NASDAQ:BLBD - Blue Bird Stock Price, Forecast & News

Blue Bird trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BLBD."

Blue Bird Corp (NASDAQ:BLBD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December, 11th. The company reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $343.53 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $332.50 million. Blue Bird had a negative return on equity of 56.27% and a net margin of 2.38%. View Blue Bird's Earnings History.

Blue Bird is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Blue Bird.

Blue Bird updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, December, 11th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $$1.02-1.05 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$1.03 billion.

2 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Blue Bird's shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $23.00. On average, they anticipate Blue Bird's stock price to reach $23.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Blue Bird.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Blue Bird in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Blue Bird.

Media headlines about BLBD stock have trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Blue Bird earned a news impact score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Blue Bird.

Blue Bird saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 557,400 shares, an increase of 56.8% from the December 15th total of 355,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 97,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.7 days. Approximately 4.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Blue Bird's Current Options Chain.

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Blue Bird's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.46%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.22%), Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.06%) and Exane Derivatives (0.01%). Company insiders that own Blue Bird stock include Asp Bb Holdings Llc and Daniel J Hennessy. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Blue Bird.

BLBD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. and Exane Derivatives. View Insider Buying and Selling for Blue Bird.

BLBD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Blue Bird.

Shares of BLBD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BLBD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.04.

Blue Bird has a market capitalization of $530.66 million and generates $1.02 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $24.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.49 on an earnings per share basis. Blue Bird employs 2,300 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Blue Bird.

The official website for Blue Bird is http://www.blue-bird.com/.

Blue Bird's mailing address is 3920 Arkwright Road 2nd Floor, Macon GA, 31210. The company can be reached via phone at 478-822-2801 or via email at [email protected]