Advanced Drainage Systems/$WMS
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About Advanced Drainage Systems
Advanced Drainage Systems Inc designs, manufactures and markets water management solutions in the stormwater and onsite wastewater industries, providing superior drainage solutions for use in the construction and agriculture markets. The company's products are used across a broad range of end markets and applications, including non-residential, residential, infrastructure and agriculture applications. It has two reportable segments: Stormwater and Wastewater. It derives the majority of revenue from the Stormwater segment, which manufactures and markets thermoplastic corrugated pipe and complementary products, including single wall pipe, N-12 HDPE pipe, polypropylene pipe, StormTech, Nyloplast, Inserta Tee, water quality filters and structures, and NDS channel drains, and access boxes.
- Ticker
- $WMS
- Sector
- Industrials
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 6,425
- Headquarters
- Hilliard, United States
- Website
- www.adspipe.com
WMS Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$9.6B
22.03
$5.77
1.29
$0.74
0.63%
Price and volume
Market cap
$9.6B
Beta
1.29
52-week high
$179.32
52-week low
$126.40
Average daily volume
699K
Dividend rate
$0.74
Financial strength
Current ratio
2.119
Quick ratio
1.06
Long term debt to equity
94.662
Total debt to equity
97.1
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
12.74%
Interest coverage (TTM)
7.58%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
947.551
Gross margin (TTM)
38.65%
Net profit margin (TTM)
14.00%
Operating margin (TTM)
22.94%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
23.50%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$500,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
11.02%
Return on equity (TTM)
26.35%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
22.034
Price to revenue (TTM)
3.058
Price to book
5.06
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-114.35
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
17.908
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
5.58%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
7.101
Dividend yield (TTM)
0.58%
Forward dividend yield
0.63%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
10.37%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
4.19%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
3.15%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
9.51%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-1.29%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
27.98%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
13.96%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
13.42%
What the Analysts think about WMS
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ADS delivered strong first-quarter fiscal 2027 momentum, with revenue up 20.6%, organic sales up 9.2%, adjusted EBITDA up 28.8% and adjusted EBITDA margin expanding 230 basis points to 35.8%. (Business Wire)
The NDS acquisition is expanding ADS’s reach in residential stormwater and landscape irrigation, while higher-margin Infiltrator and Allied products represented 48% of fiscal 2026 revenue and grew 14% and 13%, respectively. (Business Wire)
Capital returns are becoming a meaningful support: ADS repurchased $228.5 million of stock in the June 2026 quarter, retained approximately $822.5 million of authorization, and raised its quarterly dividend 11% to $0.20 per share. (Business Wire)
Management remains cautious on fiscal 2027 demand because of elevated interest rates, geopolitical uncertainty and slower residential construction; first-quarter sales also benefited from customers buying ahead of planned price increases, creating pull-forward risk. (Business Wire)
Leverage increased after the NDS acquisition: net debt reached $1.60 billion at June 30, 2026, while first-quarter free cash flow declined to $203.2 million from $222.4 million year over year despite strong earnings growth. (Business Wire)
Integration and cost pressures remain execution risks: fiscal 2026 SG&A rose 23.4%, GAAP EPS fell 5.4% because of acquisition and restructuring costs, and ADS cited higher transportation costs, raw-material inflation and potential tariff exposure. (Business Wire)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 8 Sept 2026.
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iShares Global Water€IQQQ | €1.8B | 3.44% |
iShares Global Water£IH2O | £1.6B | 3.44% |
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap$SPY4 | $6.3B | 0.27% |
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap£SPX4 | £4.7B | 0.27% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap ESG Enhanced CTB€SXRG | €2.8B | 0.24% |
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