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ABM Industries Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, ABM Industries Inc had return on equity of 9.1% and a net margin of 1.9%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2017Oct 20172018Oct 20182019Oct 20192020Oct 20202021Oct 20212022Oct 20222023Oct 20232024Oct 20242025Oct 2025LTMJul 2026
Net margin0.1%1.5%2.0%0.0%2.0%3.0%3.1%1.0%1.9%1.8%
Return on equity0.3%6.9%8.5%0.0%8.1%13.9%14.3%4.5%9.1%9.3%
Return on assets0.1%2.6%3.5%0.0%3.1%5.0%5.1%1.6%3.1%3.1%
Effective tax rate10.1%−9.4%20.4%99.6%29.8%25.7%24.1%39.1%26.2%24.6%
SG&A as % of revenue8.0%6.8%7.0%8.5%11.5%8.0%7.1%9.2%8.0%7.5%
Dividends ÷ net income>999%47.0%37.4%>999%40.4%22.5%22.9%69.4%40.4%40.5%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 7 checks passed · July 31, 2026
What it owns · $5.6bn
Short-term assets $2.0bnLonger-term assets $3.6bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $5.6bn
Short-term liabilities $1.4bnLonger-term liabilities $2.4bnShareholders' equity $1.8bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.0bn of assets due within a year against $1.4bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.0bn short-term assets against $2.4bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $110m of cash against $1.8bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 99% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 59% to 99% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $408m of operating cash flow against $1.8bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $322m against $106m of interest.

From ABM Industries Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

47 /100

Moderate moat

How hard ABM Industries's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 8 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 3 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 3.9% of total assets over 8 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 12.7%, moving by 1.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.

  • Durability 6 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 3.6%; its worst year was 1.4%.

  • Cash conversion 10 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 8 years, at a median 3.0% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 11.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from ABM Industries Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to ABM Industries Inc.