Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD)

Blue Bird Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 7 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Blue Bird stock have an average target of 60.64, with a low estimate of 48 and a high estimate of 71. The average target predicts an increase of 54.03% from the current stock price of 39.37.

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$48	$60.64	$63.5	$71
Change	+21.92%	+54.03%	+61.29%	+80.34%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Blue Bird stock from 7 stock analysts 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

Rating	Jul '24	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24
Strong Buy	5	5	5	5	5	5
Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hold	0	0	0	1	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	6	6	7	7	7

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Chris Pierce Needham	Needham	Strong Buy Reiterates $66	Strong Buy	Reiterates	$66	+67.64%	Dec 13, 2024
Sherif El-Sabbahy B of A Securities	B of A Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $66 → $64	Strong Buy	Maintains	$66 → $64	+61.29%	Nov 26, 2024
Eric Stine Craig-Hallum	Craig-Hallum	Strong Buy Maintains $68 → $71	Strong Buy	Maintains	$68 → $71	+80.34%	Nov 26, 2024
Chris Pierce Needham	Needham	Strong Buy Reiterates $66	Strong Buy	Reiterates	$66	+67.64%	Nov 26, 2024
Chris Pierce Needham	Needham	Strong Buy Maintains $72 → $66	Strong Buy	Maintains	$72 → $66	+67.64%	Nov 11, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.49B

Increased by 10.68%

from 1.35B

Revenue Next Year

1.62B

Increased by 8.58%

from 1.49B

EPS This Year

3.99

Increased by 26.14%

from 3.16

EPS Next Year

4.53

Increased by 13.55%

from 3.99

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Oct 3, 2020	Oct 2, 2021	Oct 1, 2022	Sep 30, 2023	Sep 28, 2024	Sep 30, 2025	Sep 30, 2026	Sep 30, 2027
Revenue	879.22M	684.00M	800.64M	1.13B	1.35B	1.49B	1.62B	1.75B
Revenue Growth	-13.71%	-22.20%	17.05%	41.49%	18.92%	10.68%	8.58%	8.03%
EPS	0.45	-0.01	-1.48	0.74	3.16	3.99	4.53	4.51
EPS Growth	-50.00%	-	-	-	327.03%	26.14%	13.55%	-0.39%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.88	8.70	8.73
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	4

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	1.6B	1.7B	1.9B
Avg	1.5B	1.6B	1.7B
Low	1.4B	1.5B	1.6B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	16.5%	15.0%	16.6%
Avg	10.7%	8.6%	8.0%
Low	3.8%	0.6%	-1.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	4.71	5.18	4.64
Avg	3.99	4.53	4.51
Low	3.38	4.01	4.33

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	49.2%	29.9%	2.5%
Avg	26.1%	13.5%	-0.4%
Low	7.0%	0.6%	-4.3%

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.