ABM Industries vs Rollins
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I put ABM Industries and Rollins side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- ABM Industries is the larger business, with $8.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.8B for Rollins, about 2.3 times as much.
- Rollins grew revenue faster (11.0%, against 4.6%).
- Rollins kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (19.3% operating margin, against 3.6%).
- Rollins turned more of its sales into free cash flow (17.3% FCF margin, against 1.8%).
- Rollins earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (31.0%, against 7.3%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Rollins’s earnings: a P/E of 31.7x against 19.5x for ABM Industries.
Who comes out ahead
Of the 10 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
ABM Industries
ABM
2/10
Piotroski F-scoreShare count change
Rollins
ROL
8/10
Revenue growth5-year growthOperating marginNet marginFCF marginReturn on capitalReturn on equityNet debt / EBITDA
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | ABM FY25 | ROL FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.2B | $16.5B |
| Revenue | $8.7B | $3.8B |
| Free cash flow | $155M | $650M |
| Net income | $162M | $527M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 4.6% | 11.0% |
| 5-year growth | 7.9% | 11.7% |
| Share count change | −1.4% | −0.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 12.3% | — |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 19.3% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 14.0% |
| FCF margin | 1.8% | 17.3% |
| Return on capital | 7.3% | 31.0% |
| Return on equity | 9.1% | 38.9% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.4B | $510M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.5x | 0.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $188M | $545M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 19.5x | 31.7x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 6 |
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Free cash flow
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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.