ABM Industries

ABM · NYSE · Industrials · Financials, fiscal 2016 to 2025

ABM · Last close · October 26, 2026

$54.04

ABM Industries' revenue rose 4.6% to $8.7 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 3.6%, up from 2.5% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $155 million, down 7.3%. It paid out $188 million in dividends and buybacks, 121% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.4%.

ABM INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED Latest fiscal year ended October 31, 2025 10-K filed December 19, 2025 · 0000771497-25-000031 Updated October 23, 2026

Revenue

$8.7B

4.6%

Operating margin

3.6%

1.0 pts

Net income

$162M

99.5%

Free cash flow

$155M

7.3%

Return on capital

7.3%

Market cap

$3.2B

Oct 26 close

P/E

19.5x

On $2.77 EPS, 4 qtrs

Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.

Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.

Revenue and margins

Revenue

US$ billions, fiscal years

Margins

Percent of revenue

GrossOperatingNetFree cash flow

Net income and earnings per share

From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share grew 11.0% a year and net income 12.3% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 10% and diluted each share's earnings.

Net income

US$ billions, fiscal years; loss years in red.

Diluted earnings per share

US$ per share, fiscal years, restated for any stock splits; loss years in red.

Returns on capital

Return on capital and on equity

Percent. Return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business (debt plus equity, minus cash); return on equity is net income over shareholders' equity. Both use the average of opening and closing balances.

Return on capitalReturn on equity

Cash flow

Free cash flow

US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure; negative years in red.

Payouts and share count

Dividends and buybacks

US$ billions, cash paid in each fiscal year

DividendsShare buybacks

Diluted share count

Weighted-average diluted shares, millions

Valuation

Two ways to value ABM Industries yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.

What ABM Industries says to expect

Full year 2026: revenue growthThe Company's full year organic revenue growth outlook remains unchanged, with performance expected near the top end of the 3% to 4% range, and total revenue growth continues to be expected toward the top end of the 4% to 5% range.
Full year 2026: adjusted EPSThe Company is raising the midpoint of its adjusted EPS outlook. The range is now $3.95 to $4.10, versus the previous range of $3.85 to $4.15, reflecting its third quarter performance and confidence in the Company’s ability to deliver a strong fourth quarter.
Full year 2026: cash flowThe Company is raising its full-year outlook for net cash provided from operations and free cash flow and now expects approximately $300 million and $210 million, respectively, with free cash flow up approximately $25 million from the prior outlook, driven by the strong year-to-date performance.

The company's own words, from its earnings release (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99), filed September 8, 2026. They are its expectations, not ours, and not a forecast or price target from The Filing Desk. Replaced when the next release is out.

Discounted cash flow (DCF)

A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from ABM Industries' 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from ABM Industries' fiscal 2025 free cash flow of $155M, net cash of −$1.4B at October 31, 2025 and 63 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to ABM Industries: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 3.9% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 8%: 7% for a stable business (Environmental & Facilities Services), plus 1 point as a smaller company, worth $3.2B; the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

From the filings

Starting free cash flow, US$ millions

Cash from operations minus capital spending in fiscal 2025.

Net cash, US$ millions

Cash and short-term investments minus debt and finance leases at October 31, 2025. Negative means net debt.

Diluted shares, millions

Weighted-average diluted shares in fiscal 2025.

Your assumptions

Start from

Fitted to ABM Industries's own revenue growth, as above. Cautious: growth of 2% then 2% a year, 2% after year 10, a 9% discount rate. Base: growth of 4% then 3% a year, 2.5% after year 10, a 8% discount rate. Optimistic: growth of 6% then 4.5% a year, 3% after year 10, a 7% discount rate.

Free cash flow growth, years 1 to 5 (% a year)

Free cash flow growth, years 6 to 10 (% a year)

Growth after year 10 (% a year)Long-run growth forever after year 10. Usually close to inflation, and always below the discount rate.

Discount rate (% a year)The yearly return an investor wants for the risk. A higher rate gives a lower value.

Value per share on these assumptions

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Last close, October 26, 2026: $54.04
Value on these assumptions, against the last close: —

Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today: —
Everything after year 10, valued today: —
Plus net cash: —
Share of value from after year 10: —

Projected free cash flow

US$ billions. Each column is one year's projected free cash flow, split into what it is worth today and the part removed by discounting.

Value todayRemoved by discounting

How the value changes with two assumptions

Value per share in US$, with the growth rates above. The highlighted cell matches the current assumptions.

How the model works. Free cash flow grows at the first rate for five years and the second rate for five more, and each year is discounted at the discount rate. Everything after year 10 is valued as year-10 cash flow × (1 + growth after year 10) ÷ (discount rate − growth after year 10), discounted back ten years. Net cash is added and the total is divided by diluted shares. The result depends entirely on the assumptions. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation. The last close is the consolidated US closing price, from Databento.

Price-to-earnings (P/E) method

Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from ABM Industries' earnings per share of $2.77 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 26.7×, the middle of ABM Industries' own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (the Industrials median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 9%, 8% and 7%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

Earnings per share, US$

Diluted earnings per share over the four quarters to July 31, 2026, from the 10-Qs and 10-K.

P/E multiple

P/E today is the last close divided by the latest earnings per share, the four quarters' where available. Peers: Clean Harbors, Veralto, Republic Services, Rollins.

Earnings growth in the years ahead (% a year) Starts at ABM Industries' revenue growth over the last 3 years, 3.9% a year, as the base scenario does.

Earnings per share in the years ahead, US$

Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5

Type your own estimate for any year; the years after it carry on at the growth rate.

Apply the multiple to earnings

A multiple on a future year's earnings gives the price then, brought back to today at the discount rate below.

Discount rate (% a year) The yearly return an investor wants for the risk, as in the cash flow model.

Value per share today at this multiple

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Last close, October 26, 2026: $54.04
Value at this multiple, against the last close: —
ABM Industries' P/E at the last close: 19.5×

Company	Last close	Earnings per share	P/E today
Clean HarborsCLH	$317.09	$7.39	42.9×
Republic ServicesRSG	$241.31	$7.05	34.2×
RollinsROL	$34.55	$1.09	31.7×
VeraltoVLTO	$103.35	$3.88	26.6×
ABM IndustriesABM	$54.04	$2.77	19.5×

How the P/E method works. Value per share is earnings per share times the multiple. On a future year's earnings, that gives the price in that year, which is brought back to today at the discount rate: price ÷ (1 + discount rate) for each year ahead. It is quick and easy to compare across companies, but it ignores debt and cash, and earnings can swing with one-off gains and charges, so a multiple says most about steady, profitable businesses. Like the cash flow model, the result depends entirely on the assumptions you choose. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation.

Balance sheet

Fiscal year end	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Cash and short-term investments	63	73	70	65	104
Debt incl. finance leases	887	1,277	—	1,322	1,552
Net debt (negative means net cash)	824	1,204	—	1,257	1,448
Net debt to EBITDA	2.8x	2.6x	—	4.0x	3.5x
Debt to equity	0.6x	0.7x	—	0.7x	0.9x
Interest coverage	7.2x	8.5x	5.0x	2.5x	3.2x
Current ratio	1.1x	1.1x	1.4x	1.3x	1.5x
Quick ratio	1.1x	1.1x	1.4x	1.3x	1.5x

US$ millions unless stated, at each fiscal year end. Net debt to EBITDA is debt minus cash, divided by operating income before depreciation and amortization: roughly how many years of those earnings the net debt equals. Debt to equity is debt as a multiple of shareholders' equity. Interest coverage is operating income divided by interest expense. The current ratio is current assets over current liabilities; the quick ratio leaves out inventory.

Insider trades

Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, no insider bought ABM Industries shares on the open market, and 4 insiders sold $4.4 million, $4.2 million of it under trading plans set up in advance.

Date	Insider	Trade	Shares	Price	Value	Filing
Jul 16, 2026	Raul Javier ValentinEVP and CHRO	Sold plan	1,639	$48.00	$78,672	Form 4
Jul 13, 2026	Dean A ChinSVP - Chief Accounting Officer	Sold	3,958	$45.31	$179,337	Form 4
Jun 12, 2026	Scott B SalmirsPresident and CEO, Director	Sold plan	50,000	$46.34	$2.3 million	Form 4
Feb 9, 2026	Rene JacobsenEVP & Chief Operating Officer	Sold plan	9,339	$47.23	$441,081	Form 4
Jan 13, 2026	Rene JacobsenEVP & Chief Operating Officer	Sold plan	31,034	$44.12	$1.4 million	Form 4

Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from their Form 4 filings with the SEC: one row per person, day and filing, at the day's average price. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax aren't counted. Insiders buy and sell for many reasons, such as taxes, spreading their savings or a plan set up months earlier, so a trade on its own says little about where a company is heading. For information only, not investment advice. Insider trades at all companies

Piotroski F-score

The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.

Test	FY23	FY24	FY25
Net income is positive	Pass	Pass	Pass
Cash from operations is positive	Pass	Pass	Pass
Return on assets rose	Fail	Fail	Pass
Cash from operations exceeds net income	Fail	Pass	Pass
Debt fell relative to assets	—	—	Fail
Current ratio rose	Pass	Fail	Pass
Share count didn't rise	Pass	Pass	Pass
Gross margin rose	Fail	Fail	Fail
Revenue rose relative to assets	Fail	Pass	Pass
F-score	—	—	7 of 9
Accruals ratio	0.2%	−2.9%	−1.4%

The accruals ratio is net income minus cash from operations, over average total assets.

Compare

Put ABM Industries side by side with any other company we cover: revenue, growth, margins, cash flow and returns, with ten years of charts.

Similar companies

Company	Year	Revenue growth	Operating margin	Free cash flow margin	Return on capital	Net debt to EBITDA	F-score	Compare
ABM Industries	FY25	4.6%	3.6%	1.8%	7.3%	3.5x	7
Clean Harbors	FY25	2.4%	11.2%	7.3%	10.4%	1.8x	7	Compare
Veralto	FY25	6.0%	23.2%	18.4%	28.1%	0.5x	6	Compare
Republic Services	FY25	3.3%	17.4%	12.7%	10.8%	2.7x	8	Compare
Rollins	FY25	11.0%	19.3%	17.3%	31.0%	0.6x	6	Compare

Each company's latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so the periods don't line up exactly. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow as a share of revenue. Net debt to EBITDA is explained under the balance sheet, and the F-score above.

10 years of figures

Fiscal year	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Income statement
Revenue	—	5,454	6,442	6,499	5,988	6,229	7,807	8,096	8,359	8,746
Revenue growth	—	—	18.1%	0.9%	−7.9%	4.0%	25.3%	3.7%	3.2%	4.6%
Gross profit	—	572	695	731	831	970	1,049	1,059	1,034	1,075
Research and development	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Operating income	55	102	139	208	96	206	349	410	212	312
Net income	57	4	98	127	0	126	230	251	81	162
Diluted EPS (US$)	1.01	0.07	1.47	1.90	0.00	1.86	3.41	3.79	1.28	2.59
Diluted shares (millions)	57	58	66	67	67	68	68	66	64	63
Cash flow
Cash from operations	84	6	321	263	458	314	20	243	227	234
Capital expenditure	44	57	51	60	38	34	51	53	59	79
Free cash flow	40	−52	270	203	420	280	−30	191	167	155
Dividends paid	37	40	46	48	49	51	52	58	56	66
Share buybacks	47	8	0	0	5	0	98	138	56	122
Acquisitions	96	854	0	0	0	710	195	0	114	37
Stock-based compensation	14	13	17	18	20	34	30	30	30	38
Balance sheet at fiscal year end
Cash and short-term investments	54	63	39	58	394	63	73	70	65	104
Debt incl. finance leases	268	1,178	939	801	725	887	1,277	—	1,322	1,552
Total assets	2,279	3,813	3,628	3,693	3,777	4,436	4,869	4,934	5,097	5,270
Total liabilities	1,305	2,437	2,173	2,151	2,277	2,827	3,152	3,134	3,315	3,484
Shareholders' equity	974	1,376	1,455	1,542	1,500	1,609	1,717	1,800	1,782	1,786
Margins and ratios
Gross margin	—	10.5%	10.8%	11.2%	13.9%	15.6%	13.4%	13.1%	12.4%	12.3%
Operating margin	—	1.9%	2.1%	3.2%	1.6%	3.3%	4.5%	5.1%	2.5%	3.6%
Net margin	—	0.1%	1.5%	2.0%	0.0%	2.0%	3.0%	3.1%	1.0%	1.9%
Free cash flow margin	—	−0.9%	4.2%	3.1%	7.0%	4.5%	−0.4%	2.4%	2.0%	1.8%
Return on capital	—	5.0%	5.7%	7.2%	2.3%	6.8%	9.7%	—	—	7.3%
Return on equity	5.8%	0.3%	6.9%	8.5%	0.0%	8.1%	13.8%	14.3%	4.5%	9.1%
Return on assets	2.6%	0.1%	2.6%	3.5%	0.0%	3.1%	5.0%	5.1%	1.6%	3.1%
Net debt to EBITDA	1.9x	6.5x	3.6x	2.4x	1.7x	2.8x	2.6x	—	4.0x	3.5x

US$ millions unless stated. Where a later 10-K restated a year, the latest filed figure is shown. Download all figures (CSV, US$ millions)

Source: ABM Industries' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR. For information only, not investment advice. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with ABM Industries.