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WMS (Advanced Drainage Systems) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 29.31 (As of Jul. 23, 2025)


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

As of today (2025-07-23), Advanced Drainage Systems's current share price is $117.55. Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $4.01. Advanced Drainage Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 29.31.

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: 25.21   Med: 42.34   Max: 63.79
Current: 29.26

During the past years, Advanced Drainage Systems's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 63.79. The lowest was 25.21. And the median was 42.34.

WMS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
66.5% of 606 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 18.975 vs WMS: 29.26

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 Mar. 2025 was $-0.068. 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 $4.01 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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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 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 39.76 53.17 27.13

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 Price-to-FCF 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 53.17 42.27 40.37 29.69 27.13

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.


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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
=117.55/4.01
=29.31

* 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 Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

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

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=-0.068/134.9266*134.9266
=-0.068

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Advanced Drainage Systems Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 -0.540 100.684 -0.724
201509 0.454 100.392 0.610
201512 1.852 99.792 2.504
201603 -0.137 100.470 -0.184
201606 -0.232 101.688 -0.308
201609 0.624 101.861 0.827
201612 0.983 101.863 1.302
201703 -0.405 102.862 -0.531
201706 -0.616 103.349 -0.804
201709 0.641 104.136 0.831
201712 1.814 104.011 2.353
201803 -0.147 105.290 -0.188
201806 0.052 106.317 0.066
201809 0.624 106.507 0.791
201812 1.353 105.998 1.722
201903 -0.149 107.251 -0.187
201906 0.923 108.070 1.152
201909 1.527 108.329 1.902
201912 1.500 108.420 1.867
202003 -0.167 108.902 -0.207
202006 1.760 108.767 2.183
202009 1.891 109.815 2.323
202012 1.870 109.897 2.296
202103 -0.239 111.754 -0.289
202106 1.078 114.631 1.269
202109 -0.663 115.734 -0.773
202112 0.857 117.630 0.983
202203 0.440 121.301 0.489
202206 2.531 125.017 2.732
202209 1.750 125.227 1.886
202212 2.074 125.222 2.235
202303 0.090 127.348 0.095
202306 2.535 128.729 2.657
202309 2.198 129.860 2.284
202312 2.388 129.419 2.490
202403 -0.379 131.776 -0.388
202406 1.606 132.554 1.635
202409 1.439 133.029 1.460
202412 1.737 133.157 1.760
202503 -0.068 134.927 -0.068

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 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