Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
About Blue Bird Corporation
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. The company also sells replacement bus parts; and provides extended warranties related to its products. Blue Bird Corporation sells its products through drop ship and a network of dealers, as well as directly to fleet operators, the United States government, and state governments; independent service centers; and maintains a parts distribution center. It has a collaboration with Ford Motor Company to create the next generation of F-53/F-59 commercial stripped chassis. Blue Bird Corporation was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Macon, Georgia.
Sector: Industrials · Industry: Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery · United States · 2,008 employees · blue-bird.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-05
As of 2026-09-05, Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD) had a market capitalization of $2.01B, a trailing P/E of 7.5 (forward 13.3) and a beta of 1.35; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $46.14 – $83.39 (9.3% over the year).
- Market cap
- $2.01B
- Enterprise value
- $2.01B
- Trailing P/E
- 7.5
- Forward P/E
- 13.3
- Price / book
- 3.08
- EPS (trailing)
- $8.44
- EPS (forward)
- $4.79
- Payout ratio
- 0.0%
- 52-week range
- $46.14 – $83.39
- 52-week change
- 9.3%
- Beta
- 1.35
- Average volume
- 515,320
- Shares outstanding
- 31.6M
- Short % of float
- 13.97%
- Profit margin
- 17.5%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-08
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-08 scan of the US universe, Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD) last closed at $63.63 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 47 (neutral territory), price +2.5% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread -12.4%, MACD histogram 0.75.
Sentiment inputs: 50% of recent Finnhub-scored headlines read bullish; StockTwits 88% bullish; analyst consensus score 81/100.
Next scheduled company event: in 78 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
Members of Congress disclosed 0 buys and 0 sells of BLBD; corporate insiders filed 1 buy and 0 sells (1 filer, latest disclosure 2026-08-13). Filings arrive days to weeks after the trade and are not a live signal. Most active filers: Daniel Mark Thau (1B/0S). Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
BLBD has not appeared in the daily picks yet. Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell BLBD.
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