Forensic Analysis · Professional & Commercial Services · as of Nov 8, 2026

Abm Industries Inc /De/ (ABM)

A forensic read on Abm Industries Inc /De/ built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

B · Sound & dependable

Forensic grade

Grey Zone

Financial health

2.6

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

9.1%

ROE

4.6%

Revenue growth

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Abm Industries Inc /De/ earns a B (Sound & dependable) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 2.6, placing it in the Grey zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

6.1%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 6.1% in the latest fiscal year, against 8.5% in FY2023, having run between 3.7% and 8.5% across FY2023–FY2025 with no direction held. After-tax operating profit was $311M in FY2023 and $230M in FY2025, with operating income at 5.1% of revenue in FY2023, 2.5% in FY2024 and 3.6% in FY2025. The capital base behind it went from $3.7B in FY2023 to $3.8B in FY2025 (+3%), while the revenue it carried went from $8.1B to $8.7B.

121% of FCF

FY2025

Shareholder returns. Returned $188M to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2025 — 121% of free cash flow, but 80% of operating cash flow. Returns run ahead of free cash flow because the business is also funding heavy growth capex (usually debt-financed); the payout itself is covered by operating cash — sustainable as long as that spending is genuine expansion, not upkeep. Counting the $38M of stock-based comp paid out in shares on top of that, the combined claim on free cash flow is 146%.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$8.75B

Revenue Growth YoY+4.6%

Revenue CAGR (2yr)+3.9%

Net Margin1.9%

Free Cash Flow$155.1M

Return on Equity9.1%

Debt / Equity0.88x

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