BLBD Stock — Blue Bird Corporation

Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD)

Updated October 16, 2026.

BLBD is a Stock. Total return is 496.6% over the past 12.6 years, 93.6 points ahead of SPY at 403.0%.

Blue Bird Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells school buses in the United States, Canada, and internationally, offering diesel, propane, gasoline, compressed natural gas, and electric powered models through a network of dealers and direct sales to government and fleet operators, while also supplying replacement parts and extended warranties. The company does not currently have an established distribution schedule. This industrial manufacturer may appeal to investors seeking exposure to the school transportation and alternative-fuel vehicle sectors.

BLBD performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 496.6% over the past 12.6 years, 93.6 points ahead of SPY at 403.0%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 3.8%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 31.9%.

BLBD key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

03/20/2014

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$57.39 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$1,799,007,946

Average volume

1896254.0

Beta

1.361

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

6.79

Forward P/E

12.5156

EPS

$8.45

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

BLBD risks and drawbacks

The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 31.9%.

Who may consider BLBD — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (BLBD does not currently distribute). This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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