Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

Advanced Drainage Systems (NYSE:WMS) is expected to issue its Q2 2026 results before the market opens on Thursday, November 6th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $1.65 per share and revenue of $802.4850 million for the quarter. Advanced Drainage Systems has set its FY 2026 guidance at EPS.Parties can find conference call details on the company’s upcoming Q2 2026 earningreport page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM ET.

Advanced Drainage Systems (NYSE:WMS) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The construction company reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.78 by $0.17. The business had revenue of $829.88 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $800.54 million. Advanced Drainage Systems had a return on equity of 29.57% and a net margin of 14.82%.Advanced Drainage Systems’s revenue was up 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.06 EPS. On average, analysts expect Advanced Drainage Systems to post $6 EPS for the current fiscal year and $7 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Advanced Drainage Systems Stock Down 1.4%

Shares of WMS opened at $135.86 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $10.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.52, a PEG ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 3.22 and a quick ratio of 2.25. Advanced Drainage Systems has a one year low of $93.92 and a one year high of $166.03. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $141.45 and its 200-day simple moving average is $126.71.

Advanced Drainage Systems Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Investors of record on Friday, August 29th were given a $0.18 dividend. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 29th. Advanced Drainage Systems’s payout ratio is 13.00%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

WMS has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Advanced Drainage Systems from $135.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Advanced Drainage Systems from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 9th. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Advanced Drainage Systems in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Advanced Drainage Systems in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, UBS Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $167.00 price objective (up previously from $146.00) on shares of Advanced Drainage Systems in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $152.56.

Institutional Trading of Advanced Drainage Systems

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in WMS. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its position in shares of Advanced Drainage Systems by 352.0% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 226 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 176 shares during the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Advanced Drainage Systems by 1.8% during the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 21,049 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $2,418,000 after acquiring an additional 382 shares during the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. raised its position in shares of Advanced Drainage Systems by 14.0% during the 2nd quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 4,784 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $549,000 after acquiring an additional 588 shares during the last quarter. Jump Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Drainage Systems during the 2nd quarter valued at $403,000. Finally, California Public Employees Retirement System raised its position in shares of Advanced Drainage Systems by 2.2% during the 2nd quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 101,512 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $11,660,000 after acquiring an additional 2,206 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 89.83% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Drainage Systems Company Profile

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc designs, manufactures, and markets thermoplastic corrugated pipes and related water management products in North America and internationally. The company operates through Pipe, International, Infiltrator, and Allied Products & Other segments. It offers single, double, and triple wall corrugated polypropylene and polyethylene pipes; plastic leachfield chambers and systems; EZflow synthetic aggregate bundles; wastewater purification through mechanical aeration wastewater for residential and commercial systems; septic tanks and accessories; combined treatment and dispersal systems, including advanced enviro-septic and advanced treatment leachfield systems; and allied products, including storm retention/detention and septic chambers, polyvinyl chloride drainage structures, fittings, and water quality filters and separators.