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WMS (Advanced Drainage Systems) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Advanced Drainage Systems Financial Strength?

Advanced Drainage Systems has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.
4. Other debt related ratios.

A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Advanced Drainage Systems's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 5.30. Advanced Drainage Systems's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.59. As of today, Advanced Drainage Systems's Altman Z-Score is 4.89.


Competitive Comparison of Advanced Drainage Systems's Financial Strength

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

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Advanced Drainage Systems's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Advanced Drainage Systems's Financial Strength falls into.


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Advanced Drainage Systems Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Advanced Drainage Systems's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-23 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2025 was $120 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $1,383 Mil.

Advanced Drainage Systems's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*120.407/-22.729
=5.30

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Advanced Drainage Systems's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2025 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(62.533 + 1382.589) / 2463.044
=0.59

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Advanced Drainage Systems has a Z-score of 4.89, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 4.89 is strong.

* 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  (NYSE:WMS) Financial Strength Explanation

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Advanced Drainage Systems has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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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