---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001589526-24-000118"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLBD"
cik: "0001589526"
company_name: "Blue Bird Corp"
filed_at: "2024-11-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T18:51:20.332852+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blue Bird reports record FY2024 adj EBITDA $183M, beats guidance; raises FY2025 outlook

## Summary
- FY2024 net sales $1.35B (+19% YoY); GAAP net income $105.5M ($3.16 diluted EPS); adjusted diluted EPS $3.46.
- Adjusted EBITDA $182.9M (13.6% margin), more than double prior year's $87.9M; 9,000 buses sold (+5.7%).
- Electric bus deliveries over 700 units (+30% YoY); EV order backlog of 630 units (13% of total backlog).
- FY2025 guidance raised: revenue $1.4-1.5B, adj EBITDA $190-210M (13.6-14.0% margin), adj FCF $40-60M.
- Long-term profit outlook raised to 15%+ adj EBITDA margin on ~$2B revenue.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001589526-24-000118
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLBD
- cik: 0001589526
- company_name: Blue Bird Corp
- filed_at: 2024-11-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952624000118/0001589526-24-000118-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952624000118/blbd-20241125.htm

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