Blue Bird CorpBLBD
About: Blue Bird Corp is an American bus manufacturing company. It is an independent designer and manufacturer of school buses. The company operates in two segments; the Bus segment which involves the design, engineering, manufacture, and sales of school buses and extended warranties; and the Parts segment which includes the sales of replacement bus parts. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from its customers in the United States and the rest from Canada and Rest of the world.
Employees: 1,948
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
67% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q3] → 5 (+2) [Q4]
34% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $12.4M | Put options by funds: $9.24M
25% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 89 | Existing positions reduced: 71
12.98% more ownership
Funds ownership: 93.64% [Q3] → 106.63% (+12.98%) [Q4]
8% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.45B [Q3] → $1.33B (-$120M) [Q4]
10% less funds holding
Funds holding: 254 [Q3] → 229 (-25) [Q4]
29% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 48 | Existing positions closed: 68
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
2 analyst ratings
DA Davidson Michael Shlisky 15% 1-year accuracy 4 / 27 met price target | 81%upside $61 | Buy Maintained | 21 Apr 2025 |
Needham Chris Pierce 15% 1-year accuracy 11 / 72 met price target | 45%upside $49 | Buy Maintained | 6 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 13 articles about BLBD published over the past 30 days
