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Advanced Drainage Systems Inc (NYSE: WMS) closed the day trading at $105.29 down -4.01% from the previous closing price of $109.69. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.01 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.61 million shares were traded. WMS stock price reached its highest trading level at $109.815 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $105.07.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of WMS, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 16.71 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 23.74. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.98 and its Current Ratio is at 3.21. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.91 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.88.
On November 13, 2024, Stephens Downgraded its rating to Equal-Weight which previously was Overweight and also lowered its target price recommendation from $170 to $135.
On May 08, 2024, Northcoast started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $190.Northcoast initiated its Buy rating on May 08, 2024, with a $190 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 19 ’25 when HARVEY DARIN S. sold 2,464 shares for $125.00 per share. The transaction valued at 308,000 led to the insider holds 3,069 shares of the business.
DARIN S. HARVEY bought 2,464 shares of WMS for $308,000 on Feb 19 ’25. On Aug 14 ’24, another insider, MICHAEL HUEBERT, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 16,032 shares for $145.14 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WMS now has a Market Capitalization of 8167840768 and an Enterprise Value of 9106702336. As of this moment, Advanced’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 17.61, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.41. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.48. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.78 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.20. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.095 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.734.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WMS is 1.47, which has changed by -0.35515678 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07903516 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WMS has reached a high of $184.27, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $101.90. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.83%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -26.31%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, WMS traded about 658.42K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, WMS traded about 758680 shares per day. A total of 71.68M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 71.11M. Insiders hold about 8.33% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 89.05% stake in the company. Shares short for WMS as of 1740700800 were 2618567 with a Short Ratio of 3.98, compared to 1738281600 on 2091459. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2618567 and a Short% of Float of 3.42.
Dividends & Splits
WMS’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.64, up from 0.62 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0056522926The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.46.
