ABM
ABM Industries Incorporated
ABM's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks expensive: trading at 20x earnings, above its usual 18x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
ABM Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure |
ABM's profitability and cash flow are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable, but its balance sheet is under pressure.
ABM PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 13x | $36.42 | -34% |
| Forward | 13x | $54.77 | — |
| Fair | 18x | $49.06 | -10% |
| Current | 20x | $54.77 | — |
| Expensive | 26x | $72.83 | +33% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
ABM's PE is in its fair range at 20x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 13x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
ABM Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect ABM's earnings to grow, with its revenue and profitability holding steady.
ABM Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $4.36 | +57% |
| Q3 2026 | $2.77 | +50% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.60 | +108% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.54 | +100% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.59 | +102% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.85 | -24% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.25 | -67% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.27 | -68% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.28 | -66% |
ABM's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $2.77 over the past year, against $3.91 in early 2024.
ABM Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.3B | +4.2% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.3B | +8.4% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.2B | +6.1% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.3B | +5.4% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.2B | +6.2% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.1B | +4.6% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.1B | +2.2% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.2B | +4% |
ABM's revenue has grown year over year for 22 quarters in a row: $2.3B last quarter, up 4.2% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 4% | +0.2 points |
| Q2 2026 | 3.8% | -0.1 points |
| Q1 2026 | 3.3% | -0.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 3% | +2.1 points |
| Q3 2025 | 3.8% | +2 points |
| Q2 2025 | 3.9% | -0.1 points |
| Q1 2025 | 3.7% | +0.1 points |
| Q4 2024 | 0.9% | -4.2 points |
ABM's operating margin was 4% last quarter, about level with the same quarter a year ago.
ABM Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $128.4M | -14% |
| Q2 2026 | $22.4M | +47% |
| Q1 2026 | $48.8M | +$171.7M |
| Q4 2025 | $112.7M | +622% |
| Q3 2025 | $150.1M | +135% |
| Q2 2025 | $15.2M | -85% |
| Q1 2025 | -$122.9M | -$109.2M |
| Q4 2024 | $15.6M | -87% |
ABM still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2020 peak: $312M over the past year.
ABM Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.3% | +200K shares |
| 1 year | -5.6% | -3.5M shares |
| 3 years | -11% | -7.3M shares |
| 5 years | -12% | -8.2M shares |
| Available history | -11% | -7.6M shares |
ABM has 59M diluted shares, down 5.6% from a year ago, with $168M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | $3M |
| Q1 2026 | $91.7M |
| Q4 2025 | $73.7M |
| Q3 2025 | $27.2M |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | $21.3M |
| Q4 2024 | $32.3M |
ABM spent $168M buying back its own shares over the past year, up 108% from the year before.
ABM Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 3.8x | Elevated |
| Q2 2026 | 4.2x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 3.7x | Elevated |
| Q4 2025 | 3.5x | Elevated |
| Q3 2025 | 4.0x | Elevated |
| Q2 2025 | 4.6x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 4.6x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 4.0x | Elevated |
ABM's net debt is about 3.8 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), about the same as a year ago.
ABM Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 72.1 | Overbought |
| Stochastic | 82.4 | Overbought |
ABM's weekly RSI is 72 (overbought) and its Stochastic is 82 (overbought).
ABM PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | ABM | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 20x | 24x | 18% below |
| PE % | 56 | 58 | 2 pts below |
ABM is trading at 20x earnings, a 18% discount to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
ABM Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $51.8 | 5.8% above |
| 20 week MA | $49.2 | 11% above |
| 50 week MA | $45.2 | 21% above |
| 100 week MA | $46.7 | 17% above |
| 200 week MA | $46.5 | 18% above |
ABM is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 18% above its 200-week average.
ABM Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $38.5 | $37.7 | -2.1% |
| 2021 | $37.7 | $41.5 | +10% |
| 2022 | $41.5 | $44.1 | +6.2% |
| 2023 | $44.1 | $44.8 | +1.6% |
| 2024 | $44.8 | $51.0 | +14% |
| 2025 | $51.0 | $42.7 | -16% |
| 2026 YTD | $42.7 | $54.8 | +28% |
ABM has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's up 28% so far in 2026.