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$44.20 +1.04 (+2.41%)
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BLBD vs. IEP, DOOO, ATMU, VC, PSNY, REVG, GTX, PHIN, ADNT, and LOT

Should you be buying Blue Bird stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Bird include Icahn Enterprises (IEP), BRP (DOOO), Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU), Visteon (VC), Polestar Automotive Holding UK (PSNY), REV Group (REVG), Garrett Motion (GTX), PHINIA (PHIN), Adient (ADNT), and Lotus Technology (LOT). These companies are all part of the "automobiles and trucks" industry.

Blue Bird vs. Its Competitors

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

93.6% of Blue Bird shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Blue Bird shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Blue Bird7.97% 64.83% 20.87%
Icahn Enterprises -8.55%-17.64%-4.88%

Blue Bird presently has a consensus target price of $56.79, suggesting a potential upside of 28.47%. 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
Blue Bird
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Icahn Enterprises
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Blue Bird has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Blue Bird$1.35B1.04$105.55M$3.2313.68
Icahn Enterprises$10.02B0.45-$445M-$1.65-5.04

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

In the previous week, Blue Bird and Blue Bird both had 5 articles in the media. Blue Bird's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Icahn Enterprises' score of 0.66 indicating that Blue Bird is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Blue Bird beats Icahn Enterprises on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BLBD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BLBD vs. The Competition

MetricBlue BirdAUTO IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.36B$48.16B$16.83B$8.94B
Dividend YieldN/A3.56%2.90%4.12%
P/E Ratio13.6820.1423.2319.74
Price / Sales1.046.9334.87109.12
Price / Cash11.2216.2417.2657.06
Price / Book8.973.342.465.37
Net Income$105.55M$542.77M$764.20M$248.34M
7 Day Performance3.01%-0.56%2.45%1.67%
1 Month Performance16.44%4.77%3.80%4.56%
1 Year Performance-6.83%-41.58%2.73%18.42%

Blue Bird Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLBD
Blue Bird
4.4648 of 5 stars
$44.20
+2.4%
$56.79
+28.5%
-13.1%$1.36B$1.35B13.681,948
IEP
Icahn Enterprises
2.2755 of 5 stars
$8.15
-2.0%
N/A-49.0%$4.45B$10.02B-4.9415,037
DOOO
BRP
2.3968 of 5 stars
$47.85
+1.9%
$43.00
-10.1%
-20.6%$3.49B$7.68B-116.7116,500
ATMU
Atmus Filtration Technologies
3.1427 of 5 stars
$35.38
+1.0%
$42.40
+19.8%
+32.7%$2.92B$1.66B16.014,500News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
VC
Visteon
4.0426 of 5 stars
$90.45
-0.1%
$96.25
+6.4%
-6.3%$2.47B$3.87B8.4810,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PSNY
Polestar Automotive Holding UK
1.102 of 5 stars
$1.07
+1.9%
$1.51
+40.7%
+24.5%$2.28B$2.03B-1.882,547
REVG
REV Group
2.4631 of 5 stars
$44.37
+1.5%
$41.25
-7.0%
+96.8%$2.17B$2.38B23.605,700
GTX
Garrett Motion
4.1632 of 5 stars
$9.72
-2.8%
$14.00
+44.0%
+25.4%$1.97B$3.44B7.659,300Positive News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
PHIN
PHINIA
2.8492 of 5 stars
$42.67
+0.2%
$51.17
+19.9%
+18.5%$1.70B$3.40B24.2412,700
ADNT
Adient
3.2431 of 5 stars
$18.94
+0.4%
$18.17
-4.1%
-14.7%$1.59B$14.69B-5.9270,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
LOT
Lotus Technology
0.6044 of 5 stars
$2.23
+1.8%
N/A-67.1%$1.51B$924.35M-1.291,996Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:BLBD) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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