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Blue Bird (Blue Bird) Operating Income : $123 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Blue Bird Operating Income?

Blue Bird's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $36 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $123 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Blue Bird's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $36 Mil. Blue Bird's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $346 Mil. Therefore, Blue Bird's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 10.43%.

Blue Bird's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 0.00% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Blue Bird's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 46.73%. Blue Bird's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 146.79%.


Blue Bird Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blue Bird's Operating Income can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Blue Bird Operating Income Chart

Blue Bird Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Operating Income
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 43.83 21.99 6.52 -40.70 51.66

Blue Bird Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Blue Bird Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $123 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Blue Bird  (NAS:BLBD) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Blue Bird's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2024 ))/ count )
=144.272 * ( 1 - 25.54% )/( (229.365 + 230.436)/ 2 )
=107.4249312/229.9005
=46.73 %

where

Invested Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=431.278 - 146.365 - ( 77.296 - max(0, 187.797 - 243.345+77.296))
=229.365

Invested Capital(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=456.482 - 176.396 - ( 93.096 - max(0, 219.767 - 269.417+93.096))
=230.436

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Blue Bird's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Dec. 2023  Q: Mar. 2024
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=140.616/( ( (96.421 + max(-15.768, 0)) + (95.17 + max(-37.548, 0)) )/ 2 )
=140.616/( ( 96.421 + 95.17 )/ 2 )
=140.616/95.7955
=146.79 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(11.107 + 142.457 + 12.485) - (146.365 + 8.351 + 27.101)
=-15.768

Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(11.425 + 145.401 + 19.495) - (176.396 + 8.721 + 28.752)
=-37.548

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Blue Bird's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=36.068/345.915
=10.43 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.


Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.


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Blue Bird (Blue Bird) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3920 Arkwright Road, 2nd Floor, Macon, GA, USA, 31210
Blue Bird Corp is an American bus manufacturing company. It has its operations in two segments. The Bus segment involves the design, engineering, manufacture and sales of school buses and extended warranties; and the Parts segment which includes the sales of replacement bus parts. It carries its operations in the United States, Canada, and the rest of the world. The majority of its sales are derived from the United States through its bus manufacturing business.
Executives
Phil Horlock director, officer: President and CEO C/O LOJACK CORPORATION, 40 PEQUOT WAY, CANTON MA 02021
Asp Bb Holdings Llc 10 percent owner 299 PARK AVENUE, 34TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10171
Razvan Radulescu officer: Chief Financial Officer 3920 ARKWRIGHT ROAD, SUITE 200, MACON GA 31210
Julie A Fream director 3920 ARKWRIGHT RD #200, MACON GA 31210
Coliseum Capital Management, Llc director, 10 percent owner 105 ROWAYTON AVENUE, ROWAYTON CT 06853
Britton Smith officer: President 3920 ARKWRIGHT RD, SUITE 200, MACON GA 31210
Mark Blaufuss director C/O BLUE BIRD CORPORATION, 3920 ARKWRIGHT ROAD, SUITE 200, MACON GA 31210
Simon J Newman director 3920 ARKWRIGHT RD # 200, MACON GA 31210
Ted Scartz officer: SVP General Counsel 3920 ARKWRIGHT RD #200, MACON GA 31210
Matthew Stevenson officer: President 150 PEABODY PLACE, M.S. LEGL-0008, MEMPHIS TN 38103
Paul Yousif officer: See Remarks C/O BLUE BIRD CORPORATION, 402 BLUE BIRD BOULEVARD, FORT VALLEY GA 31030
Jared Sperling director C/O AMERICAN SECURITIES LLC, 299 PARK AVENUE, 34TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10171
Mark Ashburn Terry officer: Chief Commercial Officer 402 BLUE BIRD BLVD, FORT VALLEY GA 31030
Jeffery L Taylor officer: Chief Financial Officer 1000 SAGAMORE PARKWAY SOUTH, LAFAYETTE IN 47905
Jenkins Charles R Iii officer: Chief Operating Officer 217 SANSBURY TRAIL, WARNER ROBINS GA 31088