Blue Bird (BLBD) Competitors

Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) and Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, IEP or BLBD?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Icahn Enterprises	$10.85B	0.44	-$684M	-$1.09	-8.61
Blue Bird	$1.35B	0.98	$105.55M	$3.18	12.88

Do analysts recommend IEP or BLBD?

Blue Bird has a consensus price target of $60.64, suggesting a potential upside of 48.05%. Given Blue Bird's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blue Bird is more favorable than Icahn Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Icahn Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Blue Bird	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is IEP or BLBD more profitable?

Blue Bird has a net margin of 7.83% compared to Icahn Enterprises' net margin of -4.79%. Blue Bird's return on equity of 91.12% beat Icahn Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Icahn Enterprises	-4.79%	-8.82%	-2.53%
Blue Bird	7.83%	91.12%	23.17%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IEP or BLBD?

Blue Bird received 66 more outperform votes than Icahn Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.68% of users gave Icahn Enterprises an outperform vote while only 61.84% of users gave Blue Bird an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Icahn Enterprises	Outperform Votes 263 63.68%	Underperform Votes 150 36.32%
Blue Bird	Outperform Votes 329 61.84%	Underperform Votes 203 38.16%

Does the media favor IEP or BLBD?

In the previous week, Blue Bird had 7 more articles in the media than Icahn Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Blue Bird and 3 mentions for Icahn Enterprises. Blue Bird's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Icahn Enterprises' score of 0.42 indicating that Blue Bird is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Icahn Enterprises	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Blue Bird	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, IEP or BLBD?

Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Bird has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IEP or BLBD?

87.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Blue Bird shares are owned by institutional investors. 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Blue Bird beats Icahn Enterprises on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.