abm industries inc on friday said it swung to a profit for the third quarter as sales rose more than 27 on the back of acquisitions and strong demand for its janitorial and engineering services the facilitymanagement company had net income for the three months ended july 31 of 568 million or 85 cents a share compared with a loss of 137 million or 20 cents a share for the same period a year earlier stripping out onetime items abm industries said pershare earnings were 94 cents in line with analysts polled by factset the companys revenue increased 271 to 196 billion up from 154 billion a year earlier nearly 20 of that growth came from recent acquisitions analysts polled by factset had forecast sales of 191 billion the company which said it has been increasing its prices to offset the effects of inflation said revenue was also boosted by the growth seen in the emobility business chief executive scott salmirs said the results came despite rising costs challenges finding workers in some markets and an expected decline in the demand for the disinfectionrelated work business