Blue Bird (BLBD) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BLBD or IEP?

Blue Bird received 66 more outperform votes than Icahn Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.68% of users gave Icahn Enterprises an outperform vote while only 61.84% of users gave Blue Bird an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Bird	Outperform Votes 329 61.84%	Underperform Votes 203 38.16%
Icahn Enterprises	Outperform Votes 263 63.68%	Underperform Votes 150 36.32%

Does the media refer more to BLBD or IEP?

In the previous week, Blue Bird had 9 more articles in the media than Icahn Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Blue Bird and 3 mentions for Icahn Enterprises. Blue Bird's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Icahn Enterprises' score of 0.54 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Icahn Enterprises	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BLBD or IEP?

93.6% of Blue Bird shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Blue Bird shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend BLBD or IEP?

Blue Bird presently has a consensus target price of $60.64, suggesting a potential upside of 48.05%. Given Blue Bird's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BLBD or IEP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Bird	$1.35B	0.98	$105.55M	$3.18	12.88
Icahn Enterprises	$10.85B	0.44	-$684M	-$1.09	-8.61

Which has more volatility & risk, BLBD or IEP?

Blue Bird has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BLBD or IEP more profitable?

Blue Bird has a net margin of 7.83% compared to Icahn Enterprises' net margin of -4.79%. Blue Bird's return on equity of 91.12% beat Icahn Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Bird	7.83%	91.12%	23.17%
Icahn Enterprises	-4.79%	-8.82%	-2.53%

Summary

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