Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

WMS Industrials Building Products & Equipment

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended March 2026) was $3.1 billion, up 5.03% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+4.59%
EPS
−26.9%
Free cash flow
−8.28%
Total debt
+24.6%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

123.42 20.65 −14.33%
Market cap
$9.3B
P/E
23.3×
Fwd P/E
21.8×
Dividend yield
0.62%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
4.34
Beneish M
−2.67
Dividend safety
85/100

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (WMS) Return on invested capital

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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 11.9%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (11.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.40% (fiscal 2020) to 23.2% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 58% of that period. That is above the Building Products & Equipment industry median of 5.54% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 11.4% (5.21)
FY2025 16.6% (6.09)
FY2024 22.7% (0.45)
FY2023 23.2% 10.44
FY2022 12.7% (0.02)
FY2021 12.7% 16.14
FY2020 −3.40% (13.67)
FY2019 10.3% 3.06
FY2018 7.21% 0.79
FY2017 6.42% (1.94)

Against its own ten years

Low −3.40% High 23.2%
Ten-year median 10.8%
Current reading's percentile 58

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
MAS Masco Corporation compare 35.2%
LII Lennox International, Inc. compare 26.3%
AWI Armstrong World Industries, Inc. compare 21.4%
CSL Carlisle Companies Incorporated compare 16.8%
WMS Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. 11.9%
SPXC SPX Technologies, Inc. compare 7.14%
MAIR Madison Air Solutions Corporation compare 5.83%
BLDR Builders FirstSource, Inc. compare 2.21%
OC Owens Corning Inc compare 1.80%
Building Products & Equipment industry median 5.54%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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