COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
ATS vs BLBD
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. ATS scored 27.4, BLBD scored 74.4 — BLBD leads.
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Different reporting periods. BLBD's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but ATS's are as of March 2025 — a 15-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
ATS
ATS Corporation
27.4
$19.74 · $1.9B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
47.0
BLBD leads
BLBD
Blue Bird Corporation
74.4
$61.89 · $2.0B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestBLBD7.3x
- Fastest growthBLBD+13.5%
- Strongest balance sheetBLBD0.18
- Highest qualityBLBD86 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueATS-34%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
ATS
stronger →← stronger
BLBD
35
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
86
14
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
47
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
96
BLBD is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
ATS
BLBD
$149mC
FCF
$153mC
-16.5%F
Rev
+13.5%B+
0.78B
D/E
0.18A-
56.4xD
P/E
7.3xA
2.09C
PEG
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Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
ATS
BLBD
34% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
23% above
~4%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~6%/yr
+16%
1-yr DCF upside
-15%
+52%
5-yr DCF upside
-19%
+123%
10-yr DCF upside
-24%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
ATS
Why this score
- Foreign reporter (CAD)
BLBD
Why this score
- Durable high returns
- Cyclical growth
The companies
ATSATS Corporation
Why now
Specialty Industrial Machinery · market cap $1.9b. Down 45% from 52-week high of $35.82 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue -16% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating.
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income — non-cash charges (depreciation, intangible amortization) are holding down GAAP earnings while cash generation stays strong.
Risk
Trailing P/E 56.4x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Revenue contracting -16% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Currently unprofitable (margin -1.1%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk.
BLBDBlue Bird Corporation
Why now
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery · market cap $2.0b. Down 26% from 52-week high of $83.39 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +13%, comfortably above the S&P median. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $89.13 (implying +44% upside).
Moat
Net margin 17% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 43% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where ATS and BLBD diverge
On the headline score the gap is 47.0 points in favor of BLBD. The widest single difference is Quality, where BLBD leads by 50.5 points.
- QualityATS 35.4 · BLBD 85.9BLBD +50.5
- ValueATS 47.4 · BLBD 96.1BLBD +48.7
- GrowthATS 14.3 · BLBD 50.0BLBD +35.7
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.