ABM Industries Incorporated (ABM) Key Metrics
ABM valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $3.00B
- Enterprise value
- $4.68B
- P/E (TTM)
- 18.5 10-yr median 20.9
- Forward P/E
- 11.1
- PEG ratio
- 2.25
- Price / sales
- 0.3 10-yr median 0.4
- Price / book
- 1.6 10-yr median 1.7
- EV / EBITDA
- 10.7 10-yr median 11.3
- Dividend yield
- 2.27% $1.16 a year
- Beta
- 0.64
ABM key metrics, FY2016–FY2025
Fiscal year ended October 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsABM valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
ABM returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
ABM per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
ABM financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
ABM efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
ABM valuation history
ABM returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
ABM debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
ABM cash returned to shareholders
ABM price vs earnings per share
ABM key metrics
FY2016–FY2025| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $2.70B | $3.37B | $2.61B | $3.00B | $2.99B | $2.34B | $2.44B | $2.04B | $2.45B | $2.22B |
| Enterprise value | $4.29B | $4.76B | $3.98B | $4.33B | $3.96B | $2.83B | $3.18B | $2.94B | $3.56B | $2.44B |
| P/E ratio | 16.6 | 41.5 | 10.4 | 13.0 | 23.7 | — | 19.1 | 20.9 | 643.9 | 38.9 |
| Price / sales | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Price / book | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| Price / free cash flow | 17.4 | 20.2 | 13.7 | — | 10.7 | 5.6 | 12.0 | 7.6 | — | 56.3 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 11.5 | 14.9 | 10.7 | 147.3 | 9.5 | 5.1 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 436.9 | 26.6 |
| EV / sales | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.2 | 11.5 | 7.5 | 10.2 | 15.6 | 8.7 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 25.4 | 17.6 |
| EV / free cash flow | 27.6 | 28.5 | 20.9 | — | 14.2 | 6.7 | 15.7 | 10.9 | — | 61.7 |
| Earnings yield | 6.0% | 2.4% | 9.6% | 7.7% | 4.2% | 0.0% | 5.2% | 4.8% | 0.2% | 2.6% |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.8% | 5.0% | 7.3% | −1.0% | 9.4% | 18.0% | 8.3% | 13.2% | −2.1% | 1.8% |
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | 1.7% | 2.2% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1.6% | 1.7% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 7.0% | 3.3% | 7.5% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 3.8% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $43.00 | $53.06 | $39.34 | $44.51 | $44.01 | $34.72 | $36.46 | $30.75 | $41.97 | $39.08 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $139.49 | $131.44 | $122.12 | $115.65 | $91.60 | $88.97 | $97.14 | $97.02 | $93.54 | $90.42 |
| Earnings per share | $2.59 | $1.28 | $3.79 | $3.41 | $1.86 | $0.00 | $1.90 | $1.47 | $0.07 | $1.01 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $3.74 | $3.56 | $3.67 | $0.30 | $4.62 | $6.80 | $3.93 | $4.83 | $0.10 | $1.47 |
| Free cash flow per share | $2.47 | $2.63 | $2.88 | −$0.45 | $4.12 | $6.23 | $3.04 | $4.07 | −$0.89 | $0.69 |
| Cash per share | $1.66 | $1.02 | $1.05 | $1.08 | $0.92 | $5.86 | $0.87 | $0.59 | $1.08 | $0.98 |
| Book value per share | $28.48 | $28.02 | $27.15 | $25.44 | $23.67 | $22.29 | $23.05 | $21.91 | $23.60 | $17.12 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$16.73 | −$16.93 | −$15.00 | −$16.99 | −$15.36 | −$6.10 | −$8.83 | −$11.08 | −$15.76 | −$0.75 |
| Dividends per share | $1.05 | $0.89 | $0.87 | $0.77 | $0.75 | $0.73 | $0.71 | $0.69 | $0.68 | $0.65 |
| Capex per share | $1.26 | $0.93 | $0.79 | $0.75 | $0.50 | $0.56 | $0.89 | $0.77 | $0.98 | $0.77 |
| Debt per share | $27.01 | $22.84 | $21.76 | $20.78 | $15.19 | $13.17 | $11.98 | $14.14 | $20.21 | $4.72 |
| Shares outstanding | 62.7M | 63.6M | 66.3M | 67.5M | 68.0M | 67.3M | 66.9M | 66.4M | 58.3M | 56.9M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −1.4% | −4.1% | −1.8% | −0.7% | +1.0% | +0.6% | +0.8% | +13.9% | +2.5% | −0.9% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 9.1% | 4.5% | 14.3% | 13.9% | 8.1% | 0.0% | 8.5% | 6.9% | 0.3% | 5.8% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 7.3% | 4.1% | 10.0% | 9.2% | 6.3% | 6.5% | 7.1% | 5.7% | 5.0% | 4.8% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 3.1% | 1.6% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 0.0% | 3.5% | 2.6% | 0.1% | 2.6% |
| Return on tangible assets | 6.2% | 3.6% | 11.7% | 11.5% | 7.1% | 0.0% | 8.2% | 6.8% | 0.3% | 4.5% |
| Free cash flow margin | 1.8% | 2.0% | 2.4% | −0.4% | 4.5% | 7.0% | 3.1% | 4.2% | −0.9% | 0.8% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.44 | 2.79 | 0.97 | 0.09 | 2.49 | — | 2.06 | 3.28 | 1.47 | 1.46 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $1.69B | $1.45B | $1.44B | $1.40B | $1.03B | $886.1M | $801.5M | $939.1M | $1.18B | $268.3M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $104.1M | $64.6M | $69.5M | $73.0M | $62.8M | $394.2M | $58.5M | $39.1M | $62.8M | $56.0M |
| Net debt | $1.59B | $1.39B | $1.37B | $1.33B | $969.8M | $491.9M | $743.0M | $900.0M | $1.12B | $212.3M |
| Debt / equity | 0.95 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.65 | 0.86 | 0.28 |
| Debt / assets | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.12 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.77 | 3.35 | 2.57 | 3.14 | 3.83 | 1.51 | 2.64 | 3.46 | 7.96 | 1.53 |
| Current ratio | 1.48 | 1.33 | 1.40 | 1.15 | 1.09 | 1.46 | 1.41 | 1.48 | 1.63 | 1.66 |
| Quick ratio | 1.48 | 1.33 | 1.34 | 1.09 | 1.02 | 1.37 | 1.33 | 1.38 | 1.63 | 1.47 |
| Interest coverage | 3.4 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Working capital | $633.0M | $440.3M | $492.8M | $208.0M | $115.4M | $455.0M | $373.0M | $378.5M | $477.7M | $394.5M |
| Invested capital | $3.37B | $3.17B | $3.17B | $3.05B | $2.58B | $1.99B | $2.29B | $2.35B | $2.49B | $1.19B |
| Tangible asset value | −$1.05B | −$1.08B | −$994.3M | −$1.15B | −$1.04B | −$410.6M | −$590.5M | −$735.7M | −$918.6M | −$42.6M |
| Net current asset value | −$1.74B | −$1.53B | −$1.42B | −$1.59B | −$1.43B | −$834.6M | −$875.2M | −$1.00B | −$1.20B | −$313.5M |
| Graham number | $40.74 | $28.40 | $48.12 | $44.20 | $31.45 | $1.22 | $31.43 | $26.95 | $5.88 | $19.68 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$37.04 | −$32.88 | −$28.61 | −$29.95 | −$26.88 | −$17.23 | −$18.53 | −$20.07 | −$27.37 | −$10.52 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $65.6M | $56.5M | $57.5M | $51.9M | $51.0M | $49.3M | $47.7M | $46.0M | $39.5M | $36.9M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $122.2M | $56.1M | $138.1M | $97.5M | $43.3M | $5.1M | $1.3M | $1.0M | $7.9M | $46.6M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 40.4% | 69.4% | 22.9% | 22.5% | 40.4% | — | 37.4% | 47.0% | — | 64.5% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 121.1% | 67.3% | 102.6% | — | 33.7% | 13.0% | 24.1% | 17.4% | — | 211.4% |
| Capex / revenue | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.9% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 33.8% | 26.2% | 21.6% | 249.0% | 10.9% | 8.3% | 22.7% | 15.9% | 1,021.4% | 52.7% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.75 | 0.56 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 0.82 | 0.77 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| SG&A / revenue | 8.0% | 9.2% | 7.1% | 8.0% | 11.5% | 8.5% | 7.0% | 6.8% | 8.0% | 7.6% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 67.0 | 66.6 | 64.4 | 59.5 | 61.4 | 60.7 | 59.0 | 58.1 | 61.4 | 54.6 |
| Days of inventory on hand | — | 2.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 9.2 |
| Days payables outstanding | 17.1 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 16.3 | 19.5 | 19.6 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 49.9 | 52.9 | 52.8 | 47.8 | 47.9 | 46.8 | 48.0 | 46.3 | 50.4 | 49.9 |
| Receivables turnover | 5.45 | 5.48 | 5.66 | 6.14 | 5.94 | 6.01 | 6.19 | 6.28 | 5.95 | 6.69 |
| Payables turnover | 21.29 | 23.24 | 23.15 | 22.34 | 18.69 | 18.62 | 22.95 | 25.39 | 24.10 | 26.17 |
| Inventory turnover | — | — | 88.59 | 79.13 | 60.40 | 64.02 | 73.71 | 142.26 | 87.09 | 39.53 |
| Asset turnover | 1.66 | 1.67 | 1.65 | 1.68 | 1.52 | 1.60 | 1.78 | 1.73 | 1.79 | 2.32 |
| Average receivables | $1.61B | $1.53B | $1.43B | $1.27B | $1.05B | $996.1M | $1.05B | $1.03B | $916.9M | $769.2M |
| Average payables | $362.8M | $311.7M | $307.3M | $302.4M | $281.4M | $277.0M | $251.3M | $226.3M | $202.6M | $176.7M |
| Average inventory | — | $39.2M | $80.3M | $85.4M | $87.0M | $80.5M | $78.2M | $40.4M | $56.1M | $117.0M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 51.9% | 56.1% | 56.6% | 58.8% | 59.8% | 50.6% | 57.8% | 60.4% | 60.2% | 44.6% |
Computed from ABM's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed December 19, 2025) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
ABM valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (October 31, 2025), ABM Industries traded at 16.6 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 20.9. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 18.5 and the forward P/E is 11.1. ABM Industries earned a return on equity of 9.1% and a return on invested capital of 7.3% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $1.7 billion of debt and $104.1 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $1.6 billion. It returned $187.8 million to shareholders: $65.6 million in dividends and $122.2 million in share buybacks, 121% of free cash flow. The share count rose 10.2% from 56.9M to 62.7M over 9 years.
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ABM key metrics FAQ
What is ABM Industries's P/E ratio?
ABM Industries's trailing P/E ratio is 18.5 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 11.1. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 16.6, compared with a 10-year median of 20.9.
What is ABM Industries's EV/EBITDA?
ABM Industries's enterprise value was 10.2 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $4.3 billion, EBITDA $422.0 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 10.7.
What is ABM Industries's return on equity?
ABM Industries's return on equity (ROE) was 9.1% in fiscal 2025: net income of $162.4 million on average shareholders' equity of $1.8 billion.
What is ABM Industries's ROIC?
ABM Industries's return on invested capital was 7.3% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does ABM Industries have?
ABM Industries had total debt of $1.7 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95 and $1.6 billion of net debt (3.77 times EBITDA).
What is ABM Industries's dividend yield?
ABM Industries's forward dividend yield is 2.27%. ABM Industries paid $65.6 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($1.05 per share), a payout ratio of 40.4%.
Does ABM Industries buy back its shares?
Yes. ABM Industries spent $122.2 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −1.4% over the year, to 62.7M..
What is ABM Industries's free cash flow yield?
ABM Industries generated $155.1 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 5.8% on its market value at year-end ($2.7 billion).
What is ABM Industries's current ratio?
ABM Industries's current ratio was 1.48 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.48 times current liabilities.