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 ($758.1k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 31.7m as of 2025-08-01, 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 ≈ $43.17. Options: 9 managers hold calls ($9.6m notional), 7 hold puts ($7.7m).
Trends to Q2 2025
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 |
| Q4 2023 | 159 |
| Q1 2024 | 188 |
| Q2 2024 | 245 |
| Q3 2024 | 258 |
| Q4 2024 | 233 |
| Q1 2025 | 233 |
| Q2 2025 | 233 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 81 | 59 |
| Q4 2023 | 108 | 53 |
| Q1 2024 | 123 | 76 |
| Q2 2024 | 141 | 106 |
| Q3 2024 | 156 | 112 |
| Q4 2024 | 127 | 141 |
| Q1 2025 | 123 | 114 |
| Q2 2025 | 110 | 130 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $5.7m | $9.0m | 1.58 |
| Q4 2024 | $12.4m | $9.2m | 0.75 |
| Q1 2025 | $12.0m | $13.3m | 1.11 |
| Q2 2025 | $9.6m | $7.7m | 0.80 |
Biggest buyers
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +647.6k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | New | +233.1k |
| DEROY & DEVEREAUX PRIVATE INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC | Added | +179.5k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | Added | +173.3k |
| Nuveen, LLC | Added | +170.3k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP | New | +136.4k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | New | +119.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +108.2k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | New | +88.0k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +80.6k |
Biggest sellers
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -362.4k |
| EVR Research LP | Reduced | -345.0k |
| Castellan Group | Sold out | -328.8k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -305.5k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -288.6k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | Sold out | -256.3k |
| INTRINSIC EDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -254.8k |
| HENNESSY ADVISORS INC | Sold out | -236.4k |
| New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC | Reduced | -224.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -177.1k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $4.3m99.2k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $1.7m40.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.1m26.1k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $876.1k20.3k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $552.4k12.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $535.2k12.4k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $267.6k6.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $263.0k6.1k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $4.7m107.9k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $1.3m29.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $923.0k21.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $431.6k10.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $341.0k7.9k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $64.7k1.5k 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 Q2 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $26.0m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $2.2m | $2.2m |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $7.3m | $6.2m |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 5 | $6.9m | $235.4k |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | $27.4k | 1 | $822.2k | $822.2k |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | $17.4k | 1 | $108.6k | — |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | $15.7k | 1 | $1.5m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-12 | Horlock Phil Director | Sold | $615.5k14.9k shares |
| 2025-06-11 | Horlock Phil Director | Sold | $554.1k13.3k shares |
| 2025-06-10 | Horlock Phil Director | Sold | $363.6k8.9k shares |
| 2025-05-28 | Thau Daniel Mark Director | Bought | $15.7k400 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, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.7m $204.4m | Reduced -81.9k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5m $107.4m | Reduced -79.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.3m $97.8m | Added +647.6k |
| WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC 0.69% of their portfolio | 2.2m $96.5m | Reduced -167.3k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $87.7m | Reduced -288.6k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $54.3m | Reduced -100.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 846.1k $36.5m | Reduced -90.4k |
| DEROY & DEVEREAUX PRIVATE INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 1.92% of their portfolio | 823.1k $35.5m | Added +179.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 813.2k $35.1m | Reduced -305.5k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 775.5k $33.5m | Added +54.0k |
| 325 CAPITAL LLC 13.17% of their portfolio | 773.2k $33.4m | Unchanged |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 771.7k $33.3m | Reduced -15.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 613.4k $26.5m | Reduced -4.2k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 578.5k $25.0m | Reduced -52.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 569.0k $24.6m | Reduced -177.1k |
| NEUMEIER POMA INVESTMENT COUNSEL LLC 1.80% of their portfolio | 447.4k $19.3m | Added +16.8k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 438.5k $18.9m | Added +170.3k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 399.9k $17.2m | Added +54.7k |
| INTRINSIC EDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 2.49% of their portfolio | 381.6k $16.5m | Reduced -254.8k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.70% of their portfolio | 373.4k $16.1m | Added +14.5k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 370.0k $16.4m | Added +173.3k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 348.1k $15.0m | Added +1.3k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.02% of their portfolio | 340.9k $14.7m | Added +36.2k |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.04% of their portfolio | 326.9k $14.1m | Reduced -11.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 324.2k $14.0m | Added +108.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 310.4k $13.4m | Added +1.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 288.3k $12.4m | Reduced -6.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 287.5k $12.4m | Reduced -49.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 275.8k $11.9m | Reduced -170.9k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 253.7k $10.9m | Added +66.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 253.6k $10.9m | Added +43.0k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 245.7k $10.6m | Reduced -25.1k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 233.1k $10.1m | New |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 211.5k $9.1m | Reduced -169.5k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 207.6k $9.0m | Added +59.7k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 195.6k $8.4m | Added +13.7k |
| Prospect Capital Advisors, LLC 4.73% of their portfolio | 181.8k $7.8m | Reduced -46.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 168.3k $7.3m | Reduced -45.1k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 146.2k $6.3m | Added +77.7k |
| GLOBEFLEX CAPITAL L P 0.50% of their portfolio | 141.1k $6.1m | Added +11.9k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.06% of their portfolio | 136.5k $5.9m | Reduced -10.4k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 136.4k $5.9m | New |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 134.1k $5.8m | Added +41.7k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 129.9k $5.6m | Reduced -24.2k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 127.6k $5.5m | Added +9.3k |
| Man Group plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 124.0k $5.4m | Added +4.7k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 123.1k $5.3m | Added +80.6k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 0.16% of their portfolio | 119.6k $5.2m | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 117.5k $5.1m | Added +9.8k |
| Asset Management One Co., Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 114.1k $4.9m | Reduced -9.8k |
| North Star Investment Management Corp. 0.34% of their portfolio | 112.8k $4.9m | Unchanged |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 110.7k $4.8m | Added +2.8k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 110.0k $4.7m | Added +2.4k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 107.7k $4.6m | Added +17.3k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 107.4k $4.6m | Added +37.3k |
| PDT Partners, LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 106.6k $4.6m | Added +5.1k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 97.6k $4.2m | Reduced -61.0k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.0k $3.8m | New |
| 4D Advisors, LLC 1.97% of their portfolio | 85.0k $3.7m | Added +30.0k |
| De Lisle Partners LLP 0.50% of their portfolio | 82.4k $3.6m | Unchanged |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.6k $3.5m | Reduced -474 |
| EVR Research LP 1.81% of their portfolio | 80.0k $3.5m | Reduced -345.0k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 79.2k $3.4m | Added +11.0k |
| Insight Wealth Strategies, LLC 0.44% of their portfolio | 79.2k $3.5m | Reduced -2.2k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 77.3k $3.3m | Reduced -180 |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 76.1k $3.3m | New |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 75.4k $3.3m | Reduced -362.4k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.0k $3.0m | Added +20.9k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.1k $2.9m | Reduced -3.3k |
| EFG Asset Management (North America) Corp. 0.41% of their portfolio | 66.6k $2.9m | Reduced -569 |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.6k $2.9m | New |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 66.5k $2.9m | New |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 65.5k $2.8m | Reduced -2.6k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.01% of their portfolio | 64.0k $2.8m | Reduced -9.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.0k $2.7m | Added +19.9k |
| CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 62.2k $2.7m | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.3k $2.6m | Added +1.9k |
| Hodges Capital Management Inc. 0.25% of their portfolio | 60.6k $2.6m | Reduced -3.1k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 60.1k $2.6m | Reduced -4.9k |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. 0.09% of their portfolio | 57.5k $2.5m | Reduced -2.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.0k $2.5m | Reduced -8.6k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 54.9k $2.4m | New |
| AXA S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 53.4k $2.3m | Unchanged |
| Olstein Capital Management, L.P. 0.41% of their portfolio | 51.0k $2.2m | Reduced -14.0k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.02% of their portfolio | 49.5k $2.1m | Added +38.7k |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 49.4k $2.1m | Added +2.2k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.2k $2.1m | Added +18.2k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 49.0k $2.1m | New |
| O'SHAUGHNESSY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 49.0k $2.1m | Added +9.8k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.3k $2.1m | Added +3.3k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.1k $2.0m | Reduced -118.8k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 43.6k $1.9m | Added +31.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.9k $1.8m | Reduced -9.4k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.1k $1.7m | Added +282 |
| VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al 0.01% of their portfolio | 39.0k $1.7m | Reduced -7.9k |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.03% of their portfolio | 37.9k $1.6m | Reduced -3.3k |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.1k $1.6m | Added +9.0k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.2k $1.6m | Reduced -1.7k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 36.2k $1.6m | Reduced -3.5k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.1k $1.6m | Reduced -9.7k |