The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Blue Bird Corp shares valued at $787,524 were sold by Horlock Phil on Sep 12 ’25. At $58.00 per share, Horlock Phil sold 13,578 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 240,766 shares worth approximately $13.76 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Radulescu Razvan sold 6,709 shares, netting a total of over 385,164 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $57.41 each, the insider now holds 40,794 shares.
Before that, Horlock Phil had sold 13,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $767,260, the Director traded Blue Bird Corp shares for $59.02 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 13,000 shares, worth approximately $13.76 million.
As published in their initiating research note from BTIG Research on October 09, 2024, Blue Bird Corp [BLBD] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $55. Analysts at ROTH MKM downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of July 17, 2024, Needham has reiterated its “Buy” rating for BLBD. Earlier on February 29, 2024, Needham initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for BLBD stock.
Analyzing BLBD Stock Performance
On last trading session, Blue Bird Corp [NASDAQ: BLBD] rose 1.40% to $57.16. The stock’s lowest price that day was $55.84, but it reached a high of $58.5 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.36%. Over the course of the year, Blue Bird Corp shares have jumped approximately 29.47%.
Is Blue Bird Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Blue Bird Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-09-30 dropping by 55766.0 shares to 4.54 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-29 was 4.6 million shares. A decline of -1.23% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 10.0 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 10.0.
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In terms of Blue Bird Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 65.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 16.2% from the previous closing price of $56.37. Analysts anticipate Blue Bird Corp stock to reach 66 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 43. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Blue Bird Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On September 11, 2023, Barclays assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $25.