Blue Bird (BLBD) Competitors

Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) and Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts prefer IEP or BLBD?

Blue Bird has a consensus price target of $56.79, suggesting a potential upside of 39.11%. Given Blue Bird's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Bird is more favorable than Icahn Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Icahn Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Blue Bird	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has higher valuation & earnings, IEP or BLBD?

Blue Bird has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blue Bird, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Icahn Enterprises	$9.64B	0.48	-$684M	-$1.65	-5.17
Blue Bird	$1.36B	0.95	$105.55M	$3.23	12.64

Which has more volatility & risk, IEP or BLBD?

Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Bird has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IEP or BLBD more profitable?

Blue Bird has a net margin of 8.05% compared to Icahn Enterprises' net margin of -4.79%. Blue Bird's return on equity of 75.22% beat Icahn Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Icahn Enterprises	-4.79%	-8.82%	-2.53%
Blue Bird	8.05%	75.22%	22.07%

Does the media favor IEP or BLBD?

In the previous week, Blue Bird had 8 more articles in the media than Icahn Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Blue Bird and 3 mentions for Icahn Enterprises. Blue Bird's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Icahn Enterprises' score of 0.15 indicating that Blue Bird is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Icahn Enterprises	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Blue Bird	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IEP or BLBD?

Blue Bird received 71 more outperform votes than Icahn Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.77% of users gave Icahn Enterprises an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave Blue Bird an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Icahn Enterprises	Outperform Votes 263 62.77%	Underperform Votes 156 37.23%
Blue Bird	Outperform Votes 334 61.85%	Underperform Votes 206 38.15%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IEP or BLBD?

87.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Blue Bird shares are held by institutional investors. 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Blue Bird shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Blue Bird beats Icahn Enterprises on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.