BLBD
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Financials
As each period's own 10-K or 10-Q reported it
At the $56.29 close on Oct 9, 2026, against 31.68M shares and the balance sheet at Jun 27, 2026; earnings, sales and cash flow over the fiscal year to Sep 27, 2025. A ratio is left out where its denominator is not positive. Fair value is the company's own median P/E, price to sales and price to free cash flow at its last ten fiscal year ends, applied to its trailing figures, the middle of the three: its valuation against its own past, not against its growth or its rivals.
| Line item | FY 2015 Oct 3, 2015 | FY 2016 Oct 1, 2016 | FY 2017 Sep 30, 2017 | FY 2018 Sep 29, 2018 | FY 2019 Sep 28, 2019 | FY 2020 Oct 3, 2020 | FY 2021 Oct 2, 2021 | FY 2023 Sep 30, 2023 | FY 2024 Sep 28, 2024 | FY 2025 Sep 27, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $919.1M | $932M | $990.6M | $1B | $1B | $879.2M | $684M | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.5B |
| Gross margin | 13.1% | 13.9% | 12.9% | 11.9% | 13.1% | 10.9% | 10.5% | 12.3% | 19.0% | 20.5% |
| Operating income | $35.8M | $26.6M | $54.5M | $33.2M | $43.8M | $22M | $6.5M | $51.7M | $139.3M | $167.2M |
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 2.9% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 4.3% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 4.6% | 10.3% | 11.3% |
| Net income | $14.9M | $6.9M | $28.8M | $30.8M | $24.3M | $12.2M | -$289K | $23.8M | $105.5M | $127.7M |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 0.7% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 2.4% | 1.4% | -0.0% | 2.1% | 7.8% | 8.6% |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.59 | $0.14 | $0.74 | $1.08 | $0.90 | $0.45 | -$0.01 | $0.74 | $3.16 | $3.88 |
| Operating cash flow | $23.4M | $25.1M | $47.6M | $48.4M | $55.7M | $3.5M | -$54.2M | $119.9M | $111.1M | $176.2M |
| Capital spending | $5.2M | $9.6M | $9.3M | $32.1M | $35.5M | $19M | $12.2M | $8.5M | $15.3M | $22.9M |
| Free cash flow | $18.2M | $15.5M | $38.4M | $16.2M | $20.2M | -$15.5M | -$66.5M | $111.4M | $95.8M | $153.3M |
| Buybacks | — | — | — | — | — | $3.6M | $517K | $376K | $1.2M | $9.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cash | $52.9M | $52.3M | $62.6M | $60.3M | $71M | $44.5M | $11.7M | $79M | $127.7M | $229.3M |
| Debt | $188.3M | $152.1M | $151.2M | $142.1M | $183.1M | $174.1M | $164.4M | $130.3M | $95M | $90.3M |
| Shareholders' equity | -$121.2M | -$87M | -$58.5M | -$28.3M | -$67.8M | -$53.2M | -$32.7M | $40M | $159.6M | $255.4M |
| Shares outstanding | 20.87M | 22.52M | 23.74M | 27.26M | 26.48M | 27.05M | 27.21M | 32.17M | 32.27M | 31.88M |
Figures come from the company's XBRL filings as the SEC publishes them. Quarters are worked out from year-to-date figures, and a fourth quarter is the year less its first nine months, which is why it has no EPS: per-share figures do not subtract. Earlier years are on today's share basis where a split has happened since. A later restatement is not mixed into a year it was never applied to, so where a 10-K restated the year before — a business sold, say — that year's fourth quarter is left blank rather than worked out across two bases. A dash means the company did not report that line under a standard tag for that period. Every filing on EDGAR.
Short interest
Shares sold short, as brokers report them to FINRA twice a month
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 4.5M | +6.3% | 8.0 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 4.23M | +6.8% | 7.6 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 3.97M | +3.2% | 7.4 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 3.84M | +0.5% | 5.5 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 3.82M | -3.4% | 8.1 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 3.96M | +9.6% | 10.0 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.61M | +1.1% | 7.5 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.57M | +6.3% | 9.6 |
Largest fails to deliver, the last year
24 settlement days with at least $10,000 of shares sold and not delivered
| Settlement date | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | 196.49K | $15.5M |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 41.95K | $2.4M |
| Jul 23, 2026 | 18.21K | $1.5M |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 16.6K | $1.3M |
| Jun 26, 2026 | 15.46K | $1.2M |
Short interest is every broker's short position at the settlement date, reported to FINRA and published about a week and a half later; it does not say who is short. Days to cover is the short position over the average day's trading, and the share of the company is against the shares outstanding on its latest filing. A fail to deliver is the balance of shares sold and not delivered by settlement, from the SEC: it can be a short seller who never borrowed the stock, but is as often a late delivery that clears within days.
What they lobby on
Disclosed to the Senate, largest spend first
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Clean Air and Water (quality), Transportation, Trucking/Shipping
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
- NATIONAL STRATEGIES, LLC$45K
Clean Air and Water (quality), Transportation, Trucking/Shipping
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
- GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP$20K
Transportation, Environment/Superfund, Automotive Industry
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
- GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP$20K
Transportation, Environment/Superfund, Automotive Industry
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
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Clean Air and Water (quality), Transportation, Trucking/Shipping
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
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Clean Air and Water (quality), Transportation, Trucking/Shipping
3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2026
- FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY CONSULTING, LLC (FKN GABOR J ROZSA)$15K
Clean Air and Water (quality), Transportation, Trucking/Shipping
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
Federal contracts
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Who traded it
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| Member | Buys | Sells |
|---|---|---|
| Julie JohnsonTX-32 · house | — | 1 |
Every disclosure
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| Member | Amount |
|---|---|
| Julie JohnsonTX · houseselljoint | $1K – $15K |
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