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How Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. stacks up
WMS · against 313 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
91/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #47 of 314 · scores higher than 84% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score57 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including WMS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 91?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 80% of peers. Return on invested capital: 16.3% vs peer median 7.1%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 89% of peers. Operating margin: 20.7% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 93% of peers. Return on assets: 10.1% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WMS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WMS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 293 reported | 16.3% | 10.3% | 73% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 313 reported | 20.7% | 11.0% | 87% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 304 reported | 10.1% | 4.8% | 84% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 304 reported | 26.4% | 13.0% | 83% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 317 reported | 38.6% | 29.4% | 75% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WMS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69.3B CNY (≈$9.7B) | 100 | 71 | |
| 1 | 1.71T JPY (≈$11.6B) | 100 | 75 | |
| 3 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 3 | 1.29T INR (≈$15.5B) | 99 | 69 | |
| 3 | 11.2B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 44 | 491.4B INR (≈$5.9B) | 92 | 79 | |
| 47 | 126.9B HKD (≈$16.2B) | 91 | 68 | |
| 47 | 9.1B GBP (≈$11.8B) | 91 | 47 | |
| 47 | 45.0B DKK (≈$6.8B) | 91 | 51 | |
| 47 | 10.3B USD | 91 | 57 | |
| 47 | 15.2B USD | 91 | 74 | |
| 47 | 7.3B USD | 91 | 73 | |
| 53 | 18.4B USD | 90 | 61 | |
| 53 | 10.0B USD | 90 | 60 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score