ABM Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2025 Results And Comments On Fiscal 2025 Outlook

• Revenue up 6.2% to $2.2 billion, including organic growth of 5.0%
• Net income of $41.8 million and earnings per diluted share of $0.67, versus $4.7 million and $0.07 in the prior year, respectively
• Adjusted net income of $51.7 million and adjusted earnings per diluted share of $0.82, versus $53.6 million, or $0.84 in the prior year, respectively
• Adjusted EBITDA up 5% to $125.8 million
• Operating cash flow up 120.1% to $175.0 million and free cash flow up 134.3% to $150.2 million
• Board approves a $150 million increase in share repurchase authorization

NEW YORK, Sept. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ABM (NYSE: ABM), a leading provider of facility, engineering and infrastructure solutions, today announced financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended July 31, 2025.

“ABM's third quarter performance was highlighted by mid-single-digit organic revenue growth and strong free cash flow,” said Scott Salmirs, President & Chief Executive Officer.“Each of our segments once again delivered organic growth, and we secured over $1.5 billion in new bookings through the first three quarters – a 15% increase year-over-year, positioning us for strong revenue and earnings growth in the year ahead.”

Mr. Salmirs continued,“We continue to see robust pipelines for new business and expansions in Technical Solutions (“ATS”) and Manufacturing & Distribution (“M&D”), as well as in many geographies within Business & Industry (“B&I”). However, some commercial office markets, particularly in select West Coast, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic metro areas, are recovering more slowly. We are focused on positioning ABM for growth in those B&I markets by utilizing strategic pricing for contract rebids and proactive extensions, combined with managing contract escalation timing to maintain and expand our footprint. We are employing a similar strategy for certain M&D new business opportunities within attractive end-markets like semiconductor and e-commerce. These decisions modestly pressured margin and adjusted EPS, but are expected to yield meaningful benefits over time. We are pleased that the Aviation and Education end-markets remain stable.”

Mr. Salmirs concluded,“We are taking decisive actions to address the near-term margin challenges through labor efficiency actions, cost controls and a restructuring program that is underway. This program is expected to generate significant annual run-rate savings by year-end. Looking ahead, we expect our fourth quarter adjusted EPS and margin results to improve meaningfully over the third quarter driven by the benefits of these actions, as well as strong performance in our ATS segment. For the full fiscal year, we expect adjusted EPS to be toward the low end of our outlook range of $3.65 to $3.80⁽¹⁾. We continue to invest in AI capabilities and client-facing resources and solutions designed to drive higher growth and improved margin over time. Consistent with our confidence in the long-term earnings trajectory and cash-generative qualities of our business, we have also been actively repurchasing shares – totaling over one million shares during July and August.”

Third Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results

Revenue increased 6.2% year over year to $2.2 billion, driven by 5.0% organic growth and a 1.2% contribution from acquisitions. ATS and Aviation led the way, with revenue increasing 19% and 9%, respectively, as ATS continued to benefit from its recent acquisitions and significantly higher microgrid volume, while Aviation's air travel markets remained healthy. M&D was up 8% on new client wins and expansions. B&I grew 3% supported by geographic diversification and strong retention in the U.S prime office space market. Education delivered growth of 3%.

Net income for the quarter rose to $41.8 million, or $0.67 per diluted share, up from $4.7 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, in the prior year period. The increase was largely driven by the absence of a $36 million contingent consideration adjustment recorded in the prior year and lower corporate costs, primarily reflecting a smaller negative impact from prior year self-insurance adjustments. These items were partially offset by higher interest and tax expense. Net income margin was 1.9% versus 0.2% in the prior year.

Adjusted net income was $51.7 million, or $0.82 per diluted share, compared to $53.6 million, or $0.84 per diluted share, last year. The year-over-year change was attributable to higher interest and tax expense, partially offset by lower corporate costs.

Adjusted EBITDA increased to $125.8 million, with adjusted EBITDA margin flat at 5.9%, compared to $119.8 million and 5.9% in the prior year.

Adjusted results exclude items impacting comparability. A description of items impacting comparability can be found in the“Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” table.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $175.0 million, and free cash flow was $150.2 million, up from $79.5 million and $64.1 million, respectively, in the prior year. These results primarily reflect strong progress in the Company's cash collection efforts amid its ERP conversion. Sequentially, cash flow from operations increased by $142.7 million from the second quarter. A reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow can be found in the“Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” table.

Restructuring Program

ABM launched a restructuring program in August to further streamline its operations and improve the efficiency of its support functions. This initiative is intended to enhance overall organizational effectiveness and ensure alignment between the Company's cost structure and operational footprint, and the Company's strategic growth objectives. Once fully implemented, this program is expected to deliver approximately $35 million of annualized cost savings. The Company expects these savings to begin in the fourth quarter and ramp to their full run rate by early fiscal 2026. The Company expects to record approximately $10 million in restructuring charges related to these actions in the fourth quarter.

The Company continues to review its overhead and cost structure for efficiency opportunities under this program.

Liquidity, Capital Structure & Share Repurchases

At the end of the third quarter, the Company's total indebtedness stood at $1.6 billion, including $29.7 million in standby letters of credit, resulting in a total leverage ratio of 2.8X, as defined by the Company's credit facility. Available liquidity was $691.0 million, including $69.3 million in cash and cash equivalents.

During the third quarter, ABM repurchased approximately 0.6 million shares of its common stock for $27.1 million, at an average price of $48.77 per share. Following quarter end, the Company repurchased an additional 0.5 million shares for $23.0 million, at an average price of $46.83 per share. Year-to-date, ABM has repurchased approximately 1.5 million shares for a total of $71.3 million, at an average price of $48.82 per share.

As of the date of this release, ABM has $233 million remaining under its share repurchase program, which includes a $150 million increase in authorization approved by the Board following the third quarter. The increase reflects the Board's continued confidence in ABM's strategic direction and the cash generating ability of its business model.

Quarterly Cash Dividend

After the quarter's close, the Board declared a cash dividend of $0.265 per common share, payable on November 3, 2025, to shareholders of record on October 2, 2025. This marks the Company's 238^th consecutive quarterly cash dividend.

Outlook

The Company expects to be toward the lower end of its fiscal 2025 adjusted EPS range of $3.65 to $3.80 and adjusted EBITDA margin range of 6.3% to 6.5%, principally reflecting higher than anticipated interest expense and the previously mentioned margin dynamics. This outlook does not include any future positive or negative prior year self-insurance adjustments.

The Company cannot provide reconciliations of the differences between the non-GAAP expectations and corresponding GAAP measure for adjusted EPS or adjusted EBITDA margin in 2025 without unreasonable effort, as we believe a GAAP range would be too large and variable to be meaningful due to the uncertainty of the amount and timing of any gains or losses related to, but not limited to, items such as adjustments to contingent consideration, acquisition and integration related costs, legal costs and other settlements, as well as transformation initiative costs.

Conference Call Information

ABM will host its quarterly conference call for all interested parties on Friday, September 5, 2025, at 8:30 AM (ET). The live conference call can be accessed via audio webcast at the“Investors” section of the Company's website, located at , or by dialing (877) 451-6152 (domestic) or (201) 389-0879 (international) approximately 15 minutes prior to the scheduled time.

A supplemental presentation will accompany the webcast on the Company's website.

A replay will be available approximately three hours after the webcast through September 19, 2025, and can be accessed by dialing (844) 512-2921 and then entering ID #13754755. A replay link of the webcast will also be archived on the ABM website for 90 days.

(1) When the Company provides expectations for adjusted EPS and adjusted EBITDA margin on a forward-looking basis, a reconciliation of the differences between these non-GAAP expectations and the corresponding GAAP measures generally is not available without unreasonable effort. See“Outlook” and“Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information” below for additional information.

About ABM

ABM (NYSE: ABM) is one of the world's largest providers of integrated facility, engineering, and infrastructure solutions. Every day, our over 100,000 team members deliver essential services that make spaces cleaner, safer, and more efficient, enhancing the overall occupant experience.

ABM serves a wide range of market sectors including commercial real estate, aviation, mission critical, and manufacturing and distribution. With over $8 billion in annual revenue and a blue-chip client base, ABM delivers innovative technologies and sustainable solutions that enhance facilities and empower clients to achieve their goals. Committed to creating smarter, more connected spaces, ABM is investing in the future to meet evolving challenges and build a healthier, thriving world. ABM: Driving possibility, together.

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To supplement ABM's consolidated financial information, the Company has presented net income and net income per diluted share as adjusted for items impacting comparability for the third quarter and nine months of fiscal years 2025 and 2024. These adjustments have been made with the intent of providing financial measures that give management and investors a better understanding of the underlying operational results and trends as well as ABM's operational performance. In addition, the Company has presented earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and excluding items impacting comparability (adjusted EBITDA) for the third quarter and nine months of fiscal years 2025 and 2024. Adjusted EBITDA is among the indicators management uses as a basis for planning and forecasting future periods. Adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue excluding management reimbursement. We cannot provide a reconciliation of forward-looking non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA margin measures to GAAP due to the inherent difficulty in forecasting and quantifying certain amounts that are necessary for such reconciliation. The Company has also presented Free Cash Flow which is defined as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less additions to property, plant and equipment. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. (See accompanying financial tables for supplemental financial data and corresponding reconciliations to certain GAAP financial measures.)

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^(a) The Company adjusts income to exclude the impact of certain items that are unusual, non-recurring, or otherwise do not reflect management's views of the underlying operational results and trends of the Company.

^(b) After communications with the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we have revised the definition of our non-GAAP financial measures-including adjusted net income, adjusted earnings per share, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin-to no longer exclude the positive or negative impact of“prior year self-insurance adjustments”. Prior year self-insurance adjustments reflect the net changes to our self-insurance reserves for our general liability, workers' compensation, automobile, and health insurance programs, related to claims from incidents that occurred in previous years. This definitional change has been applied to our third quarter 2025 results and retroactively to all presented periods to ensure comparability.

^(c) Represents acquisition and integration related costs associated with recent acquisitions.

^(d) Represents discrete transformational costs that primarily consist of general and administrative costs for developing technological needs and alternatives, project management, testing, training and data conversion, consulting and professional fees for i) new enterprise resource planning system, ii) client facing technology, iii) workforce management tools and iv) data analytics. These costs are not expected to recur beyond the deployment of these initiatives.

^(e) Represents an adjustment to the estimate of the fair value of the contingent consideration associated with the RavenVolt acquisition.

^(f) Nine months ended July 31, 2025 include a parking tax audit settlement related to prior years. The three and nine months ended July 31, 2024 primarily represents severance costs related to the permanent elimination of the role of Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer.

^(g) The Company's tax impact is calculated using the federal and state statutory rate of 28.11% for FY2025 and FY2024. We calculate tax from the underlying whole-dollar amounts, as a result, certain amounts may not recalculate based on reported numbers due to rounding.

^(h) The three and nine months ended July 31, 2025 include a $0.1 million charge related to ERC refunds received from IRS. The nine months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024 include a $0.1 million and $0.3 million benefit for uncertain tax positions with expiring statues.

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