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How Blue Bird Corporation stacks up
BLBD · against 712 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
92/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #54 of 713 · scores higher than 92% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score75 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including BLBD · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 92?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 68% of peers. Operating margin: 11.8% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 90% of peers. Return on invested capital: 24.0% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 100% of peers. Return on assets: 24.2% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BLBD, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | BLBD | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 684 reported | 24.0% | 8.0% | 89% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 715 reported | 11.8% | 8.1% | 68% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 674 reported | 24.2% | 3.5% | 100% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 670 reported | 64.3% | 8.9% | 100% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 718 reported | 20.6% | 25.7% | 36% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BLBD| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14.9B CNY (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 13.8B HKD (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 89 | |
| 1 | 13.4B CNY (≈$1.9B) | 100 | 82 | |
| 1 | 79.0B INR (≈$948M) | 100 | 81 | |
| 5 | 173.6B JPY (≈$1.2B) | 99 | 83 | |
| 45 | 1.6B USD | 93 | 61 | |
| 45 | 169.1B INR (≈$2.0B) | 93 | 67 | |
| 45 | 2.3B USD | 93 | 82 | |
| 54 | 512.5B JPY (≈$3.5B) | 92 | 70 | |
| 54 | 1.8B USD | 92 | 77 | |
| 54 | 1.4B CHF (≈$1.7B) | 92 | 64 | |
| 54 | 2.8B USD | 92 | 81 | |
| 54 | 180.1B INR (≈$2.2B) | 92 | 69 | |
| 54 | 1.9B USD | 92 | 69 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score