ABM Industries vs Republic Services
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The short version
- Republic Services is the larger business, with $19.0B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $8.7B for ABM Industries, about 2.2 times as much.
- ABM Industries grew revenue faster (4.6%, against 3.3%).
- Republic Services kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (17.4% operating margin, against 3.6%).
- Republic Services turned more of its sales into free cash flow (12.7% FCF margin, against 1.8%).
- Republic Services earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (10.8%, against 7.3%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Republic Services’s earnings: a P/E of 34.1x against 19.4x for ABM Industries.
| Latest fiscal year | ABM · FY25 | RSG · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.2B | $74.0B |
| Revenue | $8.7B | $19.0B |
| Free cash flow | $155M | $2.4B |
| Net income | $162M | $2.1B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 4.6% | 3.3% |
| 5-year growth | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Share count change | −1.4% | −0.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 12.3% | 49.4% |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 17.4% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 11.2% |
| FCF margin | 1.8% | 12.7% |
| Return on capital | 7.3% | 10.8% |
| Return on equity | 9.1% | 18.3% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.4B | $13.9B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.5x | 2.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $188M | $1.6B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 19.4x | 34.1x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 |
FY16
ABM —
RSG $11.4B
FY17
ABM $5.5B
RSG $12.1B
FY18
ABM $6.4B
RSG $11.9B
FY19
ABM $6.5B
RSG $12.2B
FY20
ABM $6.0B
RSG $12.0B
FY21
ABM $6.2B
RSG $13.3B
FY22
ABM $7.8B
RSG $15.6B
FY23
ABM $8.1B
RSG $17.3B
FY24
ABM $8.4B
RSG $18.4B
FY25
ABM $8.7B
RSG $19.0B
ABM
RSG
FY16
ABM —
RSG 13.5%
FY17
ABM 1.9%
RSG 13.8%
FY18
ABM 2.2%
RSG 14.6%
FY19
ABM 3.2%
RSG 14.7%
FY20
ABM 1.6%
RSG 14.2%
FY21
ABM 3.3%
RSG 15.6%
FY22
ABM 4.5%
RSG 15.3%
FY23
ABM 5.1%
RSG 16.1%
FY24
ABM 2.5%
RSG 17.4%
FY25
ABM 3.6%
RSG 17.4%
ABM
RSG
FY16
ABM $39.5M
RSG $920M
FY17
ABM −$51.6M
RSG $921M
FY18
ABM $270M
RSG $1.2B
FY19
ABM $203M
RSG $1.1B
FY20
ABM $420M
RSG $1.3B
FY21
ABM $280M
RSG $1.5B
FY22
ABM −$30.4M
RSG $1.7B
FY23
ABM $191M
RSG $2.0B
FY24
ABM $167M
RSG $2.1B
FY25
ABM $155M
RSG $2.4B
ABM
RSG
FY16
ABM —
RSG 6.4%
FY17
ABM 5.0%
RSG 10.6%
FY18
ABM 5.7%
RSG 8.4%
FY19
ABM 7.2%
RSG 8.9%
FY20
ABM 2.3%
RSG 8.4%
FY21
ABM 6.8%
RSG 9.3%
FY22
ABM 9.7%
RSG 9.6%
FY23
ABM —
RSG 9.7%
FY24
ABM —
RSG 11.2%
FY25
ABM 7.3%
RSG 10.8%
ABM
RSG
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.