Blue Bird vs Miller Industries
BLBD and MLR 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 MLR compare
Blue Bird is the larger company, worth 3.2 times as much as Miller Industries ($1.8B against $553M).
On earnings, Blue Bird is cheaper: it trades at 6.7× trailing earnings, against 32.3× for Miller Industries.
Blue Bird grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.5% versus −4.2% for Miller Industries).
Blue Bird keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 17.5% compared with 2.2% at Miller Industries.
Miller Industries pays a dividend yielding 1.7%; Blue Bird does not pay one.
Blue Bird scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 8 for Miller Industries), 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.
| Metric | BLBD | MLR |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.8B | $553M |
| Share price | $55.45 | $48.71 |
| Change, 1 year | 9.3% | 27.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 136% | 35.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.08 | 0.79 |
| Employees | 2,012 | 1,535 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 20 (better) | 8 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 6.7× (better) | 32.3× |
| P/S | 1.1× | 0.7× (better) |
| P/B | 2.7× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.2× (better) | 12.2× |
| P/FCF | 11.5× | 5.1× (better) |
| PEG | – | 8.93 |
| FCF yield | 8.7% | 19.6% (better) |
| Fair value | $90.74 | $28.63 |
| Margin of safety | 38.9% (better) | −70.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 13.5% (better) | −4.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 11.0% (better) | 3.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 143% (better) | −42.6% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 135% (better) | −41.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 53.9% (better) | −5.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 20.6% (better) | 14.6% |
| Operating margin | 11.8% | – |
| Net margin | 17.5% (better) | 2.2% |
| FCF margin | 9.5% | 13.5% (better) |
| Return on equity | 64.3% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 43.1% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.13 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.14 | −1.40 |
| Interest coverage | 27.9× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.64 | 2.50 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.56 (better) | 4.32 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.7% |
| Payout ratio | – | 54.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 2 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 2.1% |
| Buyback yield | 0.46% | 1.7% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 0.46% | 3.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 102% | 92.6% |
| Held by insiders | 10.2% | 2.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.3M | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 15.5% | 4.2% |
Go deeper
- BLBD stock overview
- BLBD income statement
- BLBD valuation and score
- MLR stock overview
- MLR income statement
- MLR valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.