ABM ABM INDUSTRIES INC /DE/

Last updated: Mar 16, 2026

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Execution Consistency

Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?

Bought back stock in 2/4 quarters. Q1 2026: $21M, Q3 2025: $0M, Q2 2025: $24M, Q1 2025: $0M

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Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?

Latest quarter $21M vs trailing avg $8M (+168%)

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What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.

Negative FCF ($-50M), cannot compute buyback ratio

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How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.

Repurchased 1,540,000 shares = 2.6% of 60,176,611 outstanding (annualized)

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Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?

No insider open-market purchases in the last 12 months

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Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?

Need both buyback and insider purchase data

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Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?

Insiders bought $0M, sold $19M (net selling)

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Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.

Company buying back stock while insiders sold 18639586.1x more than bought. 5 C-suite officers among sellers

JACOBSEN RENE (EVP & Chief Operating Officer) sold 9,339 shares on 2026-02-09
JACOBSEN RENE (EVP & Chief Operating Officer) sold 31,034 shares on 2026-01-13
CHIN DEAN A (SVP - Chief Accounting Officer) sold 3,567 shares on 2025-10-01
JACOBSEN RENE (EVP & Chief Operating Officer) sold 17,250 shares on 2025-07-07
SALMIRS SCOTT B (President and CEO) sold 37,065 shares on 2025-05-15
SALMIRS SCOTT B (President and CEO) sold 800 shares on 2025-05-12
SALMIRS SCOTT B (President and CEO) sold 12,135 shares on 2025-05-13
MAHONEY SEAN MICHAEL (EVP, President-Sales & Mktng) sold 12,626 shares on 2025-05-08
MAHONEY SEAN MICHAEL (EVP, President-Sales & Mktng) sold 574 shares on 2025-05-05
MAHONEY SEAN MICHAEL (EVP, President-Sales & Mktng) sold 1,800 shares on 2025-05-07