BLUE BIRD CORP BLBD
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 095306106
American bus manufacturer based in Georgia
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryTruck & Bus Bodies
- HeadquartersMacon, GA
- Founded1932
- Websiteblue-bird.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once. Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 32.0m as of 2023-05-08, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $20.43. Options: 4 managers hold calls ($743.4k notional), 4 hold puts ($637.2k).
Trends to Q1 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 72 |
| Q4 2022 | 73 |
| Q1 2023 | 96 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 32 | 41 |
| Q1 2023 | 64 | 29 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $3.0k | $101.0k | 33.67 |
| Q4 2022 | $208.8k | $38.3k | 0.18 |
| Q1 2023 | $743.4k | $637.2k | 0.86 |
Biggest buyers
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | Added | +381.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +284.8k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | New | +264.3k |
| Clean Energy Transition LLP | Added | +184.7k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ | New | +127.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +85.2k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +82.5k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +57.8k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | New | +49.5k |
| MARATHON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT | Added | +44.9k |
Biggest sellers
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -412.7k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Reduced | -249.9k |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | Reduced | -152.1k |
| Olstein Capital Management, L.P. | Reduced | -134.0k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -88.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Reduced | -72.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -47.9k |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd | Sold out | -38.9k |
| North Star Investment Management Corp. | Reduced | -37.0k |
| New York Life Investment Management LLC | Sold out | -30.1k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $476.0k23.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | New | $255.4k12.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $12.0k600 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $465.8k22.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $106.0k5.2k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $65.4k3.2k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| FMR LLC 13G · institution +0.7 pts · filed 2026-09-08 | 10.2% |
Groupe Autobus Girardin Ltee
13D · may seek influence
new · filed 2026-04-08
Stated purposeShare Purchase Agreement On February 15, 2026, the Issuer and its wholly owned subsidiary, Blue Bird Body Company, a Georgia corporation (collectively, "Blue Bird"), MB Callco Inc., an Ontario corporation ("MB Callco") and MB Exchangeco Inc., an Ontario corporation ("MB ExchangeCo") entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement"), with the AG 2014 Trust ("AG Trust"), the SG One 2014 Trust ("SG Trust"), and the DG One 2014 Trust ("DG Trust" and collectively with AG Trust and SG Trust, the "Trusts"), GAG, Girardin Minibus JV 2 Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Quebec (the "MB US Seller" and together with the Trusts and GAG, the "Sellers" and each, a "Seller"), to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding equity securities of Girardin Minibus … Full filing |
7.9% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-17 | 7.5% |
| AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 13G · institution +1.4 pts · filed 2026-02-13 | 5.6% |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · passive investor new · filed 2026-10-20 | 5.2% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $109.6k | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $330.0k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-08 | Horlock Phil Director | Sold | $324.5k14.7k shares |
| 2023-03-02 | Horlock Phil Director | Sold | $5.5k251 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN SECURITIES LLC 100.00% of their portfolio | 9.5m $194.7m | Unchanged |
| Coliseum Capital Management, LLC 7.26% of their portfolio | 4.7m $95.8m | Unchanged |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $33.1m | Reduced -72.1k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $29.4m | Reduced -249.9k |
| Clean Energy Transition LLP 3.48% of their portfolio | 1.3m $25.6m | Added +184.7k |
| 325 CAPITAL LLC 21.14% of their portfolio | 1.2m $24.2m | Unchanged |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $23.7m | Added +14.5k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $22.3m | Reduced -412.7k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 915.0k $18.7m | Added +57.8k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 762.8k $15.6m | Added +381.4k |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) 0.10% of their portfolio | 692.7k $14.2m | Reduced -152.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 530.9k $10.8m | Added +284.8k |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.04% of their portfolio | 446.7k $9.1m | Unchanged |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 355.8k $7.3m | Added +34.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 331.4k $6.8m | Added +11.3k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 296.4k $6.1m | Reduced -88.7k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 264.3k $5.4m | New |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 219.4k $4.5m | Added +5.0k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 193.6k $4.0m | Reduced -10.7k |
| DEROY & DEVEREAUX PRIVATE INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.28% of their portfolio | 180.1k $3.7m | Reduced -15.3k |
| MARATHON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 0.80% of their portfolio | 158.5k $3.2m | Added +44.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 150.9k $3.1m | Added +10.6k |
| North Star Investment Management Corp. 0.24% of their portfolio | 140.2k $2.9m | Reduced -37.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 134.9k $2.8m | Added +18.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 129.2k $2.6m | Added +85.2k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.40% of their portfolio | 127.3k $2.6m | New |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 122.2k $2.5m | Reduced -16.6k |
| Olstein Capital Management, L.P. 0.38% of their portfolio | 118.0k $2.4m | Reduced -134.0k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.5k $1.7m | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.7k $1.1m | Reduced -1.7k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 51.8k $1.1m | Added +41.8k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 49.5k $1.0m | New |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.2k $965.2k | Added +2.4k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.7k $852.3k | Reduced -4.7k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 40.0k $816.6k | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.1k $778.4k | New |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.8k $751.0k | Reduced -390 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.7k $668.1k | Added +16.5k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.4k $601.0k | Reduced -10.7k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 29.0k $593.2k | Added +732 |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.7k $587.2k | New |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.7k $587.0k | Added +17.2k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.3k $537.1k | Added +100 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.1k $512.6k | Added +13.5k |
| OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 24.3k $497.1k | New |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 23.2k $472.8k | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.5k $459.0k | Added +633 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.0k $448.8k | Added +15.0k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 21.2k $433.1k | Reduced -600 |
| Numerai GP LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 18.4k $376.7k | New |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 17.0k $346.9k | New |
| STRS OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.0k $326.0k | New |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.0k $326.9k | New |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.7k $320.3k | Added +14.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.8k $281.0k | Added +3.8k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.9k $263.0k | Added +1.9k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.7k $259.5k | New |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.6k $258.4k | Added +12.6k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.6k $257.0k | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.2k $249.2k | Reduced -20.9k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.3k $230.7k | Added +390 |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.2k $229.4k | Added +3.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.1k $226.3k | Added +4.2k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.4k $213.2k | New |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 9.8k $200.8k | New |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 9.2k $188.0k | Unchanged |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.8k $180.6k | Added +4.1k |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.4k $172.3k | Added +168 |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.9k $161.0k | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.1k $145.4k | Added +5.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.7k $137.5k | Added +6.4k |
| Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 5.3k $108.7k | New |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.3k $66.0k | New |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.0k $62.3k | Reduced -2.8k |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.9k $59.0k | Reduced -467 |
| AMALGAMATED BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.4k $48.0k | Reduced -367 |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0k $41.0k | Reduced -10.3k |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3k $26.8k | Unchanged |
| QUADRANT CAPITAL GROUP LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2k $25.3k | Added +851 |
| Dorsey Wright & Associates 0.01% of their portfolio | 989 $20.2k | New |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co/NY 0.00% of their portfolio | 970 $19.8k | Reduced -130 |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 957 $20.0k | New |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 719 $14.7k | Reduced -813 |
| Quarry LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 676 $13.8k | New |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 560 $11.4k | Added +433 |
| ELEVATION WEALTH PARTNERS, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 500 $10.2k | First filing |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 500 $10.0k | New |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 443 $9.1k | Added +324 |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 120 $2.5k | Unchanged |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 119 $2.4k | New |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 58 $1.2k | Reduced -47.9k |
| Lindbrook Capital, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20 $409 | New |
| Parallel Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 19 $388 | New |
| SIGNATUREFD, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14 $286 | New |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 13 $266 | New |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 0 $0 | Unchanged |