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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 20.6%, EPS grew 18.9%, free cash flow fell 8.28% and total debt rose 23.8%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

127.86 0.63 −0.49%
Market cap
$9.7B
P/E
21.9×
Fwd P/E
21.2×
Dividend yield
0.59%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
4.34
Beneish M
−2.67
Dividend safety
85/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 14.84
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 4 1 — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 8.58%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 9,690.00
Revenue 3,221.61
Net Income 455.60
Free Cash Flow 550.88
Net Debt 1,565.23
Current Ratio 2.12 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.95
P/E ratio 21.93
Fwd P/E 21.20
P/S ratio 3.04
P/B ratio 5.38
Past 5Y EPS Growth 16.00% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth (0.40%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 18.37% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 13.33% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 12.13%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 23.93%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 59.01%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 6.68%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 63.58%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 51.20%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.13
Annual Dividend Rate 0.76
Annual Dividend Yield 0.59%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.72
0.18
0.20
0.20
2025 0.70
0.16
0.18
0.18
0.18
2024 0.62
0.14
0.16
0.16
0.16
2023 0.54
0.12
0.14
0.14
0.14
2022 0.47
0.11
0.12
0.12
0.12
2021 0.42
0.09
0.11
0.11
0.11
2020 0.36
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
2019 0.35
0.08
0.09
0.09
0.09
2018 0.31
0.07
0.08
0.08
0.08
2017 0.27
0.06
0.07
0.07
0.07
2016 0.23
0.05
0.06
0.06
0.06
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 490 463 223 162
Receivables 324 333 391 459
Inventory 464 488 543 549
Other 22 40 74 72
1,300 1,325 1,231 1,241
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 254 218 238 298
ST’ Debt 12 10 6 8
Other — — 15 12
440 398 509 586

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 8.98% 9.00% (0.23%)
Cash Flow 19.73% 12.61% 4.99%
Earnings 34.88% 18.13% (5.61%)
Book Value 19.88% 12.10% 30.77%

Revenue $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 1,001 — — — —
’26 830 850 693 677 3,050
’25 815 783 691 616 2,904
’24 778 780 662 654 2,874
’23 914 884 655 618 3,071
’22 669 706 715 678 2,769
’21 509 544 486 444 1,983
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 260 — — — —
’26 275 235 269 40 819
’25 183 167 190 41 581
’24 244 215 241 18 718
’23 250 187 223 47 708
’22 104 (9) 99 81 275
’21 134 152 163 3 452
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 204 — — — —
’26 222 203 189 (45) 569
’25 126 113 136 (6) 369
’24 222 174 188 (50) 534
’23 214 148 172 7 541
’22 79 (48) 62 32 126
’21 123 134 134 (18) 373
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 2.19 — — — —
’26 1.84 1.99 1.19 0.42 5.44
’25 2.06 1.67 1.04 0.99 5.76
’24 2.18 1.71 1.34 1.21 6.45
’23 2.22 1.80 0.99 1.06 6.08
’22 0.87 0.88 0.86 0.54 3.15
’21 0.83 0.93 0.62 0.23 2.59
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to March

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 17.90 21.70 23.83 22.13 80.35 79.90 75.02 113.10 93.92 122.84

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 26.30 33.50 40.16 84.37 138.02 153.36 145.68 184.27 155.39 179.32
People
People Employees 4,500 4,400 4,400 4,950 5,000 5,635 5,870 5,705 6,000 6,425
Revenue/emp, $m 0.28 0.30 0.31 0.34 0.40 0.49 0.52 0.50 0.48 0.47
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,257 1,330 1,385 1,674 1,983 2,769 3,071 2,874 2,904 3,050
Gross margin, % 23.53 22.74 23.61 18.91 34.80 28.90 36.42 39.87 37.68 38.27
EBT 65 77 112 (180) 312 384 657 667 589 560
EBT margin, % 5.16 5.78 8.06 (10.73) 15.75 13.85 21.40 23.20 20.30 18.35
Net income 36 65 81 (192) 226 275 511 513 453 429
Depreciation 74 76 73 159 146 142 147 157 185 218
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 22.89 23.89 24.28 26.23 28.26 38.85 37.31 36.73 37.45 39.23
Earnings 0.51 1.00 1.23 (3.21) 2.64 3.22 6.16 6.52 5.81 5.48
Cash flow 1.90 2.46 2.66 4.80 6.45 3.86 8.60 9.17 7.50 10.53
Capex (0.93) (0.75) (0.76) (1.06) (1.12) (2.09) (2.03) (2.35) (2.75) (3.21)
Free cash flow 0.96 1.71 1.90 3.74 5.32 1.77 6.57 6.83 4.75 7.32
Book value 6.23 7.64 8.78 12.29 15.16 15.50 10.22 14.98 19.90 24.21
Shares, m 55 56 57 64 70 71 82 78 78 78
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 38.42 25.00 21.52 0.00 39.16 36.90 13.72 26.18 18.73 25.02
P/S 0.96 1.04 1.08 1.12 3.66 3.06 2.26 4.64 2.90 3.50
P/B 30.53 10.28 6.87 3.65 8.82 9.31 8.24 11.38 5.46 5.66
EV/Sales 1.28 1.29 1.29 1.70 3.97 3.39 2.62 4.93 3.22 3.99
EV/FCF 30.29 18.01 16.48 11.93 21.10 74.62 14.85 26.54 25.38 21.38
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 104 137 152 306 452 275 708 718 581 819
Capex (51) (42) (43) (68) (79) (149) (167) (184) (213) (250)
Free cash flow 53 95 108 239 373 126 541 534 369 569
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 185 237 260 428 425 481 639 860 926 721
Total debt 407 358 296 1,142 822 940 1,316 1,333 1,393 1,734
Net debt 401 340 287 968 627 919 1,099 843 929 1,511
Shareholders’ equity 342 425 501 785 1,063 1,105 842 1,172 1,543 1,882
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 2.68 5.32 6.73 (12.00) 7.75 9.07 18.27 16.53 12.94 10.41
ROIC 6.42 7.21 10.27 (3.40) 12.74 12.72 23.16 22.71 16.62 11.41
ROE 154.45 64.08 39.87 (55.85) 27.72 26.50 57.91 50.64 33.16 24.90
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Mar 2026 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. vs peers in Building Products & Equipment (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
MAS Masco Corporation $14.3B 16.8× 16.5× −2.88% (below 0%: shrinking) +25.00% (above 0%: growing) +67.78% (above 0%: growing) 43.57% 23.64% Compare
CSL Carlisle Companies Incorporated $13.3B 19.0× 18.5× +8.33% (above 0%: growing) +6.75% (above 0%: growing) −22.53% (below 0%: shrinking) 36.20% 22.45% Compare
LII Lennox International, Inc. $12.4B 16.1× 20.8× +2.96% (above 0%: growing) −1.40% (below 0%: shrinking) +133.39% (above 0%: growing) 34.91% 22.97% Compare
WMS Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. $9.7B 21.9× 21.2× +20.63% (above 0%: growing) +18.92% (above 0%: growing) −8.28% (below 0%: shrinking) 40.76% 25.43%
OC Owens Corning Inc $9.0B — (loss-making) 13.4× +0.33% (above 0%: growing) −34.19% (below 0%: shrinking) +61.87% (above 0%: growing) 28.77% 17.49% Compare
SPXC SPX Technologies, Inc. $8.4B 29.5× 34.3× +22.92% (above 0%: growing) +40.18% (above 0%: growing) +96.84% (above 0%: growing) 40.18% 16.94% Compare
AWI Armstrong World Industries, Inc. $7.0B 23.0× 19.3× +11.16% (above 0%: growing) +12.44% (above 0%: growing) +13.13% (above 0%: growing) 41.31% 28.35% Compare
AAON AAON, Inc. $6.4B 37.8× 57.5× +101.23% (above 0%: growing) +263.16% (above 0%: growing) +52.96% (above 0%: growing) 24.32% 10.99% Compare
BLDR Builders FirstSource, Inc. $5.8B 59.4× 34.1× −8.77% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −87.35% (below 0%: shrinking) 28.14% 3.33% Compare
Median of peers $8.7B 23.0× 20.1× +5.65% +12.44% +57.41% 35.56% 19.97%

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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (WMS) key facts

  • Strength: Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended March 2026) was $3.1 billion, up 5.03% from fiscal 2025.
  • Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (WMS) is a Building Products & Equipment company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, WMS traded at $127.86, a market capitalization of $9.7 billion.
  • Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share, a yield of 0.59%, with a payout ratio of 13.1%.
  • Return on equity was 24.9% and debt-to-equity 0.95.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.34 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.

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