TW Farlow/iStock via Getty Images Introduction This is my second article on Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD); in the first, I presented an industry overview and a discussion of the US government's EPA $5 billion clean bus program that Blue Bird, as a market leader in alternative fuel buses, stands to benefit from. I presented Blue Bird as a turnaround story showing that changes to the workforce had helped arrest falling margins and unit sales. I also noted that the market was changing as it moved away from Diese ...

The stock market is practically at all-time highs with AI leading the way. Many of these companies have become household names now and are up 50-100% in just the past year. The problem with many of these big companies is that they have likely already seen much of the big moves to come. This leaves investors in a position where they missed the rally and are trying to buy in at overvalued prices. But these companies aren’t the only ones worth investing in. The market is full of many companies that most people ...

Electric vehicle (EV) stocks took a hit in Q4 of 2023 as the long-term outlook for EV demand decreased. Many stocks that surged over the past three years now face price corrections as consumer values change. Despite the environmental benefits of EVs, most consumers lack access to robust charging networks that would make owning an EV practical.As such, EV companies, which seemed like the future of personal transportation, are now struggling to increase sales. A few EV stocks are still showing promise, howeve ...

DutchSceneryA lot of times with common durable goods, we just take them for granted and don’t ask where they come from, who made them, or what the business surrounding that manufacture looks like. A prime example of this is school buses. Today we’ll be looking at a long-time school bus manufacturer, Blue Bird Corporation (NASDAQ:BLBD). A bus-maker since the 1930’s, the modern incarnation of Blue Bird is in the process of reinventing its industry, long making the old-fashioned belchers of diesel smoke an ...

MACON, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blue Bird Corporation (“Blue Bird” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: BLBD), a leader in electric and low-emission school buses, announced today that an affiliate of American Securities LLC (the “Selling Stockholder”) intends to offer 4,042,650 shares of Blue Bird’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), pursuant to a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The offering consists entirely of secondary shares to ...

BLUE BIRD CORPORATION (NASDAQ: BLBD) Earnings Conference Call February 7, 2024 Introductions & Forward-Looking Statements Key Results and Highlights Phil Horlock CEO Outlook Phil Horlock CEO This presentation includes forward-looking statements, including statements regarding full-year guidance and seasonality, that are subject to risks that could cause actual results to be materially different. Those risks include, among others, matters we have noted in our latest earnings release and filings with the SEC. ...

Looking to the medium term, our EV growth and operational improvements can support volumes of 10,500 to 11,000 units, including EVs in the range of 2,500 to 3,500 units, generating revenues of $1.5 billion to $1.7 billion, with adjusted EBITDA of $175 million to $200 million or 11.5% to 12%. Thanks, Razvan. That was a great explanation of our Q1 financial results and our outlook. Let's move on to slide 21. I introduced this slide at our last earnings call. So I won't spend as much time on it today as our pr ...

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A renewable energy infrastructure is well on its way to being built. However, patient investors still have time to get involved with green transportation stocks. Fossil fuels will still be needed for decades to come. Therefore, traditional energy stocks will remain solid investments, particularly for the income generated by their dividends.  However, growth-oriented investors may want to look at green energy investments. At this point, they face a more favorable regulatory environment that will ease adoptio ...

The equity markets are off to a strong start in 2024. But does that mean it’s time to look at small-cap growth stocks? It may be, and here’s why.  As January comes to a close, the market rally has not yet spread to the small-cap sector. The small-cap Russell 2000 index is down 3.2% in January. And over the last 12 months, the index has been essentially flat, with only minor gains at any given time. Over the last five years, however, this index is up almost 30%. And historically, the beginning of a broad mar ...