WMSAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

$141.46

Is it safe?

Can WMS take a bad year?

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. carries $1.45B of net debt at 1.62× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.

$1.45B

Net debt · as at Q1 2027 · under two and a half years of EBITDA, comfortable

Net debt / EBITDA
1.62×

Net debt / EBITDA · 0.75× a year ago · the load is going up

Altman Z-score
4.62

Altman Z-score · safe zone, above 3

Debt / equity
0.90×

Debt / equity

Details
Total debtQ1 2027
$1.61B
Cash and short-term investments
$162M
Net debt
$1.45B
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$896M
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$668M
Debt / equity
0.90×
Total debt / EBITDA
1.80×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
40%
Worst drawdown on file
−54%
Below its 52-week high
−19%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.