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Blue Bird vs Dorman Products

BLBD and DORM side by side, both in motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How BLBD and DORM compare

Dorman Products is the larger company, worth 2.2 times as much as Blue Bird ($4.0B against $1.8B).

On earnings, Blue Bird is cheaper: it trades at 7.0× trailing earnings, against 20.0× for Dorman Products.

Blue Bird grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.5% versus 2.2% for Dorman Products).

Blue Bird keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 17.5% compared with 9.3% at Dorman Products.

Blue Bird scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 13 for Dorman Products), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricBLBDDORM
Size and price
Market cap$1.8B$4.0B
Share price$57.56$134.55
Change, 1 year11.9%0.40%
Change, 5 years145%14.0%
Beta (5Y)1.090.68
Employees2,012300
StockData Score
Total score20 (better)13
Valuation score5 (better)2
Growth score5 (better)1
Performance score55
Health score55
Dividend score00
Valuation
P/E7.0× (better)20.0×
P/S1.1× (better)1.8×
P/B2.8×2.5× (better)
EV/EBITDA8.5× (better)12.3×
P/FCF11.9× (better)14.7×
PEG–1.00
FCF yield8.4% (better)6.8%
Fair value$92.53$113.99
Margin of safety37.8% (better)−18.0%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)13.5% (better)2.2%
Revenue growth, 5Y average11.0%14.3% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)143% (better)−18.2%
EPS growth (TTM)135% (better)−16.3%
EPS growth, 5Y average53.9% (better)15.0%
Profitability
Gross margin20.6%41.1% (better)
Operating margin11.8%13.3% (better)
Net margin17.5% (better)9.3%
FCF margin9.5%12.4% (better)
Return on equity64.3% (better)13.3%
Return on invested capital43.1% (better)11.5%
Financial health
Debt / equity0.13 (better)0.28
Net debt / EBITDA−0.140.79 (better)
Interest coverage27.9× (better)10.8×
Current ratio1.643.65 (better)
Altman Z-score4.644.95 (better)
Piotroski F-score78 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Buyback yield0.44%–
Shareholder yield0.44% (better)0.00%
Ownership
Held by institutions102%97.6%
Held by insiders10.2%8.2%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$2.3M−$1.7M (better)
Short interest, % of float15.5%5.7%

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