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WMS (Advanced Drainage Systems) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 13.24 (As of Jul. 23, 2025)


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What is Advanced Drainage Systems Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-07-23), Advanced Drainage Systems's current share price is $117.55. Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $8.88. Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 13.24.

The historical rank and industry rank for Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WMS' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.39   Med: 21   Max: 30.65
Current: 13.19

During the past years, Advanced Drainage Systems's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 30.65. The lowest was 11.39. And the median was 21.00.

WMS's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
97.18% of 1312 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 1.16 vs WMS: 13.19

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 PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Advanced Drainage Systems's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $19.666. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $8.88 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Advanced Drainage Systems Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Chart

Advanced Drainage Systems Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 17.87 26.83 12.23

Advanced Drainage Systems Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.83 22.04 20.23 13.99 12.23

Competitive Comparison of Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Advanced Drainage Systems Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB 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 PB Ratio.

Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=117.55/8.88
=13.24

* 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 Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Advanced Drainage Systems's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=19.666/134.9266*134.9266
=19.666

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Advanced Drainage Systems Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 -0.114 100.684 -0.153
201509 0.012 100.392 0.016
201512 0.164 99.792 0.222
201603 -0.334 100.470 -0.449
201606 0.101 101.688 0.134
201609 0.521 101.861 0.690
201612 0.638 101.863 0.845
201703 0.442 102.862 0.580
201706 0.995 103.349 1.299
201709 1.404 104.136 1.819
201712 2.118 104.011 2.748
201803 2.079 105.290 2.664
201806 2.691 106.317 3.415
201809 3.281 106.507 4.156
201812 3.444 105.998 4.384
201903 3.549 107.251 4.465
201906 2.898 108.070 3.618
201909 6.880 108.329 8.569
201912 7.357 108.420 9.156
202003 7.261 108.902 8.996
202006 8.387 108.767 10.404
202009 9.641 109.815 11.846
202012 10.757 109.897 13.207
202103 11.300 111.754 13.643
202106 10.941 114.631 12.878
202109 9.812 115.734 11.439
202112 11.140 117.630 12.778
202203 12.350 121.301 13.737
202206 14.033 125.017 15.145
202209 14.430 125.227 15.548
202212 13.521 125.222 14.569
202303 12.380 127.348 13.117
202306 13.894 128.729 14.563
202309 14.865 129.860 15.445
202312 15.450 129.419 16.107
202403 16.272 131.776 16.661
202406 17.618 132.554 17.933
202409 19.026 133.029 19.297
202412 19.942 133.157 20.207
202503 19.666 134.927 19.666

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book 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 PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value 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 PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Advanced Drainage Systems Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4640 Trueman Boulevard, Hilliard, OH, USA, 43026
Advanced Drainage Systems Inc is the manufacturer of water management solutions in the stormwater and onsite septic wastewater industries, providing superior drainage solutions for use in the construction and agriculture marketplaces. Its products are used across a broad range of end markets and applications, including residential, non-residential, infrastructure and agriculture applications. It operates business in three distinct reportable segments: Pipe; International, and Infiltrator. It generates a greater proportion of revenue from its Pipe segment, which consists of Pipe product sales in the United States. The Infiltrator is a provider of plastic leachfield chambers and systems, septic tanks and accessories, for use in residential applications.
Executives
Darin S. Harvey officer: EVP, Supply Chain & Logistics 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
Michael G. Huebert officer: Senior Vice President C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, HILLIARD OH 43026
Scott A Cottrill officer: EVP/CFO/Secretary/Treasurer C/O GOODRICH CORPORATION, 2730 WEST TYVOLA ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28217
Robert M Klein officer: EVP, Sales C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, HILLARD OH 43026
D. Scott Barbour director, officer: President & CEO C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, HILLIARD 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
Waun Thomas J. Sr. officer: SVP, International C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, HILLIARD OH 43026
Mark Haney director 3010 BRIARPARK DRIVE, HOUSTON TX 77042
Brian W. King officer: Executive Vice President C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, HILLIARD OH 43026
Alexander R Fischer director C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, HILLARD 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