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Advanced Drainage Systems (Advanced Drainage Systems) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 60.30 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Advanced Drainage Systems Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-29), Advanced Drainage Systems's current share price is $162.82. Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.70. Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 60.30.

The historical rank and industry rank for Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

WMS' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 36.62   Med: 48.69   Max: 82.53
Current: 60.23

During the past years, Advanced Drainage Systems's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 82.53. The lowest was 36.62. And the median was 48.69.

WMS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
84.91% of 570 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 17.925 vs WMS: 60.23

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Advanced Drainage Systems's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.388. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $2.70 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Advanced Drainage Systems Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Advanced Drainage Systems Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Advanced Drainage Systems Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Advanced Drainage Systems Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Advanced Drainage Systems Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=162.82/2.7
=60.30

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Advanced Drainage Systems's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=2.388/129.4194*129.4194
=2.388

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Advanced Drainage Systems Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 -3.986 99.695 -5.174
201406 -2.848 100.560 -3.665
201409 0.447 100.428 0.576
201412 1.312 99.070 1.714
201503 -0.489 99.621 -0.635
201506 -0.540 100.684 -0.694
201509 0.454 100.392 0.585
201512 1.852 99.792 2.402
201603 -0.137 100.470 -0.176
201606 -0.232 101.688 -0.295
201609 0.624 101.861 0.793
201612 0.983 101.863 1.249
201703 -0.405 102.862 -0.510
201706 -0.616 103.349 -0.771
201709 0.641 104.136 0.797
201712 1.814 104.011 2.257
201803 -0.147 105.290 -0.181
201806 0.052 106.317 0.063
201809 0.624 106.507 0.758
201812 1.353 105.998 1.652
201903 -0.149 107.251 -0.180
201906 0.923 108.070 1.105
201909 1.527 108.329 1.824
201912 1.500 108.420 1.791
202003 -0.167 108.902 -0.198
202006 1.760 108.767 2.094
202009 1.891 109.815 2.229
202012 1.870 109.897 2.202
202103 -0.239 111.754 -0.277
202106 1.078 114.631 1.217
202109 -0.663 115.734 -0.741
202112 0.857 117.630 0.943
202203 0.440 121.301 0.469
202206 2.531 125.017 2.620
202209 1.750 125.227 1.809
202212 2.074 125.222 2.144
202303 0.090 127.348 0.091
202306 2.535 128.729 2.549
202309 2.198 129.860 2.191
202312 2.388 129.419 2.388

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Advanced Drainage Systems  (NYSE:WMS) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Advanced Drainage Systems (Advanced Drainage Systems) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4640 Trueman Boulevard, Hilliard, OH, USA, 43026
Advanced Drainage Systems Inc is engaged in designing, manufacturing, and marketing thermoplastic corrugated pipe and related water management products in North and South America, and Europe. The company's operating segment includes Pipe; Infiltrator; International and Allied Products and Other. It generates maximum revenue from the Pipe segment. The company serves Agriculture; Aviation and Military; Mining; Residential; Transportation; Healthcare and Education and others.
Executives
Brian W. King officer: Executive Vice President C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, HILLIARD OH 43026
Michael G. Huebert officer: Senior Vice President C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, HILLIARD OH 43026
Tim A Makowski officer: SEE REMARKS (A) C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, HILLIARD OH 43026
Robert M Klein officer: EVP, Sales C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, HILLARD OH 43026
Anil Seetharam director 200 CLARENDON STREET, FLOOR 35, BOSTON MA 02116
Ross M Jones director ONE BOSTON PLACE, 33RD FL, BOSTON MA 02108
Alexander R Fischer director C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, HILLARD OH 43026
Darin S. Harvey officer: EVP, Supply Chain & Logistics C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, HILLIARD OH 43026
Craig J. Taylor officer: Executive Vice President C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, HILLIARD OH 43026
Perez De La Mesa Manuel J director
Kevin C Talley officer: EVP and CAO C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS INC, 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, HILLIARD OH 43026
Kelly S. Gast director C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., 4640 TRUEMAN BLVD., HILLIARD OH 43026
Berkshire Partners Holdings Llc 10 percent owner 200 CLARENDON STREET, 35TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Berkshire Fund Ix, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O NINTH BERKSHIRE ASSOCIATES LLC, 200 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael B. Coleman director C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., 4640 TRUEMAN BLVD., HILLIARD OH 43026