Blue Bird (BLBD) Competitors

Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) and Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) are both automobiles and trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in IEP or BLBD?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, IEP or BLBD?

Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Bird has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	$10.02B	0.51	-$445M	-$1.65	-5.64
Blue Bird	$1.35B	1.03	$105.55M	$3.23	13.61

Is IEP or BLBD more profitable?

Blue Bird has a net margin of 7.97% compared to Icahn Enterprises' net margin of -8.55%. Blue Bird's return on equity of 64.83% beat Icahn Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Icahn Enterprises	-8.55%	-17.64%	-4.88%
Blue Bird	7.97%	64.83%	20.87%

Does the media prefer IEP or BLBD?

In the previous week, Blue Bird had 3 more articles in the media than Icahn Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Blue Bird and 0 mentions for Icahn Enterprises. Blue Bird's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Icahn Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that Blue Bird is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Icahn Enterprises	Neutral
Blue Bird	Positive

Do analysts recommend IEP or BLBD?

Blue Bird has a consensus target price of $56.79, indicating a potential upside of 29.21%. 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

Summary

Blue Bird beats Icahn Enterprises on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.