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Blue Bird (BLBD) Competitors

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$42.07
-0.04 (-0.09%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

BLBD vs. MLR, GP, DOOO, ATMU, PSNY, VC, PHIN, ADNT, GTX, and REVG

Should you be buying Blue Bird stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Bird include Miller Industries (MLR), GreenPower Motor (GP), BRP (DOOO), Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU), Polestar Automotive Holding UK (PSNY), Visteon (VC), PHINIA (PHIN), Adient (ADNT), Garrett Motion (GTX), and REV Group (REVG).

Blue Bird vs.

Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) and Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Blue Bird has a net margin of 7.65% compared to Miller Industries' net margin of 5.55%. Blue Bird's return on equity of 116.23% beat Miller Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Miller Industries5.55% 20.16% 10.70%
Blue Bird 7.65%116.23%23.50%

In the previous week, Blue Bird had 8 more articles in the media than Miller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Blue Bird and 2 mentions for Miller Industries. Blue Bird's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Miller Industries' score of 0.30 indicating that Blue Bird is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Miller Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Blue Bird
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Miller Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Blue Bird. Miller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blue Bird, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Miller Industries$1.15B0.66$58.29M$6.2210.67
Blue Bird$1.30B1.05$23.81M$3.0313.88

Miller Industries currently has a consensus price target of $82.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.55%. Blue Bird has a consensus price target of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.00%. Given Blue Bird's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blue Bird is more favorable than Miller Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Miller Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Blue Bird
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

79.2% of Miller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Blue Bird shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Miller Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Blue Bird shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Blue Bird received 154 more outperform votes than Miller Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.58% of users gave Miller Industries an outperform vote while only 61.38% of users gave Blue Bird an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Miller IndustriesOutperform Votes
167
69.58%
Underperform Votes
73
30.42%
Blue BirdOutperform Votes
321
61.38%
Underperform Votes
202
38.62%

Miller Industries has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Bird has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Blue Bird beats Miller Industries on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BLBD vs. The Competition

MetricBlue BirdTruck & bus bodies IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.36B$430.78M$14.30B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A1.13%3.00%4.14%
P/E Ratio13.886.1413.7615.18
Price / Sales1.05106.5910.0592.77
Price / Cash28.4119.6012.7334.07
Price / Book33.937.642.035.02
Net Income$23.81M-$20.10M$1.37B$225.46M
7 Day Performance-0.85%-11.60%-3.41%0.37%
1 Month Performance-8.52%18.70%-5.17%3.57%
1 Year Performance122.36%75.30%-4.84%29.44%

Blue Bird Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLBD
Blue Bird
4.938 of 5 stars
$42.07
-0.1%
$61.00
+45.0%
+131.9%$1.36B$1.30B13.881,830Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
MLR
Miller Industries
3.1117 of 5 stars
$66.00
+1.4%
$82.00
+24.2%
+83.7%$757.02M$1.29B10.611,821Positive News
GP
GreenPower Motor
3.0204 of 5 stars
$1.47
+8.9%
$2.33
+58.2%
-65.1%$38.94M$39.27M-1.7570Gap Up
High Trading Volume
DOOO
BRP
4.5136 of 5 stars
$50.68
-0.6%
$97.00
+91.4%
-26.8%$3.76B$9.03B21.0323,000Short Interest ↓
ATMU
Atmus Filtration Technologies
2.4578 of 5 stars
$39.41
-1.2%
$42.80
+8.6%
+110.6%$3.29B$1.66B18.954,500Upcoming Earnings
PSNY
Polestar Automotive Holding UK
1.513 of 5 stars
$1.33
+1.5%
$1.58
+18.8%
-43.8%$2.82B$2.38B-2.332,515Gap Up
VC
Visteon
4.9146 of 5 stars
$92.88
+0.4%
$127.57
+37.4%
-19.1%$2.56B$3.92B4.8010,000
PHIN
PHINIA
3.5483 of 5 stars
$44.69
-0.2%
$52.50
+17.5%
+77.4%$2.04B$3.51B23.9013,200Earnings Report
News Coverage
ADNT
Adient
4.9084 of 5 stars
$20.89
-0.2%
$25.38
+21.5%
-41.0%$1.88B$14.86B28.2370,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
GTX
Garrett Motion
3.8834 of 5 stars
$7.44
+0.7%
$12.00
+61.3%
+5.2%$1.63B$3.89B7.379,700Insider Selling
News Coverage
REVG
REV Group
2.2835 of 5 stars
$26.59
flat
$29.17
+9.7%
+83.5%$1.38B$2.48B6.356,543News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:BLBD) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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