Xylem Inc. (XYL)

Xylem Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and servicing of engineered products and solutions for utility, industrial, and residential and commercial building services settings worldwide. It operates through Water Infrastructure; Applied Water; Measurement and Control Solutions; and Water Solutions and Services segments. The company offers water, wastewater, and storm water pumps and controls and systems; filtration, disinfection, and biological treatment equipment under the Flygt, Ionpure, Leopold, Neptune Benson, Sanitare, Wallace & Tiernan, and Wedeco brands; and pumps, valves, heat exchangers, controls, and dispensing equipment used for water and focuses on the residential, commercial and industrial markets under the Rule, Bell & Gossett, Flojet, Goulds Water Technology, Jabsco, and Lowara brands. It also provides smart meters, network communication devices, data analytics, test instruments, controls, sensor devices, software and managed services, critical infrastructure services, cloud-based analytics, and remote monitoring and data management under the Ebro, Sensus, Sentec, Smith Blair, WTW, YSI, and Xylem Vue brands. In addition, the company offers preventative maintenance services, rapid response mobile services, digitally enabled/outsourced solutions, process and wastewater treatment systems, environmental remediation, odor and corrosion control, filtration, reverse osmosis, continuous deionization, and mobile dewatering equipment and rental services; and municipal services comprising odor and corrosion control services, as well as condition assessment and asset management, and pressure monitoring solutions under the Grindex, Mar Cor, and Godwin brands. Xylem Inc. was formerly known as ITT WCO, Inc. and changed its name to Xylem Inc. in July 2011. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Washington, District Of Columbia.

Symbol
XYL
Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Specialty Industrial Machinery
Market cap
$24.05B
52 week range
98.58 - 154.27

Valuation

Share price
$101.79 (close of 2026-10-02)
P/E (TTM)
24.18x
Price to book
2.31x
Price to free cash flow
25.05x
Enterprise value
$25.83B
Book value per share
$44.11

Price performance

PeriodChange
1 day+0.90%
5 days-0.82%
1 month-4.64%
3 months-13.82%
6 months-16.06%
Year to date-25.25%
1 year-31.69%
3 years+10.86%
5 years-16.08%
10 years+94.07%
All time+319.75%

Super investors holding XYL

Ken Griffin (Citadel) · Mairs & Power (Mairs & Power Inc)

Profitability and growth

Return on equity
8.33%
Return on invested capital
8.22%
Return on assets
5.43%
Return on capital employed
8.28%
Gross margin
38.46%
Net margin
10.59%
EBITDA margin
19.90%
Revenue growth
5.52%
Net income growth
7.53%
Free cash flow growth
-3.40%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM)
3.99%
Current ratio
1.61x
Net debt to EBITDA
0.96x

Latest reported year

Period end
2025-12-31
Fiscal year
2025
Revenue
$9.04B
Cost of revenue
$5.56B
Gross profit
$3.48B
EBITDA
$1.80B
Net income
$957.00M
Earnings per share
$3.93
Research and development
$226.00M
Shares outstanding
243.37M

Income statement by year

Period endRevenueGross profitNet incomeEPS
2025-12-31$9.04B$3.48B$957.00M$3.93
2024-12-31$8.56B$3.21B$890.00M$3.67
2023-12-31$7.36B$2.72B$609.00M$2.81
2022-12-31$5.52B$2.08B$355.00M$1.97
2021-12-31$5.20B$1.98B$427.00M$2.37
2020-12-31$4.88B$1.83B$254.00M$1.41
2019-12-31$5.25B$2.05B$401.00M$2.23
2018-12-31$5.21B$2.03B$549.00M$3.05
2017-12-31$4.71B$1.85B$331.00M$1.84
2016-12-31$3.77B$1.46B$260.00M$1.45

Margins and returns by year

Period endGross marginNet marginReturn on equityReturn on capital
2025-12-3138.46%10.59%8.33%8.22%
2024-12-3137.51%10.39%8.36%6.97%
2023-12-3136.90%8.27%5.98%5.42%
2022-12-3137.74%6.43%10.13%11.91%
2021-12-3138.02%8.22%13.24%10.82%
2020-12-3137.53%5.21%8.53%7.53%
2019-12-3138.98%7.64%13.52%9.80%
2018-12-3138.91%10.54%19.73%12.89%
2017-12-3139.24%7.03%13.14%9.66%
2016-12-3138.77%6.89%11.78%7.69%

Cash and debt by year

Period endCashDebt
2025-12-31$1.48B$1.41B
2024-12-31$1.12B$1.98B
2023-12-31$1.02B$2.27B
2022-12-31$944.00M$1.88B
2021-12-31$1.35B$2.44B
2020-12-31$1.88B$2.48B
2019-12-31$724.00M$2.04B
2018-12-31$296.00M$2.05B
2017-12-31$414.00M$2.20B
2016-12-31$308.00M$2.11B

Free cash flow by year

Period endFree cash flowStock-based compensation
2025-12-31$910.00M$53.00M
2024-12-31$942.00M$56.00M
2023-12-31$566.00M$60.00M
2022-12-31$388.00M$37.00M
2021-12-31$330.00M$33.00M
2020-12-31$641.00M$26.00M
2019-12-31$613.00M$29.00M
2018-12-31$349.00M$30.00M
2017-12-31$516.00M$21.00M
2016-12-31$373.00M$18.00M

Dividend history

Most recent payment
2026-08-27
Paid in the last twelve months
$1.69
Payment dateDividend per share
2026-08-27$0.43
2026-05-28$0.43
2026-02-24$0.43
2025-11-25$0.40
2025-08-28$0.40
2025-05-29$0.40
2025-02-18$0.40
2024-11-26$0.36

Investor relations

Next earnings report

Next confirmed report
2026-10-27
Consensus EPS estimate
$1.47

Past earnings dates

ReportedFiscal periodEPS estimate
2026-07-28Jun/2026$1.34
2026-04-28Mar/2026$1.09
2026-02-10Dec/2025$1.41
2025-10-28Sep/2025$1.24
2025-07-31Jun/2025$1.14
2025-04-29Mar/2025$0.95
2025-02-04Dec/2024$1.12
2024-10-31Sep/2024$1.11

Filings and sources

Company website
xylem.com
SEC filings
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar
All upcoming reports

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