Advanced Drainage Systems Inc [WMS] stock prices are up 2.18% to $113.15 at the moment. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The WMS shares have gain 4.57% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.69%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Advanced Drainage Systems Inc [NYSE: WMS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 01, 2025, when Deutsche Bank initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $134. Previously, UBS upgraded its rating to Buy on January 08, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $155. On November 13, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Equal-Weight and revised its price target to $135 on the stock. Northcoast started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $190 on May 08, 2024. Stephens initiated its recommendation with a Overweight and recommended $148 as its price target on August 25, 2023. KeyBanc Capital Markets started tracking with a Overweight rating for this stock on July 24, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $150. In a note dated June 28, 2023, Morgan Stanley downgraded an Equal-Weight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $107 to $114.
The stock price of Advanced Drainage Systems Inc [WMS] has been fluctuating between $93.92 and $179.57 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $145 within the next 12 months. Advanced Drainage Systems Inc [NYSE: WMS] shares were valued at $113.15 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 28.15% based on the average WMS price forecast.
Analyzing the WMS fundamentals
The Advanced Drainage Systems Inc [NYSE:WMS] reported sales of 2.90B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -5.82%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.38% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.23%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.16%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.12, Equity is 0.4 and Total Capital is 0.2. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 15.39.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Advanced Drainage Systems Inc [NYSE:WMS]’s Current Ratio is 3.33. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 2.10, and the Cash Ratio is 1.16. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.02, the price to book ratio is 5.33 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.65.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved HARVEY DARIN S., EVP, Supply Chain & Logistics, that happened on Feb 19 ’25 when 2464.0 shares were sold. Officer, DARIN S. HARVEY completed a deal on Feb 19 ’25 to buy 2464.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer MICHAEL HUEBERT bought 16032.0 shares on Aug 14 ’24.
