Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. WMS: Stock price, financial analysis and comparison with its peers

Stock - WMS

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

Prices and values in USD currency

Price - $112.18

Price is the close price as of yesterday market close (i.e. 2025-03-26). Prices are not updated in real time.

Sector

Basic Materials

Industry

Building Materials

Employees

5635.0

ISIN

US00790R1041

Business summary

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets thermoplastic corrugated pipes and related water management products, and drainage solutions for use in the underground construction and infrastructure marketplace in the United State... See more...

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	WMS	BLD	CRH	LIN
Company Name	Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.	TopBuild Corp	CRH plc	LINDE PLC
Reason for selection	Selected stock	Stock with min Market Cap difference in Industry	Highest market cap. in industry	Highest market cap. in sector
Market Cap	$8,702 M	$9,114 M	$63,981 M	$218,216 M
Industry	Building Materials	Building Materials	Building Materials	Chemicals
Sector	Basic Materials	Basic Materials	Basic Materials	Basic Materials
Total Equity	$1,564 M	*************************	*************************	*************************
Shares Outstanding	78 M	*************************	*************************	*************************
Close	$112.18	*************************	*************************	*************************
Earning Yield	0.07%	*************************	*************************	*************************
ROIC	0.37%	*************************	*************************	*************************
Current Ratio	3.2	*************************	*************************	*************************
TBI Financial Score	78	*************************	*************************	*************************
Preferred Stocks	$65 M	*************************	*************************	*************************
Total Capitalization	$8,767 M	*************************	*************************	*************************
Book Value per Share	20	*************************	*************************	*************************
Earning Yield EBITavg3	0.07%	*************************	*************************	*************************
P E (3 years avg)	18	*************************	*************************	*************************
Net Profit Margin	0.16%	*************************	*************************	*************************
Dividends Yield	0.55%	*************************	*************************	*************************
Working Capital/Debt	0.97%	*************************	*************************	*************************
Net Income	$468 M	*************************	*************************	*************************
Net Income 5yGrowth	48.32%	*************************	*************************	*************************
Num of Years w Dividends 10y	10	*************************	*************************	*************************

Investment Analysis Report: WMS and his peers

Overview:

Below you'll find an AI powered output based on the selected companies for comparison. If you change the companies, the output will be re-calculated.

For the analysis we decided to use Graham (father of value investing) as inspiration, the comparison is structured and oriented as the writer did to compare companies back in his times in the chapter 13 of the famous book The Intelligent Investor.

1. Profitability

(a) All 3 companies show satisfactory earnings on their invested capital.

But the figures for BLD are much more interesting. Showing values above 30%

A high rate of return on tangible book value often goes along with a high annual growth rate in earnings per share. Mainly due to the fact that the management seems to be qualified to assign invested capital to profitable businesses and make earnings grow over time.

(b) Profit margins are usually an indication of comparative strength or weakness. But it tends to fluctuate based on several factors which can lead to two types of higher-than-average margins: temporary margins caused by external factors (like rises in commodity prices that the company produce due to temporary high demand or temporary low offer), and competitive advantages which stem from the intrinsic company and firm-specific factors.

We define companies with net profit margins of over 20% as having very high margin.

1 companies out of 3 show very high margins. These are: LIN.

The following companies have a good margin (not high but still acceptable), what could mean that they have competitive advantages if not caused by external factors: BLD.

2. Stability

All 3 companies have reported positive net income in all of the last 10 years with available statements.

These are the companies from the table above that have always reported positive Net Income: BLD, CRH, LIN.

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