.5%0.9%0.5%0.4%0.3%0.1%
Current ratio1.74x1.37xUnavailable1.06xUnavailable1.25x1.05x1.01x1.01x1.16x
Revenue YoY growth9.9%UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable17.1%-22.2%-13.7%-0.6%3.5%Unavailable
Net margin8.6%7.8%Unavailable-5.7%-5.7%-0.0%1.4%2.4%3.0%2.9%
R&D / revenue1.0%0.7%Unavailable0.8%0.8%0.8%0.7%1.1%0.8%0.7%
CapEx / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Long-term debt / equity0.33xUnavailableUnavailable94.35xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate25.9%26.2%UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable14.5%25.6%-9.7%31.7%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open BLBD in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-08-05View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-02-04View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2025-11-24View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-07View SEC filing

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2 periods on this page do not reconcile under this site’s normalization. Read that as a limitation here before an observation about the company: the figures are the filer’s own, the filings linked above are authoritative, and a difference usually means the concepts this site selected do not match how this filer presents its statements. Nothing is adjusted to make a check pass.

balance equationinconsistent2023-09-30

Withheld: assets, equity, liabilities could not be reconciled with the rest of this filer’s statement.

gross profit bridgeinconsistent2023-09-30

Withheld: cost revenue, revenue could not be reconciled with the rest of this filer’s statement.