BLBD
Blue Bird Corporation
BLBD has the edge over RIVN overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and stronger valuation.
RIVN
Rivian Automotive, Inc.
RIVN offers stronger modeled upside, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
BLBD Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong |
BLBD's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently healthy.
RIVN Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Weak | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
RIVN's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are weak. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
BLBD PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 6.8x | $55.45 | — |
| Cheap | 13x | $103 | +85% |
| Forward | 13x | $55.45 | — |
| Fair | 17x | $138 | +150% |
| Expensive | 39x | $320 | +476% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
BLBD's PE is in its cheap range at 6.8x, but its recent earnings include one-off gains. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 13x.
RIVN PE Valuation
RIVN has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
BLBD Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly deteriorating | |
| Stable | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect BLBD's revenue to grow, but its profitability to weaken.
RIVN Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
RIVN has the edge over BLBD on the outlook, with more favorable earnings and profitability expectations.
BLBD Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $4.42 | -46% |
| Q2 2026 | $8.22 | +136% |
| Q1 2026 | $4.07 | +27% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.96 | +23% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.88 | +23% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.48 | +15% |
| Q1 2025 | $3.21 | +30% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.21 | +69% |
| Q3 2024 | $3.16 | +327% |
BLBD has the edge over RIVN on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
RIVN Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$2.25 | +$0.83 |
| Q2 2026 | -$2.58 | +$0.62 |
| Q1 2026 | -$2.92 | +$0.77 |
| Q4 2025 | -$3.07 | +$1.62 |
| Q3 2025 | -$3.08 | +$2.52 |
| Q2 2025 | -$3.20 | +$2.76 |
| Q1 2025 | -$3.69 | +$2.08 |
| Q4 2024 | -$4.69 | +$1.05 |
RIVN is still losing money, but far less than before: $2.25 per share over the past year, against $7.40 at its worst in late 2022.
BLBD Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $517.2M | +30% |
| Q1 2026 | $352.6M | -1.7% |
| Q4 2025 | $333.1M | +6.1% |
| Q3 2025 | $409.4M | +17% |
| Q2 2025 | $398M | +19% |
| Q1 2025 | $358.9M | +3.7% |
| Q4 2024 | $313.9M | -1.2% |
| Q3 2024 | $350.2M | +16% |
BLBD's revenue is growing: $517M last quarter, up 30% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 12% | -0.5 points |
| Q1 2026 | 11% | +1.7 points |
| Q4 2025 | 11% | +0.8 points |
| Q3 2025 | 12% | +5 points |
| Q2 2025 | 13% | +0.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | 9.4% | -1 points |
| Q4 2024 | 11% | -1.4 points |
| Q3 2024 | 7.3% | -2.3 points |
BLBD has the edge over RIVN on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
RIVN Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.2B | +38% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.7B | +27% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.4B | +11% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.3B | -26% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.6B | +78% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.3B | +13% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.2B | +3% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.7B | +32% |
RIVN has the edge over BLBD on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -41% | +22 points |
| Q2 2026 | -50% | +35 points |
| Q1 2026 | -64% | -11 points |
| Q4 2025 | -65% | -27 points |
| Q3 2025 | -63% | +71 points |
| Q2 2025 | -86% | +33 points |
| Q1 2025 | -53% | +70 points |
| Q4 2024 | -38% | +82 points |
RIVN's operating margin was −41% last quarter, up 22 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2021.
BLBD Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $21.7M | -59% |
| Q1 2026 | $39.9M | +113% |
| Q4 2025 | $31.1M | +43% |
| Q3 2025 | $60.5M | +20% |
| Q2 2025 | $52.3M | +$55.8M |
| Q1 2025 | $18.7M | -64% |
| Q4 2024 | $21.8M | +$24.5M |
| Q3 2024 | $50.2M | +49% |
BLBD has the edge over RIVN on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
RIVN Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1.1B | -$703M |
| Q2 2026 | -$849M | -$451M |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.1B | -$549M |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.1B | -234% |
| Q3 2025 | -$421M | +$732M |
| Q2 2025 | -$398M | +$639M |
| Q1 2025 | -$526M | +$997M |
| Q4 2024 | $856M | +$2.3B |
RIVN has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$4.2B over the past year, against −$489M the year before.
BLBD Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +8.4% | +2.7M shares |
| 1 year | +7.9% | +2.6M shares |
| 3 years | +7.8% | +2.6M shares |
| 5 years | +28% | +7.7M shares |
| Available history | +30% | +8.1M shares |
BLBD has the edge over RIVN on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | $198,000 |
| Q4 2025 | $2.4M |
| Q3 2025 | $5.5M |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | $3M |
| Q4 2024 | $1.4M |
| Q3 2024 | $877,000 |
BLBD spent $8M buying back its own shares over the past year, up 52% from the year before.
RIVN Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +9.1% | +121M shares |
| 1 year | +19% | +226M shares |
| 3 years | +52% | +494M shares |
RIVN has 1.4B diluted shares, up 19% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2021 | — |
| Q1 2021 | — |
| Q4 2020 | $6M |
| Q3 2020 | — |
| Q2 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | — |
BLBD Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -0.1x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -1.0x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -0.8x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -0.8x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -0.5x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -0.3x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -0.3x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2024 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
BLBD has more cash than debt.
RIVN Net Leverage
RIVN's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
BLBD Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 39.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 8.2 | Oversold |
BLBD's weekly RSI is 39 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 8 (oversold).
RIVN Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 41.5 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 25.6 | Neutral |
RIVN's weekly RSI is 41 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 26 (neutral).
BLBD PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | BLBD | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 6.8x | 18x | 63% below |
| PE % | 0 | 47 | 47 pts below |
BLBD is trading at 6.8x earnings, a 63% discount to the Consumer Cyclical sector's median of 18x, though its recent earnings include one-off gains.
RIVN PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
RIVN has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
BLBD Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $56.9 | 2.6% below |
| 20 week MA | $63.9 | 13% below |
| 50 week MA | $61.2 | 9.4% below |
| 100 week MA | $52.7 | 5.1% above |
| 200 week MA | $42.1 | 32% above |
BLBD has the edge over RIVN on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
RIVN Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $13.3 | 3.9% below |
| 20 week MA | $15.1 | 15% below |
| 50 week MA | $15.9 | 19% below |
| 100 week MA | $14.7 | 13% below |
| 200 week MA | $15.1 | 15% below |
RIVN is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 15% below its 200-week average.
BLBD Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $23.0 | $19.1 | -17% |
| 2021 | $19.1 | $14.7 | -23% |
| 2022 | $14.7 | $9.97 | -32% |
| 2023 | $9.97 | $27.0 | +170% |
| 2024 | $27.0 | $39.4 | +46% |
| 2025 | $39.4 | $50.7 | +29% |
| 2026 YTD | $50.7 | $55.5 | +9.3% |
BLBD has the edge over RIVN on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
RIVN Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $130.0 | $96.8 | -25% |
| 2022 | $96.8 | $19.1 | -80% |
| 2023 | $19.1 | $23.5 | +23% |
| 2024 | $23.5 | $13.7 | -42% |
| 2025 | $13.7 | $20.9 | +53% |
| 2026 YTD | $20.9 | $12.8 | -39% |
RIVN has finished lower in three of the last five years. It's down 39% so far in 2026.