Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Miscellaneous
  • ISIN: US00790R1041
USD
140.17
-1.23 (-0.87%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 27.61%
2
Strong ability to service debt as the company has a low Debt to EBITDA ratio of 1.22 times
3
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 10.54% and Operating profit at 21.56%
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at 45.02 %
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 7.79
  • CASH AND EQV(HY) Highest at USD 1,101.59 MM
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Miscellaneous should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Miscellaneous)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
19.89%
-0.16
40.44%
S&P 500
22.24%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
9.38%
EBIT Growth (5y)
15.45%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
9.59
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.22
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.53
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.04
Tax Ratio
23.93%
Dividend Payout Ratio
11.12%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
27.61%
ROE (avg)
32.16%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
23
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
5.36
EV to EBIT
16.48
EV to EBITDA
12.61
EV to Capital Employed
4.78
EV to Sales
3.70
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.52%
ROCE (Latest)
29.00%
ROE (Latest)
23.09%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

6What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 819.06 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 8.43

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 42.94%

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 1,231.2 MM

-12What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 24.08%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 6.11% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 83.99 %

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 3.77 times

NET SALES(Q)

At USD 676.76 MM has Fallen at -9.44%

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at USD 25.14 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 115.26 MM has Fallen at -24.26%

EPS(Q)

Lowest at USD 0.42

Here's what is working for Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 8.43 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 819.06 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 1,231.2 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 42.94%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Depreciation
Highest at USD 59.82 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

Interest
At USD 25.14 MM has Grown at 11.36%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Net Sales
At USD 676.76 MM has Fallen at -9.44%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 747.34 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (USD MM)

Interest
Highest at USD 25.14 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 11.36% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 115.26 MM has Fallen at -24.26%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 152.17 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Lowest at USD 0.42
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 83.99 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 3.77 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 6.11% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Non Operating Income
Highest at USD 0.29 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increased income from non business activities may not be sustainable

Non Operating income