For the twelve months ended Jun 27, 2026, Blue Bird Corporation reported $1.61B of revenue and $281.81M of net income.
BLBD revenue was $517.16M in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Jun 27, 2026), up 29.9% from a year earlier and up 46.7% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was $1.48B, up 9.9% from fiscal 2024. Compound annual growth was +11.0% over 5 years and +4.9% over 10 years. It rose in 7 of the last 10 fiscal years. Fiscal 2025 is the highest of the 12 fiscal years on file.
BLBD net income was $185.25M in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Jun 27, 2026), up 408.2% from a year earlier and up 532.2% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was $127.72M, up 21.0% from fiscal 2024. Compound annual growth was +60.0% over 5 years and +23.9% over 10 years. Fiscal 2025 is the highest of the 12 fiscal years on file.
BLBD diluted EPS was $5.27 in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Jun 27, 2026), up 370.5% from a year earlier and up 485.6% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was $3.88, up 22.8% from fiscal 2024. Compound annual growth was +53.9% over 5 years and +20.7% over 10 years.
BLBD free cash flow was $21.66M in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Jun 27, 2026), down 58.6% from a year earlier and down 45.7% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was $153.34M, up 60.0% from fiscal 2024. Compound annual growth was +23.8% over 10 years. Fiscal 2025 is the highest of the 12 fiscal years on file.
| Line item | Sep 27, 2025 | Sep 28, 2024 | Sep 30, 2023 | Oct 1, 2022 | Oct 2, 2021 | Oct 3, 2020 | Sep 28, 2019 | Sep 29, 2018 | Sep 30, 2017 | Oct 1, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.48B | $1.35B | $1.13B | $800.64M | $684.00M | $879.22M | $1.02B | $1.02B | $990.60M | $932.01M |
| Cost of revenue | $1.18B | $1.09B | $993.94M | $764.09M | $611.85M | $783.02M | $885.40M | $902.99M | $863.23M | $802.65M |
| Gross profit | $303.51M | $256.16M | $138.85M | $36.55M | $72.14M | $96.20M | $133.47M | $121.99M | $127.37M | $129.36M |
| Research and development | $15.20M | $9.40M | $6.60M | $6.10M | $5.20M | $6.40M | $11.50M | $8.50M | $7.40M | $5.40M |
| Selling, general and admin | $136.35M | $116.83M | $87.19M | $77.25M | $65.62M | $74.21M | $89.64M | $86.91M | $67.84M | $102.71M |
| Operating income | $167.17M | $139.33M | $51.66M | -$40.70M | $6.52M | $21.99M | $43.83M | $35.08M | $59.53M | $26.64M |
| Interest expense | $7.20M | $10.58M | $18.01M | $14.68M | $9.68M | $12.25M | $12.88M | $6.66M | $7.25M | $16.41M |
| Pre-tax income | $169.56M | $126.94M | $25.80M | -$53.05M | -$1.98M | $10.49M | $29.63M | $26.87M | $37.35M | $9.83M |
| Income tax | $43.93M | $33.23M | $8.95M | -$11.45M | -$1.19M | $1.52M | $7.57M | -$2.62M | $11.86M | $5.80M |
| Net income | $127.72M | $105.55M | $23.81M | -$45.76M | -$289.0K | $12.19M | $24.30M | $30.82M | $28.80M | $6.90M |
| EPS, basic | $4.01 | $3.27 | $0.74 | -$1.48 | -$0.01 | $0.45 | $0.92 | $1.15 | $0.79 | $0.14 |
| EPS, diluted | $3.88 | $3.16 | $0.74 | -$1.48 | -$0.01 | $0.45 | $0.90 | $1.08 | $0.74 | $0.14 |
| Diluted shares | 32.9M | 33.3M | 32.3M | 31.0M | 27.1M | 27.1M | 27.0M | 28.6M | 24.9M | 21.3M |
| Line item | Sep 27, 2025 | Sep 28, 2024 | Sep 30, 2023 | Oct 1, 2022 | Oct 2, 2021 | Oct 3, 2020 | Sep 28, 2019 | Sep 29, 2018 | Sep 30, 2017 | Oct 1, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $229.31M | $127.69M | $78.99M | $10.48M | $11.71M | $44.51M | $70.96M | $60.26M | $62.62M | $62.62M |
| Receivables | $20.65M | $59.10M | $12.57M | $12.53M | $9.97M | $7.62M | $10.54M | $24.07M | $10.15M | $20.32M |
| Inventory | $139.47M | $127.80M | $135.29M | $142.98M | $125.21M | $56.52M | $78.83M | $57.33M | $76.16M | $53.81M |
| Current assets | $411.63M | $323.38M | $236.06M | $174.48M | $156.07M | $116.90M | $172.09M | $149.84M | $160.45M | $132.53M |
| Goodwill | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M |
| Total assets | $625.25M | $524.89M | $417.77M | $366.13M | $356.02M | $317.42M | $365.41M | $307.43M | $295.82M | $277.87M |
| Current liabilities | $236.80M | $235.97M | $229.62M | $164.77M | $124.78M | $111.65M | $169.68M | $148.86M | $138.76M | $130.52M |
| Short-term debt | $5.00M | $5.00M | $19.80M | $19.80M | $14.85M | $9.90M | $9.90M | $9.90M | $8.00M | $11.75M |
| Long-term debt | $85.32M | $89.99M | $110.54M | $130.39M | $149.57M | $164.20M | $173.23M | $132.24M | $143.22M | $140.37M |
| Total debt | $90.32M | $94.99M | $130.34M | $150.19M | $164.42M | $174.10M | $183.13M | $142.14M | $151.22M | $152.12M |
| Total liabilities | $369.84M | $365.33M | $377.77M | $364.74M | $388.68M | $370.64M | $433.22M | $335.77M | $354.33M | $364.84M |
| Shareholders' equity | $255.41M | $159.56M | $40.00M | $1.38M | -$32.66M | -$53.23M | -$67.81M | -$28.34M | -$58.51M | -$86.97M |
| Line item | Sep 27, 2025 | Sep 28, 2024 | Sep 30, 2023 | Oct 1, 2022 | Oct 2, 2021 | Oct 3, 2020 | Sep 28, 2019 | Sep 29, 2018 | Sep 30, 2017 | Oct 1, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $176.21M | $111.11M | $119.93M | -$24.44M | -$54.24M | $3.46M | $55.71M | $48.35M | $47.64M | $25.11M |
| Capital expenditures | $22.87M | $15.26M | $8.52M | $6.45M | $12.21M | $18.97M | $35.51M | $32.12M | $9.25M | $9.58M |
| Free cash flow | $153.34M | $95.85M | $111.41M | -$30.89M | -$66.45M | -$15.51M | $20.19M | $16.23M | $38.39M | $15.52M |
| Investing cash flow | -$23.87M | -$15.81M | -$8.52M | -$6.45M | -$11.31M | -$18.80M | -$35.47M | -$32.10M | -$9.20M | -$9.58M |
| Financing cash flow | -$50.72M | -$46.60M | -$42.90M | $29.66M | $32.75M | -$11.11M | -$9.54M | -$18.61M | -$28.13M | -$16.07M |
| Dividends paid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0 |
| Share repurchases | $9.89M | $1.18M | $376.0K | $1.71M | $517.0K | $3.57M | - | - | - | - |
| Stock-based compensation | $14.79M | $8.61M | $4.17M | $3.69M | $5.94M | $4.14M | $4.27M | $2.63M | $1.27M | $12.72M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $15.59M | $14.82M | $15.98M | $14.05M | $13.45M | $14.40M | $10.38M | $9.04M | $8.18M | $8.05M |
| Line item | Sep 27, 2025 | Sep 28, 2024 | Sep 30, 2023 | Oct 1, 2022 | Oct 2, 2021 | Oct 3, 2020 | Sep 28, 2019 | Sep 29, 2018 | Sep 30, 2017 | Oct 1, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, YoY | 9.9% | 18.9% | 41.5% | 17.1% | -22.2% | -13.7% | -0.6% | 3.5% | 6.3% | 1.4% |
| Net income growth, YoY | 21.0% | 343.3% | - | - | - | -49.9% | -21.2% | 7.0% | 317.4% | -53.8% |
| EPS growth, YoY | 22.8% | 327.0% | - | - | - | -50.0% | -16.7% | 45.9% | 428.6% | -76.3% |
| Gross margin | 20.5% | 19.0% | 12.3% | 4.6% | 10.5% | 10.9% | 13.1% | 11.9% | 12.9% | 13.9% |
| Operating margin | 11.3% | 10.3% | 4.6% | -5.1% | 1.0% | 2.5% | 4.3% | 3.4% | 6.0% | 2.9% |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 7.8% | 2.1% | -5.7% | -0.0% | 1.4% | 2.4% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 0.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 10.4% | 7.1% | 9.8% | -3.9% | -9.7% | -1.8% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 3.9% | 1.7% |
| Return on equity | 50.0% | 66.1% | 59.5% | -3311.1% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Return on assets | 20.4% | 20.1% | 5.7% | -12.5% | -0.1% | 3.8% | 6.7% | 10.0% | 9.7% | 2.5% |
| Current ratio | 1.74 | 1.37 | 1.03 | 1.06 | 1.25 | 1.05 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.16 | 1.02 |
| Debt to equity | 0.35 | 0.60 | 3.26 | 108.68 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Line item | Jun 27, 2026 | Mar 28, 2026 | Dec 27, 2025 | Sep 27, 2025 | Jun 28, 2025 | Mar 29, 2025 | Dec 28, 2024 | Sep 28, 2024 | Jun 29, 2024 | Mar 30, 2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $517.16M | $352.63M | $333.08M | $409.37M | $398.01M | $358.85M | $313.87M | $350.21M | $333.37M | $345.92M | $317.66M | $302.96M |
| Cost of revenue | $413.79M | $281.99M | $261.86M | $322.95M | $312.08M | $288.00M | $253.56M | $290.61M | $264.01M | $282.28M | $254.10M | $252.97M |
| Gross profit | $103.37M | $70.65M | $71.23M | $86.41M | $85.93M | $70.85M | $60.32M | $59.61M | $69.35M | $63.64M | $63.56M | $49.99M |
| Selling, general and admin | $40.71M | $31.53M | $33.55M | $36.07M | $35.86M | $37.14M | $27.27M | $34.03M | $29.63M | $27.57M | $25.60M | $20.83M |
| Operating income | $62.67M | $39.12M | $37.68M | $50.34M | $50.07M | $33.71M | $33.04M | $25.58M | $39.73M | $36.07M | $37.96M | $29.17M |
| Interest expense | $1.96M | $1.54M | $1.57M | $1.74M | $1.74M | $1.81M | $1.92M | $2.03M | $2.11M | $2.81M | $3.63M | $4.12M |
| Pre-tax income | $197.02M | $36.58M | $37.88M | $51.12M | $49.23M | $33.60M | $35.61M | $26.08M | $35.88M | $32.34M | $32.63M | $24.49M |
| Income tax | $10.17M | $9.10M | $9.12M | $13.73M | $12.38M | $9.13M | $8.69M | $6.58M | $9.94M | $8.26M | $8.45M | $8.66M |
| Net income | $185.25M | $29.30M | $30.76M | $36.50M | $36.45M | $26.05M | $28.72M | $24.66M | $28.71M | $26.02M | $26.15M | $18.62M |
| EPS, basic | $5.41 | $0.93 | $0.97 | $1.14 | $1.16 | $0.82 | $0.89 | $0.76 | $0.89 | $0.81 | $0.81 | $0.58 |
| EPS, diluted | $5.27 | $0.90 | $0.94 | $1.11 | $1.12 | $0.79 | $0.86 | $0.71 | $0.85 | $0.79 | $0.81 | $0.58 |
| Diluted shares | 35.2M | 32.4M | 32.6M | - | 32.6M | 32.9M | 33.4M | - | 33.7M | 33.1M | 32.4M | - |
| Line item | Jun 27, 2026 | Mar 28, 2026 | Dec 27, 2025 | Sep 27, 2025 | Jun 28, 2025 | Mar 29, 2025 | Dec 28, 2024 | Sep 28, 2024 | Jun 29, 2024 | Mar 30, 2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $116.82M | $275.89M | $241.74M | $229.31M | $173.07M | $130.75M | $136.12M | $127.69M | $88.42M | $93.10M | $77.30M | $78.99M |
| Receivables | $53.50M | $12.94M | $10.77M | $20.65M | $21.11M | $15.79M | $14.00M | $59.10M | $34.01M | $11.43M | $11.11M | $12.57M |
| Inventory | $302.47M | $144.76M | $140.93M | $139.47M | $151.04M | $163.83M | $163.12M | $127.80M | $144.54M | $145.40M | $142.46M | $135.29M |
| Current assets | $513.71M | $466.57M | $425.78M | $411.63M | $360.67M | $328.42M | $330.86M | $323.38M | $275.70M | $269.42M | $243.34M | $236.06M |
| Goodwill | $264.10M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M | $18.82M |
| Total assets | $1.17B | $689.36M | $642.34M | $625.25M | $575.45M | $543.70M | $535.22M | $524.89M | $468.07M | $456.48M | $431.28M | $417.77M |
| Current liabilities | $313.35M | $254.28M | $235.11M | $236.80M | $228.58M | $226.65M | $229.43M | $235.97M | $197.57M | $219.77M | $187.80M | $229.62M |
| Short-term debt | $5.00M | $5.00M | $5.00M | $5.00M | $5.00M | $5.00M | $5.00M | $5.00M | $5.00M | $5.00M | $5.00M | $19.80M |
| Long-term debt | $81.81M | $82.98M | $84.15M | $85.32M | $86.49M | $87.66M | $88.83M | $89.99M | $91.16M | $92.32M | $93.49M | $110.54M |
| Total debt | $86.81M | $87.98M | $89.15M | $90.32M | $91.49M | $92.66M | $93.83M | $94.99M | $96.16M | $97.32M | $98.49M | $130.34M |
| Total liabilities | $511.63M | $391.44M | $370.97M | $369.84M | $353.60M | $353.31M | $355.52M | $365.33M | $330.79M | $350.69M | $355.70M | $377.77M |
| Shareholders' equity | $654.89M | $297.93M | $271.37M | $255.41M | $221.85M | $190.39M | $179.71M | $159.56M | $137.28M | $105.79M | $75.58M | $40.00M |
| Line item | Jun 27, 2026 | Mar 28, 2026 | Dec 27, 2025 | Sep 27, 2025 | Jun 28, 2025 | Mar 29, 2025 | Dec 28, 2024 | Sep 28, 2024 | Jun 29, 2024 | Mar 30, 2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $31.04M | $47.76M | $36.58M | $65.12M | $56.92M | $27.77M | $26.41M | $55.35M | $989.0K | $54.55M | $217.0K | $35.80M |
| Capital expenditures | $9.38M | $7.85M | $5.46M | $4.66M | $4.60M | $9.02M | $4.59M | $5.13M | $4.49M | $2.74M | $2.90M | $2.13M |
| Free cash flow | $21.66M | $39.91M | $31.11M | $60.46M | $52.32M | $18.75M | $21.82M | $50.23M | -$3.50M | $51.81M | -$2.69M | $33.67M |
| Investing cash flow | -$59.02M | -$7.85M | -$5.66M | -$4.81M | -$4.95M | -$9.02M | -$5.09M | -$5.68M | -$4.49M | -$2.74M | -$2.90M | -$2.13M |
| Financing cash flow | -$131.09M | -$5.75M | -$18.50M | -$4.06M | -$9.65M | -$24.12M | -$12.88M | -$10.40M | -$1.18M | -$36.02M | $995.0K | -$5.41M |
| Share repurchases | $0 | $198.0K | $2.38M | $5.48M | $0 | $2.97M | $1.45M | $877.0K | $0 | $0 | $301.0K | $319.0K |
| Stock-based compensation | $1.54M | $1.67M | $2.36M | $1.88M | $2.97M | $7.43M | $2.51M | $1.59M | $2.47M | $2.49M | $2.05M | $1.94M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $8.75M | $4.07M | $3.98M | $3.92M | $3.96M | $3.85M | $3.86M | $3.91M | $3.66M | $3.64M | $3.62M | $3.90M |
| Line item | Jun 27, 2026 | Mar 28, 2026 | Dec 27, 2025 | Sep 27, 2025 | Jun 28, 2025 | Mar 29, 2025 | Dec 28, 2024 | Sep 28, 2024 | Jun 29, 2024 | Mar 30, 2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, YoY | 29.9% | -1.7% | 6.1% | 16.9% | 19.4% | 3.7% | -1.2% | 15.6% | 13.3% | 15.4% | 34.8% | 17.6% |
| Net income growth, YoY | 408.2% | 12.5% | 7.1% | 48.0% | 27.0% | 0.1% | 9.8% | 32.5% | 206.8% | 265.0% | - | - |
| EPS growth, YoY | 370.5% | 13.9% | 9.3% | 56.3% | 31.8% | 0.0% | 6.2% | 22.4% | 193.1% | 259.1% | - | - |
| Gross margin | 20.0% | 20.0% | 21.4% | 21.1% | 21.6% | 19.7% | 19.2% | 17.0% | 20.8% | 18.4% | 20.0% | 16.5% |
| Operating margin | 12.1% | 11.1% | 11.3% | 12.3% | 12.6% | 9.4% | 10.5% | 7.3% | 11.9% | 10.4% | 11.9% | 9.6% |
| Net margin | 35.8% | 8.3% | 9.2% | 8.9% | 9.2% | 7.3% | 9.2% | 7.0% | 8.6% | 7.5% | 8.2% | 6.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.2% | 11.3% | 9.3% | 14.8% | 13.1% | 5.2% | 7.0% | 14.3% | -1.1% | 15.0% | -0.8% | 11.1% |
| Current ratio | 1.64 | 1.83 | 1.81 | 1.74 | 1.58 | 1.45 | 1.44 | 1.37 | 1.40 | 1.23 | 1.30 | 1.03 |
| Debt to equity | 0.13 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.41 | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 0.92 | 1.30 | 3.26 |
Source: XBRL data Blue Bird Corporation files with the SEC, latest filing dated Aug 5, 2026 (see filings on SEC EDGAR). Provided for information only, not investment advice. Check the filing before relying on a number.
* Worked out from the filings rather than stated in them: Q4 is the full year less the first nine months.
Per-share figures are as filed. The filings show no stock split in these periods.
EPS growth is left out where the share count moved enough to suggest a split the filings do not show. Growth rates need a positive starting figure. CAGR is compound annual growth between fiscal years. The CSV holds every period on file, in full figures, from the same SEC filings.
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