Preview: Blue Bird's Earnings

Blue Bird BLBD announces its next round of earnings this Wednesday, August 12. Here is Benzinga's look at Blue Bird's Q3 earnings report.

Earnings and Revenue

Analysts covering Blue Bird modeled for quarterly EPS of $0.21 on revenue of $226.20 million. In the same quarter last year, Blue Bird reported EPS of $0.69 on revenue of $308.77 million. If the company were to report in-line earnings when it publishes results Wednesday, quarterly profit would be down 69.57%. Here's how the Blue Bird's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Stock Performance

Over the past 52-week period, shares of Blue Bird have declined 18.19%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are probably a little upset going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Blue Bird is scheduled to hold the call at 16:30:00 ET and can be accessed here: http://investors.blue-bird.com/presentations-events/events/default.aspx