Blue Bird Corp (BLBD)
Earnings
Annual and quarterly EPS data presented alongside analyst estimates, earnings surprises, and historical growth statistics. The side-by-side view of reported versus estimated EPS — combined with surprise percentage and report timing — allows investors to assess whether a company consistently beats, meets, or misses market expectations, and how that track record has evolved across full economic cycles.
Earnings annual
Fiscal date endingReported EPS
Sep 30, 2014
-1.0493
Sep 30, 2015
0.6242
Sep 30, 2016
0.99
Sep 30, 2017
0.94
Sep 30, 2018
1.66
Sep 30, 2019
1.63
Sep 30, 2020
0.82
Sep 30, 2021
0.2504
Sep 30, 2022
-1.13
Sep 30, 2023
1.07
Sep 30, 2024
3.48
Sep 30, 2025
4.39
Mar 31, 2026
2
Jun 30, 2026
3.25
Calculation
Average
1.352
Maximum
Sep 30, 2025
4.39
Minimum
Sep 30, 2022
-1.13
Median
Sep 30, 2016
0.99
Earnings quarterly
| Fiscal date ending | Mar 31, 2014 |
| Reported date | May 13, 2014 |
| Report time | PRE_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | -0.0383 |
| Estimated EPS | |
| Surprise | 0 |
| Surprise (%) | % |
| Fiscal date ending | Jun 30, 2014 |
| Reported date | Jun 30, 2014 |
| Report time | PRE_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | -0.1072 |
| Estimated EPS | |
| Surprise | 0 |
| Surprise (%) | % |
| Fiscal date ending | Sep 30, 2014 |
| Reported date | Nov 14, 2014 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | -0.9038 |
| Estimated EPS | |
| Surprise | 0 |
| Surprise (%) | % |
| Fiscal date ending | Dec 31, 2014 |
| Reported date | Feb 27, 2015 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | -0.4458 |
| Estimated EPS | |
| Surprise | 0 |
| Surprise (%) | % |
| Fiscal date ending | Mar 31, 2015 |
| Reported date | May 19, 2015 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.03 |
| Estimated EPS | |
| Surprise | 0 |
| Surprise (%) | % |
| Fiscal date ending | Jun 30, 2015 |
| Reported date | Aug 18, 2015 |
| Report time | PRE_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.39 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.38 |
| Surprise | 0.01 |
| Surprise (%) | 2.6316% |
| Fiscal date ending | Sep 30, 2015 |
| Reported date | Dec 15, 2015 |
| Report time | PRE_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.65 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.61 |
| Surprise | 0.04 |
| Surprise (%) | 6.5574% |
| Fiscal date ending | Dec 31, 2015 |
| Reported date | Feb 9, 2016 |
| Report time | PRE_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | -0.16 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.12 |
| Surprise | -0.28 |
| Surprise (%) | -233.3333% |
| Fiscal date ending | Mar 31, 2016 |
| Reported date | May 23, 2016 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.02 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.12 |
| Surprise | -0.1 |
| Surprise (%) | -83.3333% |
| Fiscal date ending | Jun 30, 2016 |
| Reported date | Aug 4, 2016 |
| Report time | PRE_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.64 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.5 |
| Surprise | 0.14 |
| Surprise (%) | 28% |
| Fiscal date ending | Sep 30, 2016 |
| Reported date | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Report time | PRE_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.49 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.42 |
| Surprise | 0.07 |
| Surprise (%) | 16.6667% |
| Fiscal date ending | Dec 31, 2016 |
| Reported date | Feb 9, 2017 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | -0.13 |
| Estimated EPS | -0.09 |
| Surprise | -0.04 |
| Surprise (%) | -44.4444% |
| Fiscal date ending | Mar 31, 2017 |
| Reported date | May 11, 2017 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.08 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.15 |
| Surprise | -0.07 |
| Surprise (%) | -46.6667% |
| Fiscal date ending | Jun 30, 2017 |
| Reported date | Aug 3, 2017 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.69 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.59 |
| Surprise | 0.1 |
| Surprise (%) | 16.9492% |
| Fiscal date ending | Sep 30, 2017 |
| Reported date | Dec 6, 2017 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.3 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.5 |
| Surprise | -0.2 |
| Surprise (%) | -40% |
| Fiscal date ending | Dec 31, 2017 |
| Reported date | Feb 7, 2018 |
| Report time | PRE_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | -0.1 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.01 |
| Surprise | -0.11 |
| Surprise (%) | -1100% |
| Fiscal date ending | Mar 31, 2018 |
| Reported date | May 10, 2018 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.15 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.19 |
| Surprise | -0.04 |
| Surprise (%) | -21.0526% |
| Fiscal date ending | Jun 30, 2018 |
| Reported date | Aug 8, 2018 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.91 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.65 |
| Surprise | 0.26 |
| Surprise (%) | 40% |
| Fiscal date ending | Sep 30, 2018 |
| Reported date | Dec 6, 2018 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.7 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.81 |
| Surprise | -0.11 |
| Surprise (%) | -13.5802% |
| Fiscal date ending | Dec 31, 2018 |
| Reported date | Feb 6, 2019 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.05 |
| Estimated EPS | -0.03 |
| Surprise | 0.08 |
| Surprise (%) | 266.6667% |
| Fiscal date ending | Mar 31, 2019 |
| Reported date | May 9, 2019 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.15 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.15 |
| Surprise | 0 |
| Surprise (%) | 0% |
| Fiscal date ending | Jun 30, 2019 |
| Reported date | Aug 7, 2019 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.69 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.69 |
| Surprise | 0 |
| Surprise (%) | 0% |
| Fiscal date ending | Sep 30, 2019 |
| Reported date | Dec 11, 2019 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.74 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.82 |
| Surprise | -0.08 |
| Surprise (%) | -9.7561% |
| Fiscal date ending | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Reported date | Feb 12, 2020 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.07 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.02 |
| Surprise | 0.05 |
| Surprise (%) | 250% |
| Fiscal date ending | Mar 31, 2020 |
| Reported date | May 14, 2020 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.1 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.24 |
| Surprise | -0.14 |
| Surprise (%) | -58.3333% |
| Fiscal date ending | Jun 30, 2020 |
| Reported date | Aug 12, 2020 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.16 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.15 |
| Surprise | 0.01 |
| Surprise (%) | 6.6667% |
| Fiscal date ending | Sep 30, 2020 |
| Reported date | Dec 16, 2020 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.49 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.35 |
| Surprise | 0.14 |
| Surprise (%) | 40% |
| Fiscal date ending | Dec 31, 2020 |
| Reported date | Feb 10, 2021 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | -0.0596 |
| Estimated EPS | 0 |
| Surprise | -0.0596 |
| Surprise (%) | % |
| Fiscal date ending | Mar 31, 2021 |
| Reported date | May 12, 2021 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.05 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.08 |
| Surprise | -0.03 |
| Surprise (%) | -37.5% |
| Fiscal date ending | Jun 30, 2021 |
| Reported date | Aug 12, 2021 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.19 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.39 |
| Surprise | -0.2 |
| Surprise (%) | -51.2821% |
| Fiscal date ending | Sep 30, 2021 |
| Reported date | Dec 15, 2021 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.07 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.19 |
| Surprise | -0.12 |
| Surprise (%) | -63.1579% |
| Fiscal date ending | Dec 31, 2021 |
| Reported date | Feb 9, 2022 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | -0.07 |
| Estimated EPS | -0.28 |
| Surprise | 0.21 |
| Surprise (%) | 75% |
| Fiscal date ending | Mar 31, 2022 |
| Reported date | May 12, 2022 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | -0.31 |
| Estimated EPS | -0.1 |
| Surprise | -0.21 |
| Surprise (%) | -210% |
| Fiscal date ending | Jun 30, 2022 |
| Reported date | Aug 10, 2022 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | -0.09 |
| Estimated EPS | -0.05 |
| Surprise | -0.04 |
| Surprise (%) | -80% |
| Fiscal date ending | Sep 30, 2022 |
| Reported date | Dec 12, 2022 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | -0.66 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.04 |
| Surprise | -0.7 |
| Surprise (%) | -1750% |
| Fiscal date ending | Dec 31, 2022 |
| Reported date | Feb 8, 2023 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | -0.3 |
| Estimated EPS | -0.32 |
| Surprise | 0.02 |
| Surprise (%) | 6.25% |
| Fiscal date ending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| Reported date | May 11, 2023 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.27 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.08 |
| Surprise | 0.19 |
| Surprise (%) | 237.5% |
| Fiscal date ending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| Reported date | Aug 9, 2023 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.44 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.24 |
| Surprise | 0.2 |
| Surprise (%) | 83.3333% |
| Fiscal date ending | Sep 30, 2023 |
| Reported date | Dec 11, 2023 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.66 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.48 |
| Surprise | 0.18 |
| Surprise (%) | 37.5% |
| Fiscal date ending | Dec 31, 2023 |
| Reported date | Feb 7, 2024 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.91 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.33 |
| Surprise | 0.58 |
| Surprise (%) | 175.7576% |
| Fiscal date ending | Mar 31, 2024 |
| Reported date | May 8, 2024 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.89 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.48 |
| Surprise | 0.41 |
| Surprise (%) | 85.4167% |
| Fiscal date ending | Jun 30, 2024 |
| Reported date | Aug 7, 2024 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.91 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.51 |
| Surprise | 0.4 |
| Surprise (%) | 78.4314% |
| Fiscal date ending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| Reported date | Nov 25, 2024 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.77 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.6545 |
| Surprise | 0.1155 |
| Surprise (%) | 17.6471% |
| Fiscal date ending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| Reported date | Feb 5, 2025 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.92 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.81 |
| Surprise | 0.11 |
| Surprise (%) | 13.5802% |
| Fiscal date ending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Reported date | May 7, 2025 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 0.96 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.95 |
| Surprise | 0.01 |
| Surprise (%) | 1.0526% |
| Fiscal date ending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Reported date | Aug 6, 2025 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 1.19 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.98 |
| Surprise | 0.21 |
| Surprise (%) | 21.4286% |
| Fiscal date ending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Reported date | Nov 24, 2025 |
| Report time | PRE_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 1.32 |
| Estimated EPS | 1.05 |
| Surprise | 0.27 |
| Surprise (%) | 25.7143% |
| Fiscal date ending | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Reported date | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 1 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.8 |
| Surprise | 0.2 |
| Surprise (%) | 25% |
| Fiscal date ending | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Reported date | May 6, 2026 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 1 |
| Estimated EPS | 0.87 |
| Surprise | 0.13 |
| Surprise (%) | 14.9425% |
| Fiscal date ending | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Reported date | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Report time | POST_MARKET |
| Reported EPS | 1.25 |
| Estimated EPS | 1.15 |
| Surprise | 0.1 |
| Surprise (%) | 8.6957% |
Calculation
Average
0.339
Maximum
Sep 30, 2025
1.32
Minimum
Sep 30, 2014
-0.9038
Median
Jun 30, 2021
0.19