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ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY26FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
Revenue$3.05B$2.90B$2.87B$3.07B$2.77B$1.98B
Operating income$619.2M$657.4M$732.1M$719.3M$411.9M$344.5M
Net income$426.5M$450.2M$509.9M$507.1M$271.3M$224.2M
Total assets$4.51B$3.69B$3.27B$2.90B$2.65B$2.41B
Total liabilities$2.55B$2.05B$1.99B$1.91B$1.54B$1.35B
Equity$1.86B$1.53B$1.15B$824.1M$893.0M$819.8M
EPS (diluted)$5.44$5.76$6.45$6.08$3.15$2.59
Shares out.76.6M77.6M77.4M79.0M84.4M71.6M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2026
Operating margin
20.3%
Net margin
14.0%
Return on equity
22.9%
Return on assets
9.5%
Return on capital (ROCE)
15.5%
Liabilities / assets
56.6%
Debt / equity
1.37×
Book value / share
$24.27
Revenue growth (YoY)
5.0%
Net income growth (YoY)
−5.3%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2026
Altman Z″ (distress)
4.09safe
Accruals / assets
8.7%clean
Piotroski F-Score
4/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
77
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 50Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 100

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

1 severe6 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
8 acquisitions4 disposalsnet +16,084 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Taylor Craig J.Officer — Executive Vice PresidentMay 26, 2026Grant1,530$0.00
Martz BretOfficer — See RemarksMay 26, 2026Grant1,252$0.00
Talley Kevin COfficer — EVP and CAOMay 26, 2026Grant1,217$0.00
Cottrill Scott AOfficer — EVP, CFO AND SECRETARYMay 26, 2026Grant2,503$0.00
Barbour D. ScottOfficer — See RemarksMay 26, 2026Grant9,036$0.00
Coyle Patrick M. JrOfficer — See RemarksMay 26, 2026Grant1,252$0.00
Makowski Tim AOfficer — See RemarksMay 26, 2026Grant847$0.00
King Brian W.Officer — Executive Vice PresidentMay 26, 2026Grant950$0.00
Barbour D. ScottOfficer — See RemarksMay 22, 2026Tax withholding1,898$133.00
Taylor Craig J.Officer — Executive Vice PresidentMay 22, 2026Tax withholding152$133.00
Talley Kevin COfficer — EVP and CAOMay 22, 2026Tax withholding324$133.00
Makowski Tim AOfficer — See RemarksMay 22, 2026Tax withholding129$133.00

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20262.9M4.0+6.2%
Apr 30, 20262.8M2.7+3.5%
Apr 15, 20262.7M2.9-1.2%
Mar 31, 20262.7M3.0+4.4%
Mar 13, 20262.6M2.5-11.2%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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  • 4May 28, 2026
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  • 4May 27, 2026
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