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Xylem Inc.

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Xylem Inc. (XYL) — Rank #354 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.20) · ROE 9.2% · Piotroski F-Score 6 / 9.

As-of 2026-09-15 · 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

Financials

Stable

Direction over 5 fiscal years

  • Free cash flowimproving
  • Gross marginstable
  • Gross profitabilitydeteriorating
  • Net cashimproving
  • Operating marginimproving
  • Return on equitydeteriorating
  • Share count (dilution)deteriorating

Red flags: fcf_ni_divergence_unfavorable — rating capped at Stable

Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.

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USD in millions, except per-share (EPS) and percentage rows. Values are as originally filed; em-dash = not tagged in that year's filing.
Fiscal year end2025-12-31filed 2026-02-252024-12-31filed 2025-03-032023-12-31filed 2024-02-282022-12-31filed 2023-02-24
Income statement
EPS growth (YoY)7.4%30.8%42.3%
Cash flow

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