On Monday, Blue Bird Corp (NASDAQ: BLBD) opened lower -7.17% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $35.14. Price fluctuations for BLBD have ranged from $31.42 to $59.40 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 8.31%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 13.37% at the time writing. With a float of $31.71 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $32.11 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 1948 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 18.8%, operating margin of 10.01%, and the pretax margin is 9.67%.
Blue Bird Corp (BLBD) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Blue Bird Corp is 1.23%, while institutional ownership is 109.22%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 18 ’25, was worth 17,425. In this transaction Director of this company bought 500 shares at a rate of $34.85, taking the stock ownership to the 1,200 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 10 ’25, when Company’s Chief Financial Officer sold 2,848 for $38.12, making the entire transaction worth $108,566. This insider now owns 88,664 shares in total.
Blue Bird Corp (BLBD) Recent Fiscal highlights
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.03 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 13.37% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.62% during the next five years compared to 28.64% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Blue Bird Corp (NASDAQ: BLBD) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Blue Bird Corp (BLBD). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.73. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.78. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 8.70.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.23, a number that is poised to hit 0.95 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.38 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Blue Bird Corp (BLBD)
Looking closely at Blue Bird Corp (NASDAQ: BLBD), its last 5-days average volume was 0.71 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 0.76 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 24.41%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.80.
During the past 100 days, Blue Bird Corp’s (BLBD) raw stochastic average was set at 0.57%, which indicates a significant decrease from 1.19% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 45.34% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 45.32% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $38.30, while its 200-day Moving Average is $45.54. However, in the short run, Blue Bird Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $34.53. Second resistance stands at $36.45. The third major resistance level sits at $37.44. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $31.62, it is likely to go to the next support level at $30.63. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $28.71.
Blue Bird Corp (NASDAQ: BLBD) Key Stats
There are currently 32,111K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 1.05 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 1,347 M according to its annual income of 105,550 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 313,870 K and its income totaled 28,720 K.
