Advanced Drainage Systems (MEX:WMS) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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MEX:WMS Advanced Drainage Systems Inc MEX:WMS
87 GF Score
Price MXN2,100.00
GF Value MXN2,619.58
! 1 Warning Sign
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What is Advanced Drainage Systems Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Advanced Drainage Systems's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was MXN802 Mil. Advanced Drainage Systems's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was MXN30,051 Mil. Advanced Drainage Systems's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was MXN22,138 Mil. Advanced Drainage Systems's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 1.39.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Advanced Drainage Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:WMS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.5   Med: 1.72   Max: 41.73
Current: 1.91

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Advanced Drainage Systems was 41.73. The lowest was 1.50. And the median was 1.72.

MEX:WMS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
51.99% of 1408 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.1 vs MEX:WMS: 1.91

Advanced Drainage Systems  (MEX:WMS) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

Advanced Drainage Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Advanced Drainage Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Advanced Drainage Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA 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.

Advanced Drainage Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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MEX:WMS vs SPXC, OC, MAIR: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Advanced Drainage Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA vs Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Advanced Drainage Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Advanced Drainage Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


MEX:WMS
87GF Score
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Advanced Drainage Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Advanced Drainage Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1178.182116 + 32128.1047435) / 16103.926214446
=2.07

Advanced Drainage Systems's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(801.67817625 + 30050.98830125) / 22137.612800927
=1.39

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Advanced Drainage Systems (MEX:WMS) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Advanced Drainage Systems stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of MXN2,100.00 is trading 19.8% below its estimated GF Value™ of MXN2,619.58.

Key valuation signals for MEX:WMS:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: MXN2,619.58 vs. price of MXN2,100.00 (19.8% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 87/100 with 1 warning sign

No single metric tells the full story. See the MEX:WMS stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Advanced Drainage Systems Business Description

Other Exchanges WMS:USA6DA:Germany
Address 4024 Green Stripe Lane, Hilliard, OH, USA, 43026
Advanced Drainage Systems Inc designs, manufactures and markets water management solutions in the stormwater and onsite wastewater industries, providing superior drainage solutions for use in the construction and agriculture markets. The company's products are used across a broad range of end markets and applications, including non-residential, residential, infrastructure and agriculture applications. It has two reportable segments: Stormwater and Wastewater. It derives the majority of revenue from the Stormwater segment, which manufactures and markets thermoplastic corrugated pipe and complementary products, including single wall pipe, N-12 HDPE pipe, polypropylene pipe, StormTech, Nyloplast, Inserta Tee, water quality filters and structures, and NDS channel drains, and access boxes.
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