Clean Up with ABM Industries

ABM Industries (ABM) , formerly named American Building Maintenance, is the largest publicly traded company in its field. They do contract janitorial, landscaping, parking, security, air conditioning, engineering and elevator services for customers throughout the United States and parts of Canada. FY 2007 sales [ended Oct. 2007] were an all-time record $2.8378 MM. First quarter revenues, bolstered by a November acquisition, surged from $703.5 MM to $922.6 MM year-over-year. Apples-to-apples revenues were up 4.2%.

Sales per share have grown each year since 1994. Estimated FY 2008 revenues are about $3.8 billion reflecting their recent purchase of OneSource.