ABM Industries
ABM NYSE· Environmental & Facilities Services
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$53.54
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- ABM Industries had $8.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 4.6% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +7.9% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 3.6%, up 1.0 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 4 is left after running the business.
- ABM Industries made $162M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 11.0% a year.
- Free cash flow was $155M in fiscal 2025, 1.8% of revenue.
- ABM Industries returned $188M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 121% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.4%.
- ABM Industries owes $1.4B more than it holds in cash, about 3.5 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$3.2B
P/E
19.3x
Revenue
$8.7B
Net income
$162M
Free cash flow
$155M
Operating margin
3.6%
ABM Industries in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+4.6%
Only a little. Sales grew 4.6% last year.
Does it make a profit?
1.9%
A little. It keeps 1.9% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
1.8%
Partly. 1.8% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
3.5x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 3.5 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
7 / 9
Solid. It passes 7 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
19.3x
One share costs 19.3 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 26.0x.
What ABM Industries does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- October 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Dec 19, 2025
- Legal name
- ABM INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED
- CIK
- 0000771497
ABM Industries · ABM
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $6.2B | $7.8B | $8.1B | $8.4B | $8.7B |
| Revenue growth | 4.0% | 25.3% | 3.7% | 3.3% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 15.6% | 13.4% | 13.1% | 12.4% | 12.3% |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 4.5% | 5.1% | 2.5% | 3.6% |
| Net income | $126M | $230M | $251M | $81.4M | $162M |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 1.0% | 1.9% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.86 | $3.41 | $3.79 | $1.28 | $2.59 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $314M | $20.4M | $243M | $227M | $234M |
| Capital expenditure | $34.3M | $50.8M | $52.6M | $59.4M | $79.3M |
| Free cash flow | $280M | −$30.4M | $191M | $167M | $155M |
| FCF margin | 4.5% | −0.4% | 2.4% | 2.0% | 1.8% |
| Dividends paid | $51.0M | $51.9M | $57.5M | $56.5M | $65.6M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $97.5M | $138M | $56.1M | $122M |
| Share count change | 1.0% | −0.7% | −1.8% | −4.1% | −1.4% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $62.8M | $73.0M | $69.5M | $64.6M | $104M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $887M | $1.3B | — | $1.3B | $1.6B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.8B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.8x | 2.6x | — | 4.0x | 3.5x |
| Current ratio | 1.1x | 1.2x | 1.4x | 1.3x | 1.5x |
| Interest coverage | 7.2x | 8.5x | 5.0x | 2.5x | 3.2x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 6.8% | 9.7% | — | — | 7.3% |
| Return on equity | 8.1% | 13.9% | 14.3% | 4.6% | 9.1% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 | — | — | 7 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$4.4M
4 insiders
Of sales under plans
96%
$4.2M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABM Industries ABM | $3.2B | 4.6% | 3.6% | 1.8% | 7.3% | 19.3x | 7 |
| Clean Harbors CLH | $16.6B | 2.4% | 11.2% | 7.3% | 10.4% | 42.3x | 7 |
| Veralto VLTO | $25.7B | 6.0% | 23.2% | 18.4% | 28.1% | 26.6x | 6 |
| Republic Services RSG | $72.5B | 3.3% | 17.4% | 12.7% | 10.8% | 33.4x | 8 |
| Rollins ROL | $16.3B | 11.0% | 19.3% | 17.3% | 31.0% | 31.2x | 6 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $53.54 a share, the company is worth $3.2B: 19.3 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
ABM Industries grew sales faster than 2 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 0 of 4.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000771497). Data updated October 23, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.