XYL · NYSE · Industrials
Xylem Inc. (XYL) — Rank #334 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.20) · ROE 9.3% · Piotroski F-Score 6 / 9.
As-of 2026-10-30 · CIK 0001524472 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
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.
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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.
- Industry
- Specialty Industrial Machinery
- Sector
- Industrials
- State
- IN
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- December 31
- Website
- xylem.com
Company Snapshot
P/E and reverse DCF are the primary valuation lenses at this stage.
Market Cap
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P/E (annual)
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P/S (annual)
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P/B
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P/OCF (annual)
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Shareholder Yield
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Employees
22,000
Industry
Specialty Industrial Machinery
Exchange
NYSE
12/12
Flags passed
XYL passes 12/12 quality flags
- PASSGross margin holding
- PASSDilution within 2%
- PASSFCF not negative from investment
- PASSDisclosure consistent
- PASSRevenue not declining
- PASSOperating margin holding
- PASSFree cash flow intact
- PASSPasses safety gate
- PASSBalance sheet stable
- PASSNo competitive retreat
- PASSSBC not compressing margin
- PASSNo valuation convergence
Strengths Operating leverage expanding · Sequential beat (rev + EPS)
A count of the 12 warning flags that could be evaluated. Unweighted: colour follows the worst flag.
Quality Profile
Profitability
1/1 passSafety
1/1 passCash Flow
2/3 passGrowth
2/2 passFCF yield, shareholder yield, and buyback activity are the primary reads at this stage.
Profitability
Does it make money well?
No warning flags · GP/assets 20th percentile of 26 SIC 35 peers
Gross profitability (GP / assets)
0.20
Primary signal (Novy-Marx).
20th pctl of 26 SIC 35 peers
Return on equity
9.3%
Gross margin
38.5%
32nd pctl of 26 SIC 35 peers
Revenue growth (YoY)
5.5%
Gross margin improving
Margin trend vs prior year.
Operating Leverage
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
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| Revenue vs OpEx | ||||
| Op. Income vs Revenue |
Growth
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
17.8%
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
13.1%
Earnings CAGR (3Y)
39.2%
FCF CAGR (3Y)
32.9%
Cash Flow Health
Is the cash real?
No warning flags · FCF 5% below net income
Free cash flow
$910.00M
Operating cash flow minus capex.
Positive free cash flow
FCF vs net income
-4.9%
(FCF − net income) ÷ |net income|. Positive: cash above earnings. Negative: below.
FCF not below net income
Fails when free cash flow is below net income (yellow flag).
Accruals healthy
Cash-backed earnings.
SBC / revenue
0.6%
Stock-based comp intensity.
Balance Sheet Strength
Can it survive a storm?
No warning flags · net debt $2.19B, F-Score 6/9
Balance-sheet safety
Composite anti-fragile check.
Debt / equity
0.66
72nd pctl of 26 SIC 35 peers (best = lowest)
Current ratio
1.39×
20th pctl of 26 SIC 35 peers
Quick ratio
0.94×
Net cash
-$2.19B
Cash & equivalents minus total debt.
Piotroski F-Score
6 / 9
Fundamental-strength score (0-9).
Valuation
Is the price reasonable?
No warning flags
Dividend safety
Composite score
3.8 / 5
Capital allocation quality
Composite score
4.0 / 5
Lifecycle Phase History
Price History
Source filings on SEC EDGAR: 10-K annual reports · 10-Q quarterly reports