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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001589526-24-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLBD"
cik: "0001589526"
company_name: "Blue Bird Corp"
filed_at: "2024-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T07:02:03.770875+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blue Bird reports record Q1 Adj. EBITDA $47.6M, raises FY2024 guidance

## Summary
- Revenue $317.7M (+35% YoY); net income $26.2M vs loss of $11.2M prior year.
- Adj. EBITDA $47.6M (15% margin), an all-time record; unit sales 2,129 (+9%).
- FY2024 guidance raised: revenue $1.15-1.25B, Adj. EBITDA $120-140M, Adj. FCF $60-70M.
- EV school bus orders backlog >400; EPA Clean School Bus Phase 2 funding of $1.5B expected.
- Average bus price up 26.5% on pricing actions and mix; parts sales up 7.7%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001589526-24-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLBD
- cik: 0001589526
- company_name: Blue Bird Corp
- filed_at: 2024-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952624000025/0001589526-24-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952624000025/blbd-20240207.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001589526-24-000025.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Blue Bird Corp reported first quarter of fiscal 2024 results: revenue $317.7 million, net income $26.2 million, EPS $0.81 per diluted share. Guidance raised.
  - Period: first quarter of fiscal 2024
  - Revenue: $317.7 million
  - Net income: $26.2 million
  - EPS: $0.81 per diluted share
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales were $317.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2024, an increase of $81.9 million, or 34.8%, from the first quarter of last year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952624000025/0001589526-24-000025-index.htm

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