Company Analysis

Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD)

Nasdaq: BLBD · Truck & Bus Bodies · Macon, GA · filing with the SEC since 2013
Grade6.2
◀ Past 5.0● Present 6.3▶ Future 7.2

Income statement, as filed

In thousands of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts. The fiscal year ends in October.
Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal yearFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017
Period endingSep 27, 2025Sep 28, 2024Sep 30, 2023Oct 1, 2022Sep 30, 2022Oct 2, 2021Oct 3, 2020Sep 28, 2019Sep 29, 2018Sep 30, 2017
Report filedNov 24, 2025Nov 25, 2024Dec 11, 2023Dec 12, 2022·Dec 15, 2021Dec 17, 2020Dec 12, 2019Dec 12, 2018Dec 8, 2017
Revenue1,480,0991,347,1541,132,793800,637800,637683,995879,2211,018,8741,024,976990,602
Cost of revenue1,176,5861,090,998993,943764,091764,091611,854783,021885,400902,988863,234
Gross profit303,513256,156138,85036,54636,54672,14196,200133,474121,988127,368
Research and development15,2009,4006,6006,1006,1005,2006,40011,5008,500r7,400r
Selling, general and administrative136,347116,82587,19377,24677,24665,61974,20689,64286,911r67,836r
Operating income167,166139,33151,657-40,700-40,7006,52221,99443,83235,077r59,532r
Interest expense7,20210,57918,01214,67514,6759,68212,25212,8796,6617,251
Interest and investment income6,1944,1361,00499411970140
Share of profit of equity-method investments2,08211,8396,960-4,159-4,1594983,2132,2421,3273,307
Other income (expense), net3,406-4,394-8,3072,9472,9471,776738-1,331-1,613r-4,929r
Income before income taxes169,564126,93625,805-53,051-53,051-1,97810,49129,63126,87337,350r
Income tax expense43,92633,2288,953-11,451-11,451-1,1911,5197,573-2,62011,856r
Income from continuing operations·········28,760
Income from discontinued operations·········41
Net income127,720105,54723,812-45,759-45,759-28912,18524,30030,82028,801
Preferred dividends······001,8964,261
Net income to common shareholders······12,18524,30028,92418,449
Earnings per share, basic4.013.270.74-1.48-1.48-0.010.450.921.150.79
Earnings per share, diluted3.883.160.74-1.48-1.48-0.010.450.901.080.74
Weighted average shares, basic31,861,32632,270,71132,071,94031,020,39931,020,39927,139,05426,850,99926,455,43625,259,59523,343,772
Weighted average shares, diluted32,883,43633,349,22132,258,65231,020,39931,020,39927,139,05427,086,55527,043,81428,616,86224,877,729
As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. r restated by the company in a later report; b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.
What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it
Revenue what customers paid for what it soldus-gaap:Revenues
Cost of revenue what it cost to make or buy what it soldus-gaap:CostOfRevenue
Gross profit revenue less the cost of what it soldus-gaap:GrossProfit
Research and development spent on inventing what it sells nextus-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Selling, general and administrative the cost of selling and of running the companyus-gaap:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpense
Interest and investment income what its cash and investments earnedus-gaap:InvestmentIncomeInterest
Share of profit of equity-method investments its share of companies it partly ownsus-gaap:IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Income from continuing operations profit from the businesses it keepsus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations
Income from discontinued operations profit or loss from businesses it sold or closedus-gaap:IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity
Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Preferred dividends paid to preferred holders before common shareholdersus-gaap:PreferredStockDividendsIncomeStatementImpact
Net income to common shareholders what is left for common shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
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