"In these areas, we're pushing long-term growth by strategically pricing rebates and extensions and by managing the timing of escalations to protect and expand our footprint."
— Scott Salmirs
03Detailed Report
ABM
Company ABM
Period
Q3 2025
CurrencyUSD
Report TypeQuarterly Earnings
GeneratedMay 29, 2026
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Executive Summary
ABM Industries delivered a solid Q3 2025 despite near-term margin pressure from strategic pricing and escalation actions in select contracts. Revenue reached $2.224 billion, up 6.2% year over year, with 5% organic growth and 1.2% contribution from acquisitions, marking the strongest organic growth in ABM since 4Q2022. Management highlighted a disciplined focus on cash collections, delivering free cash flow of $150 million in the quarter and reducing day sales outstanding meaningfully. Through the first three quarters, ABM has secured over $1.5 billion in new business, a 15% YoY increase, underpinning a favorable longer-term revenue and earnings trajectory. The company signaled a robust margin recovery planโincluding a restructuring program targeting $35 million in annual run-rate savings at roughly $10 million of one-time costsโand reiterated confidence in a stronger Q4 driven by ATS (Technical Solutions) performance and enrolment gains from pricing and escalation management. ABM remains positioned to benefit from secular trends in tech-enabled manufacturing, aviation/travel, and electrification (microgrids/data centers), while maintaining a people-led, service-intensive core business that AI will augment rather than replace. Key near-term risks include geographic pockets of slower office market recovery and ongoing pricing negotiations that temporarily pressure margins. Management projects Q4 to show meaningful margin and EPS improvement, with full-year adjusted EPS expected to land at the low end of the prior $3.65โ$3.80 guidance range.
Key Performance Indicators
Revenue
Increasing
2.22B
QoQ: 5.32% | YoY: 6.20%
Gross Profit
Decreasing
261.00M
11.74% margin
QoQ: 1.36% | YoY: -0.84%
Operating Income
Increasing
83.40M
QoQ: 1.34% | YoY: 122.99%
Net Income
Increasing
41.80M
QoQ: -0.95% | YoY: 789.36%
EPS
Increasing
0.67
QoQ: 0.00% | YoY: 799.33%
Revenue Trend
Margin Analysis
Financial Highlights
Revenue: $2.224B in Q3 2025, up 6.20% YoY and 5.32% QoQ; gross profit: $261.0M (gross margin 11.74%); operating income: $83.4M (operating margin 3.75%); EBITDA: $112.2M (EBITDA margin 5.04%); net income: $41.8M ($0.67 per diluted share); adjusted EBITDA: $125.8M (flat margin vs. prior year at 5.9%); diluted EPS: $0.67; weighted average shares: 62.5โ62.8M; free cash flow: $150M (up $135M vs. Q2, up $86M YoY); DSOs declined 7% sequentially; total indebtedness: $1.6B; debt/pro forma adjusted EBITDA: 2.8x; liquidity: $691M (cash $69.3M); share repurchases: 555k shares for $27.1M in Q3; YTD repurchases: ~1.5M shares for $71.3M; equity authorization: increased by $150M to $233M; guidance: full-year adjusted EPS toward the low end of $3.65โ$3.80; Q4 interest expense ~ $25M; normalized tax rate 29โ30%; cash flow from operations improving with ERP progress and ongoing Elevate integration efforts; acquisitions contributed ~1.2% to revenue in the quarter. Segment highlights: BNI revenue >$1.0B (+3% YoY); Aviation revenue $291.8M (+9%); M&D revenue $408.9M (+8%); Education $235.1M (+3%); Technical Solutions $249.5M (+19% with 60% of segment revenue from microgrids/data center/power).
Income Statement
Metric
Value
YoY Change
QoQ Change
Revenue
2.22B
6.20%
5.32%
Gross Profit
261.00M
-0.84%
1.36%
Operating Income
83.40M
122.99%
1.34%
Net Income
41.80M
789.36%
-0.95%
EPS
0.67
799.33%
0.00%
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