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How ABM Industries Incorporated stacks up
ABM · against 570 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
37/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #426 of 571 · scores higher than 24% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score65 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including ABM · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 37?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, which is weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 74% of peers. Operating margin: 3.5% vs peer median 7.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.0% vs peer median 3.1%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 7.4% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ABM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ABM | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 548 reported | 7.4% | 9.2% | 41% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 575 reported | 3.5% | 8.9% | 16% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 537 reported | 3.0% | 3.9% | 39% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 534 reported | 9.2% | 10.1% | 44% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 578 reported | 12.9% | 27.4% | 16% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ABMScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score