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 ($38.4k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 32.1m as of 2023-08-04, 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 ≈ $21.35. Options: 7 managers hold calls ($1.6m notional), 6 hold puts ($1.4m).
Trends to Q3 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 72 |
| Q4 2022 | 73 |
| Q1 2023 | 96 |
| Q2 2023 | 130 |
| Q3 2023 | 133 |
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 |
| Q2 2023 | 96 | 28 |
| Q3 2023 | 81 | 59 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $208.8k | $38.3k | 0.18 |
| Q1 2023 | $743.4k | $637.2k | 0.86 |
| Q2 2023 | $1.4m | $2.7m | 1.91 |
| Q3 2023 | $1.6m | $1.4m | 0.90 |
Biggest buyers
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Added | +521.3k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | Added | +389.5k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +361.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Added | +355.8k |
| EVR Research LP | New | +355.0k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Added | +345.1k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL | New | +266.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +184.1k |
| Prospect Capital Advisors, LLC | New | +181.2k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | New | +169.5k |
Biggest sellers
| AMERICAN SECURITIES LLC | Reduced | -1.3m |
| Coliseum Capital Management, LLC | Sold out | -1.2m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -479.7k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -218.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -140.7k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Sold out | -135.7k |
| Ghisallo Capital Management LLC | Reduced | -108.5k |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC | Sold out | -103.2k |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Sold out | -98.3k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Sold out | -82.3k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $757.9k35.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $367.2k17.2k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $269.0k12.6k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $119.6k5.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $38.4k1.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $34.0k1.6k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $676.8k31.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $452.6k21.2k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $245.5k11.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $32.0k1.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $19.0k900 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 Q3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $69.0m | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $26.0m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-14 | AMERICAN SECURITIES LLC +6 10% owner | Sold | $26.5m1.3m shares |
| 2023-09-14 | COLISEUM CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P. +4 Director · See Footnotes | Sold | $26.0m1.2m 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, Q3 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN SECURITIES LLC 100.00% of their portfolio | 6.5m $139.7m | Reduced -1.3m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $43.3m | Added +160.2k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.7m $35.8m | Added +355.8k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $27.0m | Added +11.7k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $25.8m | Added +144.7k |
| 325 CAPITAL LLC 20.86% of their portfolio | 1.2m $25.3m | Unchanged |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $25.2m | Reduced -50.8k |
| Clean Energy Transition LLP 3.64% of their portfolio | 1.2m $25.0m | Added +60.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 727.0k $15.5m | Added +521.3k |
| DEROY & DEVEREAUX PRIVATE INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 1.13% of their portfolio | 726.9k $15.5m | Added +16.2k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 683.0k $14.6m | Added +52.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 621.1k $13.3m | Reduced -218.0k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 555.0k $11.8m | Reduced -1.2k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 509.0k $10.9m | Added +361.8k |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.04% of their portfolio | 445.4k $9.5m | Reduced -1.4k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.06% of their portfolio | 439.2k $9.4m | Added +389.5k |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) 0.06% of their portfolio | 422.5k $9.0m | Reduced -77.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 391.8k $8.4m | Added +17.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 390.6k $8.3m | Added +783 |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 381.8k $8.2m | Added +345.1k |
| EVR Research LP 2.07% of their portfolio | 355.0k $7.6m | New |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 339.3k $7.2m | Added +94.8k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.70% of their portfolio | 306.5k $6.5m | Added +5.2k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.07% of their portfolio | 266.3k $5.7m | New |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 246.8k $5.3m | Added +1.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 221.2k $4.7m | Added +184.1k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 217.2k $4.6m | Added +165.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 215.4k $4.6m | Reduced -140.7k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 214.8k $4.6m | Added +4.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 213.7k $4.6m | Added +59.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 194.7k $4.2m | Reduced -25.7k |
| Prospect Capital Advisors, LLC 1.65% of their portfolio | 181.2k $3.9m | New |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 175.3k $3.7m | Added +127.9k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 0.18% of their portfolio | 169.5k $3.6m | New |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 167.1k $3.6m | Added +87.2k |
| Olstein Capital Management, L.P. 0.58% of their portfolio | 159.0k $3.4m | Added +13.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 154.3k $3.3m | Added +3.3k |
| Maven Securities LTD 0.35% of their portfolio | 150.0k $3.2m | New |
| North Star Investment Management Corp. 0.25% of their portfolio | 139.5k $3.0m | Unchanged |
| MARATHON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 0.66% of their portfolio | 122.1k $2.6m | Added +8.3k |
| ICON ADVISERS INC/CO 0.61% of their portfolio | 115.0k $2.5m | New |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 107.3k $2.3m | Added +51.2k |
| Ghisallo Capital Management LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 100.0k $2.1m | Reduced -108.5k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 83.3k $1.8m | Added +40.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.8k $1.7m | Reduced -5.5k |
| Hodges Capital Management Inc. 0.20% of their portfolio | 77.8k $1.7m | New |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 76.3k $1.6m | Reduced -2.9k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 72.1k $1.5m | Reduced -35.6k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 69.7k $1.5m | Reduced -1.5k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.6k $1.4m | Added +19.7k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.9k $1.4m | Added +2.9k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 63.7k $1.4m | New |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.3k $1.3m | Added +16.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.7k $1.2m | Reduced -65.5k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.5k $1.2m | New |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.8k $1.1m | Added +24.1k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 52.3k $1.1m | Reduced -665 |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.9k $1.1m | Reduced -7.7k |
| Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 49.8k $1.1m | New |
| Monashee Investment Management LLC 0.44% of their portfolio | 48.8k $1.0m | Reduced -16.2k |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 48.3k $1.0m | Unchanged |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.8k $1.0m | Reduced -70.9k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.4k $969.3k | Unchanged |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.2k $922.6k | Reduced -11.7k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.0k $917.6k | Reduced -23.6k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 42.2k $900.0k | Added +29.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.3k $861.3k | Added +10.7k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.1k $749.4k | Added +5.5k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 30.5k $652.0k | Added +12.9k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.2k $645.1k | Added +11.9k |
| First Dallas Securities Inc. 0.15% of their portfolio | 29.5k $630.0k | New |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.10% of their portfolio | 27.9k $595.7k | Added +2.8k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.0k $576.8k | Added +850 |
| OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 26.7k $569.2k | Added +11.3k |
| TECTONIC ADVISORS LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 26.0k $555.9k | New |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.2k $538.6k | Added +1.6k |
| STRS OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.5k $523.0k | Added +5.6k |
| Vestcor Inc 0.02% of their portfolio | 24.2k $516.0k | Unchanged |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.9k $511.0k | Reduced -42 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.3k $476.4k | Reduced -1.8k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 21.5k $459.0k | Reduced -32.3k |
| CORNERCAP INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 21.4k $456.0k | Added +1.1k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.2k $452.3k | New |
| Aigen Investment Management, LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 20.8k $443.6k | New |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.7k $441.9k | Added +2.0k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.2k $432.0k | Added +2.3k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 19.7k $420.4k | New |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.3k $391.0k | Added +3.5k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.6k $375.7k | New |
| PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.7k $355.7k | New |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.6k $355.3k | Reduced -14.4k |
| Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 15.0k $320.2k | New |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 14.0k $300.0k | Reduced -19.6k |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.2k $280.9k | Reduced -9.7k |
| Harbour Capital Advisors, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 13.1k $278.6k | New |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.0k $278.0k | Added +960 |
| CLOUGH CAPITAL PARTNERS L P 0.03% of their portfolio | 12.9k $274.8k | New |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.7k $271.9k | Added +10 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.0k $257.1k | Reduced -51.4k |
| ZACKS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.9k $232.9k | Unchanged |