Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Advanced Drainage Systems Inc shares valued at $188,690 were sold by WAUN THOMAS J. SR. on Nov 11 ’25. At $148.30 per share, WAUN THOMAS J. SR. sold 1,272 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 797 shares worth approximately $0.12 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, WAUN THOMAS J. SR. sold 1,000 shares, netting a total of over 150,000 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $150.00 each, the insider now holds 14,970 shares.
Before that, BARBOUR D. SCOTT had sold 80,030 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $11,920,363, the insider traded Advanced Drainage Systems Inc shares for $148.95 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 80,030 shares, worth approximately $6.36 million.
As published in their initiating research note from RBC Capital Mkts on August 11, 2025, Advanced Drainage Systems Inc [WMS] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $159. Analysts at Deutsche Bank started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of January 08, 2025, UBS has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for WMS. Earlier on November 13, 2024, Stephens downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Equal-weight” for WMS stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.
Analyzing WMS Stock Performance
On last trading session, Advanced Drainage Systems Inc [NYSE: WMS] plunged -1.63% to $148.39. The stock’s lowest price that day was $147.235, but it reached a high of $152.71 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.23%. Over the course of the year, Advanced Drainage Systems Inc shares have jumped approximately 9.25%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $153.25 on 11/06/25 and a 52-week low of $93.92 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Advanced Drainage Systems Inc (WMS)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 146.18, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 143.97. In the upper region, resistance lies at 151.65. The next price resistance is at 154.92. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 59.57 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Advanced Drainage Systems Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Advanced Drainage Systems Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-10-31 jumping by 0.18 million shares to 4.25 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-30 was 4.07 million shares. A jump of 4.26% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 7.03 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 7.03.
Which companies own the most shares of Advanced Drainage Systems Inc (WMS)?
In terms of Advanced Drainage Systems Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 160 in the next 12 months, up nearly 6.07% from the previous closing price of $150.85. Analysts anticipate Advanced Drainage Systems Inc stock to reach 170 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 133. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Advanced Drainage Systems Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On May 08, 2024, Northcoast assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $190.
