What does US — capex mean?

Cash spent on buying or upgrading physical assets like factories and equipment in the US.

How do you interpret US — capex?

Higher spending suggests investment in future growth or maintenance, while lower spending may indicate capital preservation or efficiency.

How does US — capex compare across companies?

Standard metric for industrial companies; essential for assessing capital intensity and growth strategy.

Advanced Drainage Systems WMS US — CapEx

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '19

Similar metrics at other companies

MTDU.S. Operations Segment — Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment

$3.75M-9.3%

CPRTUS — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$261.16M+290%

GMEUnited States — CapEx

$12.88M-16.3%

LVSUS — CapEx

$145M+1,015%

EXPDUnited States — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$2.91M-84.8%

GMEUnited States — Payments to Acquire Productive Assets

$5.6M+69.7%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$676.8M+9.9%

Gross profit$237.7M+5.0%

Operating income$53.3M-54.4%

Net income$32.9M-57.4%

EPS (diluted)$0.42-57.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$223.0M-52.5%

Total debt$1.8B+23.6%

Total equity$1.9B+21.8%

Total assets$4.5B+22.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$39.9M-3.2%

CapEx$53.0M+14.0%

Free cash flow-—

Valuation

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Market cap$11.27B+26.7%

Enterprise value$12.89B+30.2%

P/E26.4×+6.7×

P/S3.7×+0.6×

Profitability

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Gross margin38.3%+0.6pp

Operating margin20.3%-2.3pp

Net margin14%-1.5pp

FCF margin19.1%+6.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity25.2%-8.4pp

Debt / equity1×0.0×

Current ratio2.4×-0.9×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Advanced Drainage Systems in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.

The official record: Advanced Drainage Systems’s 10-Q, filed August 1, 2019, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does US — capex mean?: Cash spent on buying or upgrading physical assets like factories and equipment in the US.
How do you interpret US — capex?: Higher spending suggests investment in future growth or maintenance, while lower spending may indicate capital preservation or efficiency.
How does US — capex compare across companies?: Standard metric for industrial companies; essential for assessing capital intensity and growth strategy.