NYSE:WMS - Advanced Drainage Systems Stock Price, Forecast & News

Advanced Drainage Systems' stock was trading at $40.98 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WMS stock has decreased by 32.6% and is now trading at $27.64. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Advanced Drainage Systems in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Advanced Drainage Systems.

Advanced Drainage Systems is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Advanced Drainage Systems.

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc (NYSE:WMS) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 6th. The construction company reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.03. The construction company had revenue of $393.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $392.60 million. Advanced Drainage Systems had a positive return on equity of 16.13% and a negative net margin of 12.43%. The firm's revenue was up 23.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.25 EPS. View Advanced Drainage Systems' earnings history.

Advanced Drainage Systems announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.09 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. View Advanced Drainage Systems' dividend history.

Advanced Drainage Systems updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.6-1.65 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.63 billion.

4 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Advanced Drainage Systems' shares. Their forecasts range from $39.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate Advanced Drainage Systems' share price to reach $49.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 79.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Advanced Drainage Systems.

Media stories about WMS stock have trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Advanced Drainage Systems earned a daily sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the construction company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutAdvanced Drainage Systems.

Advanced Drainage Systems saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 1,798,400 shares, an increase of 51.1% from the February 27th total of 1,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 385,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.7 days. Currently, 3.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Advanced Drainage Systems' Current Options Chain.

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Advanced Drainage Systems trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WMS."

Advanced Drainage Systems' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (1.83%), Beck Mack & Oliver LLC (1.41%), Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC (1.04%), Norges Bank (1.02%), State Street Corp (1.28%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.92%). Company insiders that own Advanced Drainage Systems stock include Alexander R Fischer, Berkshire Partners Holdings Ll, Ewout Leeuwenburg, Joseph A Chlapaty, Robert M Klein, Ronald R Vitarelli, Ross M Jones, Roy E Jr Moore and Tim A Makowski. View institutional ownership trends for Advanced Drainage Systems.

WMS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including White Elm Capital LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, UBS Group AG, SG Americas Securities LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Jane Street Group LLC, ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Advanced Drainage Systems company stock in the last year include Alexander R Fischer, Ewout Leeuwenburg, Joseph A Chlapaty, Robert M Klein, Ronald R Vitarelli, and Tim A Makowski. View insider buying and selling activity for Advanced Drainage Systems.

WMS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Renaissance Technologies LLC, FIL Ltd, Principal Financial Group Inc., Castleark Management LLC, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Robecosam AG, and Robecosam AG. Company insiders that have bought Advanced Drainage Systems stock in the last two years include Berkshire Partners Holdings Ll, Ross M Jones, and Roy E Jr Moore. View insider buying and selling activity for Advanced Drainage Systems.

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One share of WMS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.64.

Advanced Drainage Systems has a market capitalization of $2.38 billion and generates $1.38 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $77.77 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.22 on an earnings per share basis. Advanced Drainage Systems employs 4,400 workers across the globe. View additional information about Advanced Drainage Systems.

The official website for Advanced Drainage Systems is http://www.ads-pipe.com/.

Advanced Drainage Systems' mailing address is 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, HILLIARD OH, 43026. The construction company can be reached via phone at 614-658-0050 or via email at [email protected]