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MIRA INFORM REPORT
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Report No. : |
511545 |
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Report Date : |
01.06.2018 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY |
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Registered Office : |
C/O: Charles Jeffrey Liipfert; Central Ave. 202 Georgia, Fort Valley, 31030 |
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Country : |
United States |
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Date of Incorporation : |
1927 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
J406529 |
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Legal Form : |
Foreign Business Corporation |
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Line of Business : |
Manufacture of motor vehicles. |
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No. of Employees : |
1,611 |
RATING & COMMENTS
(Mira Inform has adopted New Rating mechanism w.e.f. 23rd
January 2017)
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MIRA’s Rating : |
B |
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Credit Rating |
Explanation |
Rating Comments |
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B |
Medium Risk |
Business dealings permissible on a regular
monitoring basis |
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Status : |
Moderate |
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Payment Behaviour : |
Slow but Correct |
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Litigation : |
Clear |
NOTES :
Any query related to this report can be made
on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com
while quoting report number, name and date.
ECGC Country Risk Classification List
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Country Name |
Previous Rating (30.09.2017) |
Current Rating (31.12.2017) |
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United States |
A1 |
A1 |
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Risk Category |
ECGC
Classification |
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Insignificant |
A1 |
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Low Risk |
A2 |
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Moderately Low Risk |
B1 |
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Moderate Risk |
B2 |
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Moderately High Risk |
C1 |
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High Risk |
C2 |
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Very High Risk |
D |
UNITED STATES - ECONOMIC
OVERVIEW
The US has the most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $59,500. US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers, pharmaceuticals, and medical, aerospace, and military equipment; however, their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II. Based on a comparison of GDP measured at purchasing power parity conversion rates, the US economy in 2014, having stood as the largest in the world for more than a century, slipped into second place behind China, which has more than tripled the US growth rate for each year of the past four decades.
In the US, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. US business firms enjoy greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the same time, businesses face higher barriers to enter their rivals' home markets than foreign firms face entering US markets.
Long-term problems for the US include stagnation of wages for lower-income families, inadequate investment in deteriorating infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, energy shortages, and sizable current account and budget deficits.
The onrush of technology has been a driving factor in the gradual development of a "two-tier" labor market in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits. But the globalization of trade, and especially the rise of low-wage producers such as China, has put additional downward pressure on wages and upward pressure on the return to capital. Since 1975, practically all the gains in household income have gone to the top 20% of households. Since 1996, dividends and capital gains have grown faster than wages or any other category of after-tax income.
Imported oil accounts for more than 50% of US consumption and oil has a major impact on the overall health of the economy. Crude oil prices doubled between 2001 and 2006, the year home prices peaked; higher gasoline prices ate into consumers' budgets and many individuals fell behind in their mortgage payments. Oil prices climbed another 50% between 2006 and 2008, and bank foreclosures more than doubled in the same period. Besides dampening the housing market, soaring oil prices caused a drop in the value of the dollar and a deterioration in the US merchandise trade deficit, which peaked at $840 billion in 2008. Because the US economy is energy-intensive, falling oil prices since 2013 have alleviated many of the problems the earlier increases had created.
The sub-prime mortgage crisis, falling home prices, investment bank failures, tight credit, and the global economic downturn pushed the US into a recession by mid-2008. GDP contracted until the third quarter of 2009, the deepest and longest downturn since the Great Depression. To help stabilize financial markets, the US Congress established a $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in October 2008. The government used some of these funds to purchase equity in US banks and industrial corporations, much of which had been returned to the government by early 2011. In January 2009, Congress passed and former President Barack OBAMA signed a bill providing an additional $787 billion fiscal stimulus to be used over 10 years - two-thirds on additional spending and one-third on tax cuts - to create jobs and to help the economy recover. In 2010 and 2011, the federal budget deficit reached nearly 9% of GDP. In 2012, the Federal Government reduced the growth of spending and the deficit shrank to 7.6% of GDP. US revenues from taxes and other sources are lower, as a percentage of GDP, than those of most other countries.
Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan required major shifts in national resources from civilian to military purposes and contributed to the growth of the budget deficit and public debt. Through FY 2018, the direct costs of the wars will have totaled more than $1.9 trillion, according to US Government figures.
In March 2010, former President OBAMA signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), a health insurance reform that was designed to extend coverage to an additional 32 million Americans by 2016, through private health insurance for the general population and Medicaid for the impoverished. Total spending on healthcare - public plus private - rose from 9.0% of GDP in 1980 to 17.9% in 2010.
In July 2010, the former president signed the DODD-FRANK Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a law designed to promote financial stability by protecting consumers from financial abuses, ending taxpayer bailouts of financial firms, dealing with troubled banks that are "too big to fail," and improving accountability and transparency in the financial system - in particular, by requiring certain financial derivatives to be traded in markets that are subject to government regulation and oversight.
In December 2012, the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) announced plans to purchase $85 billion per month of mortgage-backed and Treasury securities in an effort to hold down long-term interest rates, and to keep short-term rates near zero until unemployment dropped below 6.5% or inflation rose above 2.5%. The Fed ended its purchases during the summer of 2014, after the unemployment rate dropped to 6.2%, inflation stood at 1.7%, and public debt fell below 74% of GDP. In December 2015, the Fed raised its target for the benchmark federal funds rate by 0.25%, the first increase since the recession began. With continued low growth, the Fed opted to raise rates several times since then, and in December 2017, the target rate stood at 1.5%.
In December 2017, Congress passed and President Donald TRUMP signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which, among its various provisions, reduces the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%; lowers the individual tax rate for those with the highest incomes from 39.6% to 37%, and by lesser percentages for those at lower income levels; changes many deductions and credits used to calculate taxable income; and eliminates in 2019 the penalty imposed on taxpayers who do not obtain the minimum amount of health insurance required under the ACA. The new taxes took effect on 1 January 2018; the tax cut for corporations are permanent, but those for individuals are scheduled to expire after 2025. The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) under the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the new law will reduce tax revenues and increase the federal deficit by about $1.45 trillion over the 2018-2027 period. This amount would decline if economic growth were to exceed the JCT’s estimate.
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Source
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COMPANY
NAME and ADDRESS
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COMPANY NAME |
BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY |
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TRADE NAME |
BLUE BIRD FORT VALLEY |
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CURRENT STATUS |
Active |
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MAIN ADDRESS |
C/O: Charles Jeffrey Liipfert; Central Ave.
202 |
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CITY/PROVINCE/STATE |
Georgia, Fort Valley, 31030 |
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PHONE NUMBER(S) |
(1-478) 825.2021 |
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EMAIL |
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WEBSITE |
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REMARKS OF IDENTIFICATION |
Please note that it was not possible to
obtain the Tax ID number from direct nor outside sources. This report was requested with company
name: BLUE BIRD FORT VALLEY, and address: 402, Blue Bird Blvd Fort Valley GA
313030 PO BOX 937, United States. Please notice that the correct data is
shown above. |
CREDIT
OPINION
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The company cannot be rated due to lack
of information. Credit against security is acceptable, until the complete
most recent financial figures are obtained. |
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PAYMENT |
Slow but Correct |
LEGAL
INFORMATION
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TYPE OF COMPANY |
Foreign Business Corporation |
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INCORPORATION DATE |
1927 |
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REGISTRY NUMBER |
Reg. No. J406529 |
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TERM |
Unlimited |
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LISTED AT STOCK EXCHANGE |
NO |
LEGAL ASPECTS.-
The company was recorded in the Business
Registry in 1927.
On July 1st, 1958 it was
registered in the Commercial Registry under No. J406529.
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RELATED
COMPANIES |
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COMPANY
NAME |
TAX ID.
NUMBER |
COUNTRY |
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BLUE BIRD CORPORATION (PARENT COMPANY) |
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USA |
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR EXECUTIVES AND SHAREHOLDERS
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NAME |
JOB TITLE |
STAKE |
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HORLOCK, PHIL |
Chief Executive Officer |
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TIGHE, PHIL |
Chief Financial Officer |
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YOUSIF, PAUL |
Secretary |
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CT CORPORATION SYSTEM |
Registered Agent |
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BLUE BIRD CORPORATION |
Shareholder |
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DATA OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVES AND
SHAREHOLDERS
HORLOCK, PHIL
Address: Blue Bird Blvd. 402, Georgia,
Fort Valley, 31030-0937, United States of America.
CT CORPORATION SYSTEM
Address: Eighth Avenue 111, 10011, New
York.
BLUE BIRD CORPORATION
It quotes at the NASDAQ. Ticker No. BLBD.
OPERATIONS
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SECTOR |
C- Industry |
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ACTIVITY |
Manufacture of motor vehicles |
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ISIC CATEGORY |
32- Other industries |
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ISIC CLASS |
3290- Other industries |
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MAIN ACTIVITY |
Manufacture of motor vehicles. |
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N. OF EMPLOYEES |
1,611 |
LOCATION.-
LEGAL ADDRESS: Located at the heading
address, in easy access zone of the city. Premises in good repair.
OFFICES: Blue Bird Blvd. 402, Georgia,
Fort Valley, 31030-0937, United States of America.
MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 937, Georgia,
Fort Valley, 31030-0937, United States of America.
BRANCH: Shattuck Industrial Blvd. 1198,
Lafayette, GA 30728, United States of America.
COMMENTS AS TO OPERATIONS.-
It offers a complete line of Type A, C and
D school buses in a variety of options and configurations.
The company also manufactures commercial
buses and recreational vehicles. It offers both steel bus bodies for mounting
on chassis manufactured by third parties and complete bus units. The company
markets its products through a network of independent distributors, which
resell the products to municipalities, states, transportation contracting
companies, churches, and other independent organizations.
Number of employees at group level: 2,311.
It imports from diverse countries around
the world.
It does not export.
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
All the information comprised herein has
been collected from outside sources in view that the head executives refused to
provide any data on grounds of confidentiality.
Through outside sources, we obtained the
Consolidated Balance Sheet of BLUE BIRD CORPORATION as of 30/09/2017 (12
months), expressed in Dollars as below:
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GENERAL BALANCE |
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Balance Date |
30/09/2017 |
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Currency |
Dollars |
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Exchange Rate |
1.00 |
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Current Total |
160,447,000,000.00 |
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Net Fixed |
135,369,000,000.00 |
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Total Assets |
295,816,000,000.00 |
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Current Liabilities |
138,756,000,000.00 |
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Non-current
Liabilities |
143,224,000,000.00 |
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Other liabilities |
72,346,000.00 |
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Total Liabilities |
354,326,000,000.00 |
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Total Equity |
(58,510,000,000.00) |
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Total Liabilities and Equity |
295,816,000,000.00 |
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Balance Date |
30/09/2017 |
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Currency |
Dollars |
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Exchange Rate |
1.00 |
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Net Sales |
312,687,000,000.00 |
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Profit |
14,544,000,000.00 |
INSURANCE.-
No insurance policies were reported.
PAYMENTS
REFERENCES
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FOREIGN
SUPPLIERS |
Country |
Phone
Number |
Contact
Name |
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BAYER INC. |
USA |
(1-700) 111.1111 |
Delia Rosado |
COMMENTS
OF SUPPLIERS.-
Possible consulted local suppliers do not
register the company as credit client. Seemingly, its purchases are made in
cash.
BANKS
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Bank
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Country |
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BANK OF AMERICA |
USA |
BANK
REFERENCES
Consulted bank does not provide
information of its clients on grounds of confidentiality.
LITIGATIONS
No lawsuits were filed against the
company.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
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Currency |
Unit
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Indian Rupees |
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US Dollar |
1 |
INR 67.45 |
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1 |
INR 89.79 |
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Euro |
1 |
INR 78.79 |
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US Dollar |
1 |
INR 67.12 |
Note :
Above are approximate rates obtained from sources believed to be correct
INFORMATION DETAILS
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RATING EXPLANATIONS
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Credit Rating |
Explanation |
Rating Comments |
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A++ |
Minimum Risk |
Business dealings permissible with minimum
risk of default |
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A+ |
Low Risk |
Business dealings permissible with low
risk of default |
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A |
Acceptable Risk |
Business dealings permissible with
moderate risk of default |
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B |
Medium Risk |
Business dealings permissible on a regular
monitoring basis |
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C |
Medium High Risk |
Business dealings permissible preferably
on secured basis |
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D |
High Risk |
Business dealing not recommended or on
secured terms only |
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NB |
New Business |
No recommendation can be done due to
business in infancy stage |
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NT |
No Trace |
No recommendation can be done as the
business is not traceable |
NB is stated where there is insufficient information to facilitate rating. However, it is not to be considered as unfavourable.
This score serves as a reference to assess
SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is
calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major
sections of this report. The assessed factors are as follows:
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Financial
condition covering various ratios
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Company
background and operations size
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Promoters
/ Management background
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Payment
record
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Litigation
against the subject
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Industry
scenario / competitor analysis
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Supplier
/ Customer / Banker review (wherever available)
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