Blue Bird Corporation
US ˙ NasdaqGM ˙ US0953061068

SecurityBLBD / Blue Bird Corporation
InstitutionCitadel Advisors Llc
ManagerKen Griffin
Latest Disclosed Ownership77,130 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 4,380,212
Citadel Advisors Llc ownership in BLBD / Blue Bird Corporation

On May 15, 2026 - Citadel Advisors Llc filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 77,130 shares of Blue Bird Corporation (US:BLBD) valued at $4,380,213 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on February 17, 2026 disclosing 18,375 shares of Blue Bird Corporation. This represents a change in shares of 319.76% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $5,374,418 USD.

Citadel Advisors Llc has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (BLBD) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 15,500 of underlying shares valued at $880,245 USD and put options representing 11,600 of underlying shares valued at $658,764 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

BLBD / Blue Bird Corporation Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 77,130 58,755 319.76 4,380 407.53 0.0006
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 18,375 -55,987 -75.29 864 -79.83 0.0001
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 74,362 68,143 1,095.72 4,280 1,496.64 0.0007
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 6,219 -42,968 -87.36 268 -83.17 0.0000
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 49,187 -50,191 -50.51 1,592 -58.52 0.0003
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 99,378 68,682 223.75 3,839 160.73 0.0007
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 30,696 -19,953 -39.39 1,472 -46.02 0.0003
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 50,649 -193,277 -79.24 2,727 -70.84 0.0006
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 243,926 -423,673 -63.46 9,352 -48.04 0.0018
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 667,599 667,196 165,557.32 17,998 224,875.00 0.0036
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 403 -479,684 -99.92 9 -99.93 0.0000
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 480,087 480,029 827,636.21 10,792 1,079,100.00 0.0022
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 58 -47,917 -99.88 1 -99.81 0.0000
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 47,975 -17,189 -26.38 514 -5.70 0.0001
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 65,164 -560 -0.85 544 -10.08 0.0001
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 65,724 -29,617 -31.06 605 -66.30 0.0002
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 95,341 60,327 172.29 1,795 227.55 0.0004
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 35,014 35,014 548 0.0001
2022-03-11 2021-09-30 13F/A-1 BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 0 -46,694 -100.00 0 -100.00
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 0 -46,694 0
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 46,694 -54,494 -53.85 1,161 -54.15 0.0003
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A-1 BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 101,188 18,888 22.95 2,532 68.46 0.0006
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 101,188 18,888 2,532 0.0006
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 82,300 19,597 31.25 1,503 96.99 0.0004
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM 095306106 62,703 -2,829 -4.32 763 -22.38 0.0002
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F BLUE BIRD Cmn 095306106 65,532 46,530 244.87 983 372.60 0.0004
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD Cmn 095306106 19,002 -75,648 -79.92 208 -90.41 0.0001
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD Cmn 095306106 94,650 37,035 64.28 2,170 97.81 0.0009
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD Cmn 095306106 57,615 23,738 70.07 1,097 64.47 0.0005
2019-08-14 2019-06-30 13F BLUE BIRD Cmn 095306106 33,877 13,755 68.36 667 95.60 0.0003
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD Cmn 095306106 20,122 -36,750 -64.62 341 -67.05 0.0002
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD Cmn 095306106 56,872 43,080 312.35 1,035 206.21 0.0006
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD Cmn 095306106 13,792 13,792 338 0.0002
2018-02-09 2017-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD Cmn 095306106 0 -11,313 -100.00 0 -100.00
2017-11-09 2017-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD Cmn 095306106 11,313 11,313 233 0.0002
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 15,500 27.05 880 53.58 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 12,200 -32.60 573 -44.96 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 18,100 -81.75 1,042 -75.68 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 99,200 -32.15 4,281 -9.53 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 146,200 27.46 4,732 6.82 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 114,700 107.41 4,431 67.04 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 55,300 -38.00 2,652 -44.78 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 89,200 117.03 4,803 204.95 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 41,100 128.33 1,576 224.74 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 18,000 -49.30 485 -35.93 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 35,500 -3.53 758 -8.46 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 36,800 57.94 827 73.74 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 23,300 19.49 476 128.85 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 19,500 209 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 31,000 2.31 286 -49.82 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 30,300 3.41 570 24.45 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Call 29,300 458 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Put 11,600 -35.91 659 -22.59 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Put 18,100 -61.16 851 -68.30 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM Put 46,600 -56.81 2,682 -42.42 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM Put 107,900 -27.05 4,657 -2.74 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Put 147,900 48.49 4,788 24.43 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Put 99,600 53.00 3,848 23.22 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM Put 65,100 -8.82 3,122 -18.78 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM Put 71,400 275.79 3,845 428.02 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Put 19,000 111.11 728 200.83 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Put 9,000 -57.55 243 -46.46 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM Put 21,200 -24.56 453 -28.37 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F BLUE BIRD COM Put 28,100 23.25 632 35.70 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Put 22,800 590.91 466 1,228.57 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F BLUE BIRD COM Put 3,300 35 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.