ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
WMS on NYSE
Location
Hilliard, OH
Fiscal year end
31 March
Latest financial report
05 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • WMS - ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 28%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-25%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 29 Jan 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-01-29) highlights Return On Equity 27.6%, Return On Assets 11.5%, and Operating Margin 21.0%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

67.0/100

Balanced Confidence high

Return On Equity

28%

Metric score 100.0/100

Return On Assets

11%

Metric score 100.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
4.12x
Quick Ratio
3.01x
Debt to Equity
0.74x

Strengths

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Operating Margin

Watchpoints

Revenues YoY and NetIncomeLoss YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 28% -25%
Return On Assets 11% -12%
Operating Margin 21% -0.55%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 4.12x +29%
Quick Ratio 3.01x +56%
Debt-to-equity 0.74x -22%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 1.6%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 0.62%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 77,895,585 +0.41%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 73,060,000 +1.9%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $11,707,000 +0.12%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 77,815,000 +0.36%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 78,447,000 +0.42%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $2,989,376,000 +1.6%
Selling and Marketing Expense $108,742,000 +7.9%
Operating Income (Loss) $682,845,000 +1%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $152,796,000 +5.9%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 6.06 +0.33%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 6.01 +0.33%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $1,008,190,000 +106%
Inventory, Net $431,245,000 -9.5%
Other Assets, Current $28,065,000 -12%
Assets, Current $1,705,094,000 +37%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $1,153,550,000 +13%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $410,286,000 -11%
Goodwill $725,200,000 +0.65%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $150,181,000 -4.1%
Assets $4,144,311,000 +15%
Accounts Payable, Current $168,884,000 -8.2%
Liabilities, Current $413,377,000 +6.5%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $216,786,000 +12%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $82,583,000 -6.6%
Liabilities $2,115,294,000 +3.8%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $30,197,000 +21%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $1,844,101,000 +29%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $1,928,321,000 +33%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $1,950,765,000 +33%
Liabilities and Equity $4,144,311,000 +15%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 1,000,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 85,004,000 +1.7%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $1,010,903,000 +104%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $478,903,000 +5%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $55,175,000 +7.7%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $30,639,000 +1.8%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY