ABM ABM INDUSTRIES INC /DE/

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

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

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

Latest quarter $0M vs trailing avg $15M (-100%)

What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.

Negative FCF ($-42M), buybacks not supported by cash flow

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

Repurchased 1,960,000 shares = 3.3% of 60,176,611 outstanding (annualized)

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

No insider open-market purchases in the last 12 months

Are both company buybacks and insider buying independently active? Bull when the company is buying back stock in 2+ quarters and insiders have made 2+ open-market purchases.

Need both buyback and insider purchase data

Over the last 90 days, are insiders net buyers or net sellers on the open market?

Insiders bought $0M, sold $2M in the last 90 days (net selling)

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 5120939.5x more than bought. 3 C-suite officers among sellers

• SALMIRS SCOTT B (President and CEO) sold 10,424 shares on 2026-06-12
• SALMIRS SCOTT B (President and CEO) sold 39,576 shares on 2026-06-12
• 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