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XylemXYL

Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components · White Plains, New York · In the S&P 500
Solid businessCheaper than peers
$92.40+1.81%After hours: $92.70 (+0.32%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▼ 39.6% over 1 year
Xylem over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$100$120$140Nov2026MarMayJulSep$92.40$100$125$150NovMarJul$92.40
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$21.19B
Price to earnings20.4x
Forward P/E16.6x
Dividend yield1.86%
Year to date−32.1%
One year−39.6%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorIndustrials
52-week range (closes)
$88.23$151.53

Quality and valuation

How Xylem compares with other industrials stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Xylem and 7 industrial machinery & supplies & components peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: cheaper than most

An average business among industrials companies, priced below most of them.

Xylem trades at 16.6 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 21.4x for the 89 industrials stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +1.9% vs +8.2%
  • Keeps more of each sale (gross margin): 39.8% vs 38.1%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 15.1% vs 17.5%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 10.2% vs 13.1%
XYL trades at 16.6x forward earnings, below the sector medianForward p/e, Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components peers
XYL16.6xOTIS18.0xDOV18.4xHUBB19.4xIR21.8xITW23.6xPH25.3xGWW28.0xSector median 21.4xXYL16.6xOTIS18.0xDOV18.4xHUBB19.4xIR21.8xITW23.6xPH25.3xGWW28.0xSector median 21.4x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 20.4x earnings, XYL is cheaper than its average since Oct 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
30xAverage 32.9x2025202620.4x30xAverage 32.9x2025202620.4x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Xylem's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Sep 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue fell 3.0% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q3 ’26
$0bn$1bn$2bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$2.2bnQ3 ’26$0bn$1bn$2bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$2.2bnQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to −3.0% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%5%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25−3.0%Q3 ’260%5%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25−3.0%Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 17.5% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%5%10%15%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’2517.5%Q3 ’260%10%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’2517.5%Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $921 million over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$200m$400mQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$242mQ3 ’26$0m$200m$400mQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$242mQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsXYLSector median
Revenue growth+1.9%+8.2%
Gross margin39.8%38.1%
Operating margin15.1%17.5%
Free cash flow margin10.2%13.1%
Price to earnings20.4x25.8x

Stories on Xylem

Wednesday, 28 October
Big movers

Stocks Making the Biggest Moves Yesterday: Xylem, SoFi, Pentair, Celestica and Boeing

Xylem plunged 14.2% on a forecast cut and Boeing 10.7% on a slower 737 ramp, while SoFi soared 13.4%, Pentair 12.8%, and Celestica 12.1% on strong results on Tuesday.

XYL▼ 5.0%
Screens of market charts
Tuesday, 27 October
Why it moved

Xylem (XYL) Shares Slide After It Cuts Its 2026 Forecast

Xylem plunged 14.2% on Tuesday, its worst day in at least five years, after the water-technology company cut its 2026 earnings forecast to $5.40–5.45 a share.

XYL▼ 14.2%
Heavy equipment lined up in a yard

Similar companies

Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components, by market value.

CompanyPriceTodayYTDValue
PHParker Hannifin$899.82−3.08%+2.4%$113B
ITWIllinois Tool Works$278.55−1.01%+13.1%$79.16B
GWWW. W. Grainger$1,359.17−0.93%+34.7%$64.02B
IRIngersoll Rand$80.05+0.05%+1.0%$31.06B
OTISOtis Worldwide$75.75+1.53%−13.3%$28.84B
DOVDover$207.74−1.25%+6.4%$27.63B
HUBBHubbell$422.44−3.60%−4.9%$22.32B
FTVFortive$65.23−0.93%+18.1%$19.41B