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Effective Interest Rate on Debt % is the usage rate that a borrower actually pays on a debt. It is calculated as the positive value of Interest Expense divided by its average total debt. Total debt equals to Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation plus Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. Blue Bird's annualized positive value of Interest Expense for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $7 Mil. Blue Bird's average total debt for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $94 Mil. Therefore, Blue Bird's annualized Effective Interest Rate on Debt % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 7.74%.
The historical data trend for Blue Bird's Effective Interest Rate on Debt % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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6.64 | 4.88 | 7.57 | 11.84 | 9.28 |
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9.58 | 8.60 | 8.40 | 8.05 | 7.74 |
For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Blue Bird's Effective Interest Rate on Debt %, along with its competitors' market caps and Effective Interest Rate on Debt % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Blue Bird's Effective Interest Rate on Debt % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Blue Bird's Effective Interest Rate on Debt % falls into.
Blue Bird's annualized Effective Interest Rate on Debt % for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as
Effective Interest Rate on Debt % | ||||||
= | -1 * Interest Expense | / | ( (Total Debt (A: Sep. 2023 ) | + | Total Debt (A: Sep. 2024 )) | / count ) |
= | -1 * -10.579 | / | ( (131.914 | + | 95.975) | / 2 ) |
= | -1 * -10.579 | / | 113.9445 | |||
= | 9.28 % |
where
Total Debt (A: Sep. 2023 ) | |||
= | Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation | + | Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation |
= | 111.531 | + | 20.383 |
= | 131.914 |
Total Debt (A: Sep. 2024 ) | |||
= | Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation | + | Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation |
= | 90 | + | 5.975 |
= | 95.975 |
Blue Bird's annualized Effective Interest Rate on Debt % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as
Effective Interest Rate on Debt % | ||||||
= | -1 * Interest Expense | / | ( (Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2024 ) | + | Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2025 )) | / count ) |
= | -1 * -7.252 | / | ( (94.27 | + | 93.038) | / 2 ) |
= | -1 * -7.252 | / | 93.654 | |||
= | 7.74 % |
where
Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2024 ) | |||
= | Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation | + | Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation |
= | 88.834 | + | 5.436 |
= | 94.27 |
Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2025 ) | |||
= | Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation | + | Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation |
= | 87.661 | + | 5.377 |
= | 93.038 |
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
In the calculation of annual Effective Interest Rate on Debt %, the Interest Expense of the last fiscal year and the average total debt over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the Interest Expense data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2025) interest expense data. Effective Interest Rate on Debt % is displayed in the 30-year financial page.
Blue Bird (NAS:BLBD) Effective Interest Rate on Debt % Explanation
Effective Interest Rate on Debt % measures the usage rate that a borrower actually pays on a debt.
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