ABM Industries vs Frontdoor
ABM and FTDR side by side, both in business services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ABM and FTDR compare
Frontdoor is the larger company, worth 2.1 times as much as ABM Industries ($6.7B against $3.2B).
On earnings, ABM Industries is cheaper: it trades at 19.6× trailing earnings, against 24.4× for Frontdoor.
Frontdoor grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.9% versus 6.0% for ABM Industries).
Frontdoor keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.0% compared with 1.8% at ABM Industries.
ABM Industries pays a dividend yielding 2.1%; Frontdoor does not pay one.
ABM Industries scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 11 for Frontdoor), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ABM | FTDR |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.2B | $6.7B |
| Share price | $54.28 | $97.86 |
| Change, 1 year | 28.4% | 96.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 14.6% | 161% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.88 | 1.00 |
| Employees | 113K | 2,034 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 19.6× (better) | 24.4× |
| P/S | 0.3× (better) | 3.1× |
| P/B | 1.8× (better) | 21.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.1× (better) | 13.7× |
| P/FCF | 10.2× (better) | 17.2× |
| PEG | – | 0.42 |
| FCF yield | 9.8% (better) | 5.8% |
| Fair value | $60.88 | $85.59 |
| Margin of safety | 10.8% (better) | −14.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.0% | 6.9% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.9% (better) | 7.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 43.6% (better) | 8.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 49.7% (better) | 14.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 21.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 12.0% | 55.0% (better) |
| Operating margin | 3.5% | – |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 13.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 3.4% | 18.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | 9.2% | 90.0% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 7.2% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.99 (better) | 3.66 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.83 | 1.07 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 3.0× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.42 | 1.75 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.81 | 3.94 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.1% | – |
| Payout ratio | 40.5% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 7.5% | – |
| Buyback yield | 5.3% (better) | 5.2% |
| Shareholder yield | 7.4% (better) | 5.2% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 101% | 104% |
| Held by insiders | 1.8% | 0.81% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$4.4M (better) | −$4.6M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.3% | 4.8% |
Go deeper
- ABM stock overview
- ABM income statement
- ABM valuation and score
- FTDR stock overview
- FTDR income statement
- FTDR valuation and score
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