Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD)
NASDAQ: BLBD · Real-Time Price · USD
46.05
+0.70 (1.54%)
At close: Jul 25, 2025, 4:00 PM
46.50
+0.45 (0.98%)
After-hours: Jul 25, 2025, 5:25 PM EDT

Blue Bird Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 7 analysts that cover Blue Bird stock have a consensus rating of "Strong Buy" and an average price target of $56.79, which forecasts a 23.32% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $48 and the highest is $71.

Price Target: $56.79 (+23.32%)
Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy
TargetLowAverageMedianHigh
Price$48$56.79$55$71
Change+4.23%+23.32%+19.44%+54.18%
* Price targets were last updated on May 27, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Blue Bird stock is "Strong Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform very well in the near future and significantly outperform the market.

Recommendation Trends

RatingFeb '25Mar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25
Strong Buy555555
Buy111111
Hold111111
Sell000000
Strong Sell000000
Total777777

Latest Forecasts

AnalystFirmRatingRatingActionPrice TargetUpsideDate
Needham
Needham
Strong Buy
Reiterates
$49
Strong BuyReiterates$49+6.41%May 27, 2025
Barclays
Barclays
Buy
Maintains
$54$50
BuyMaintains$54$50+8.58%May 8, 2025
DA Davidson
DA Davidson
Strong Buy
Maintains
$67$61
Strong BuyMaintains$67$61+32.46%Apr 21, 2025
Needham
Needham
Strong Buy
Maintains
$66$49
Strong BuyMaintains$66$49+6.41%Feb 6, 2025
Needham
Needham
Strong Buy
Maintains
$66
Strong BuyMaintains$66+43.32%Jan 14, 2025
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
1.48B
from 1.35B
Increased by 9.64%
Revenue Next Year
1.60B
from 1.48B
Increased by 7.99%
EPS This Year
3.88
from 3.16
Increased by 22.68%
EPS Next Year
4.24
from 3.88
Increased by 9.45%
Fiscal YearFY 2020FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026FY 2027
Period EndingOct 3, 2020Oct 2, 2021Oct 1, 2022Sep 30, 2023Sep 28, 2024Sep 30, 2025Sep 30, 2026Sep 30, 2027
Revenue
879.22M684.00M800.64M1.13B1.35B1.48B1.60B1.59B
Revenue Growth
-13.71%-22.20%17.05%41.49%18.92%9.64%7.99%-0.19%
EPS
0.45-0.01-1.480.743.163.884.244.24
EPS Growth
-50.00%---327.03%22.68%9.45%-
Forward PE
-----11.8810.8510.85
No. Analysts
-----874
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue2025202620272028
High1.5B1.7B1.7B
Avg1.5B1.6B1.6B
Low1.4B1.4B1.5B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth2025202620272028
High
15.0%
15.2%
7.6%
Avg
9.6%
8.0%
-0.2%
Low
3.5%
-2.7%
-8.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS202520262027
High4.274.754.37
Avg3.884.244.24
Low3.583.724.08

EPS Growth

EPS Growth202520262027
High
35.2%
22.4%
2.9%
Avg
22.7%
9.5%
-
Low
13.2%
-3.9%
-3.9%
Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.