Madison Air Solutions Corporation (MAIR) vs Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (WMS)

Madison Air Solutions Corporation and Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. are both Building Products & Equipment companies. Madison Air Solutions Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $10.8B against $9.3B — 1.2× the size. Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 23.3× against 48.8×. Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.4% vs 4.75%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.9% vs 5.83%). Across the 19 metrics below, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. leads on 13 and Madison Air Solutions Corporation on 6.

Valuation

Metric MAIR WMS Building Products & Equipment median
P/E 48.77 23.33 23.33
P/S 2.94 2.85 2.09
P/B 2.76 5.22 2.85
Price to free cash flow 14.72 16.89 18.42
EV/EBITDA 16.26 12.37 13.29
EV/Sales 3.76 3.34 2.28
Earnings yield 2.05% 4.29% 3.04%
Free cash flow yield 6.79% 5.92% 4.26%

Profitability

Metric MAIR WMS Building Products & Equipment median
Gross margin 38.43% 38.36% 31.88%
Operating margin 17.56% 19.62% 7.18%
Net margin 4.75% 12.44% 4.11%
Free cash flow margin 19.99% 0.00% 6.41%
Return on equity 0.00% 22.36% 5.95%
Return on assets 3.90% 9.49% 3.90%
Return on invested capital 5.83% 11.90% 5.54%

Growth

Metric MAIR WMS Building Products & Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 9.18% 6.27%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (44.63%) (5.56%) (28.29%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 9.00% 4.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 18.13% 0.00%

Health

Metric MAIR WMS Building Products & Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.84 0.97 0.55
Current ratio 1.82 2.13 1.83
Net debt to EBITDA 7.54 1.80 1.45

Dividend

Metric MAIR WMS Building Products & Equipment median
Dividend yield — 0.62% 1.37%
Payout ratio — 0.14 0.28

Size

Metric MAIR WMS Building Products & Equipment median
Market cap 10.75b 9.25b 3.22b

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