Growth Metrics

Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) Operating Margin (2013 - 2026)

Advanced Drainage Systems posted quarterly Operating Margin of 7.88% for Q1 2026, down 1112.0% year-on-year from 0.78% in Q1 2025, and down 60.06% on a QoQ basis from 19.73% in Q4 2025.

Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) has 14 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 7.88% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 1112.0% year-over-year to 7.88%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 20.3% (down 234.0% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 20.3%, down 234.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 7.88%, down from 19.73% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 31.55% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 7.88% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 23.14% (2023), against an average of 21.88%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin soared 1120 bps; it then tumbled 1112 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 19.0% in 2022, then climbed by 22 bps to 23.14% in 2023, then slipped by 21 bps to 18.37% in 2024, then advanced by 7 bps to 19.73% in 2025, then plunged by 60 bps to 7.88% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 7.88% (Q1 2026), 19.73% (Q4 2025), and 26.26% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Trane Technologies 99.95 Bn 98.89 Bn 1.73 Bn 15.62%
2 Johnson Controls International 84.54 Bn 84.01 Bn 2.07 Bn 14.71%
3 Carrier Global 52.72 Bn 51.70 Bn 4.82 Bn 4.85%
4 Lennox International 16.87 Bn 16.82 Bn 351.30 Mn 14.40%
5 Masco 13.72 Bn 13.60 Bn 686.00 Mn 16.48%
6 Carlisle Companies 13.62 Bn 12.85 Bn 363.20 Mn 17.14%
7 Aaon 10.97 Bn 10.97 Bn 109.77 Mn 10.36%
8 SPX Technologies 10.37 Bn 10.22 Bn 230.60 Mn 15.47%
9 Advanced Drainage Systems 10.34 Bn 10.19 Bn 237.66 Mn 7.88%
10 Owens Corning 9.48 Bn 9.24 Bn 510.00 Mn 5.30%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 7.88%
Dec 31, 2025 19.73%
Sep 30, 2025 26.26%
Jun 30, 2025 24.79%
Mar 31, 2025 19.00%
Dec 31, 2024 18.37%
Sep 30, 2024 23.94%
Jun 30, 2024 27.75%
Mar 31, 2024 20.70%
Dec 31, 2023 23.14%
Sep 30, 2023 25.38%
Jun 30, 2023 31.55%
Mar 31, 2023 20.34%
Dec 31, 2022 19.00%
Sep 30, 2022 24.61%
Jun 30, 2022 27.52%
Mar 31, 2022 11.91%
Dec 31, 2021 15.42%
Sep 30, 2021 15.79%
Jun 30, 2021 16.33%
Mar 31, 2021 7.41%
Dec 31, 2020 17.07%
Sep 30, 2020 22.34%
Jun 30, 2020 21.06%
Mar 31, 2020 1.82%
Dec 31, 2019 10.43%
Sep 30, 2019 11.54%
Jun 30, 2019 -48.43%
Mar 31, 2019 2.46%
Dec 31, 2018 7.83%
Sep 30, 2018 11.50%
Jun 30, 2018 13.16%
Mar 31, 2018 -1.95%
Dec 31, 2017 8.48%
Sep 30, 2017 8.59%
Jun 30, 2017 8.79%
Mar 31, 2017 -9.65%
Dec 31, 2016 7.19%
Sep 30, 2016 11.99%
Jun 30, 2016 9.92%
Mar 31, 2016 -1.51%
Dec 31, 2015 9.98%
Sep 30, 2015 9.29%
Jun 30, 2015 8.93%
Mar 31, 2015 -10.60%
Dec 31, 2014 3.72%
Sep 30, 2014 8.26%
Jun 30, 2014 6.10%
Mar 31, 2014 -20.49%
Dec 31, 2013 10.07%
Sep 30, 2013 9.16%
Jun 30, 2013 9.86%