profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Xylem
$94.18+0.16% today
-36.0% in 1 year
1-year low $88.231-year high $147.27
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $22.57 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Xylem sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $5.52 billion in 2022 to $9.04 billion in 2025, with $957 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Xylem handed back 45% of the cash it generated last year.
$391M
Free cash flow 2025$910M
Bought back its own shares$15M
Paid as dividends$391M
Cash vs. debt$1.5B vs. $2.1B
Xylem vs. similar companies
Xylem grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xylem | 22.6× · Fair price | ||
 Everpure | 191.2× · Very expensive | ||
 Ingersoll Rand | 56.2× · Expensive | ||
 Otis Worldwide | 21.3× · Fair price | ||
 Dover | 25.5× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Xylem's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,876 | 5,195 | 5,522 | 7,364 | 8,562 | 9,035 | |
| 1,830 | 1,975 | 2,084 | 2,717 | 3,212 | 3,475 | |
| – | – | 651 | 728 | 1,071 | 1,326 | |
| 613 | 832 | 726 | 1,120 | 1,693 | 1,785 | |
| 254 | 427 | 355 | 609 | 890 | 957 | |
| 1.40 | 2.35 | 1.96 | 2.79 | 3.65 | 3.92 | |
| 37.5% | 38.0% | 37.7% | 36.9% | 37.5% | 38.5% | |
| – | – | 11.8% | 9.9% | 12.5% | 14.7% | |
| 5.2% | 8.2% | 6.4% | 8.3% | 10.4% | 10.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 8,750 | 8,276 | 7,952 | 16,112 | 16,493 | 17,634 |
| Cash | 1,875 | 1,349 | 944 | 1,019 | 1,121 | 1,479 |
| Total debt | – | – | 1,949 | 2,390 | 2,125 | 2,063 |
| Total liabilities | 5,774 | 5,050 | 4,449 | 5,936 | 5,611 | 5,885 |
| 2,968 | 3,218 | 3,494 | 10,166 | 10,642 | 11,480 | |
| 181 | 182 | 181 | 218 | 244 | 244 | |
| 9.6% | 14.4% | 7.1% | 4.3% | 7.0% | 7.1% | |
| 8.6% | 13.3% | 10.2% | 6.0% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 824 | 538 | 596 | 837 | 1,263 | 1,241 | |
| 183 | 208 | 208 | 271 | 321 | 331 | |
| 641 | 330 | 388 | 566 | 942 | 910 | |
| Dividends paid | 188 | 203 | 217 | 299 | 350 | 391 |
| 61 | 68 | 52 | 25 | 20 | 15 | |
| 26 | 33 | 37 | 60 | 56 | 53 |
Valuation
- 22.6×
- 17.0×
- 0.99
- 2.4×
- 2.4×
- 23.7×
- 12.4×
- 4.2%
- 4.4%
- 1.5%
Profitability
- 38.5%
- 14.7%
- 10.6%
- 19.8%
- 6.7%
- 6.6%
- 8.7%
- 5.7%
- 8.7%
- 2.5%
Growth
- +13.1%
- +22.9%
- −3.4%
- +9.0%
- +7.8%
Financial health
- 0.6×
- 0.18
- 11.4%
- 49.4×
- 1.46
- 1.10
- 0.54
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 38%of 982
Top 22%of 991
Bottom 46%of 875
Top 25%of 988
Top 45%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $151.57
- Range
- $133.00 – $161.00
- 13 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 1.12 | 1.09 | +2.8% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 1.42 | 1.41 | +0.7% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 1.37 | 1.23 | +11.4% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 1.26 | 1.15 | +9.6% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 1.03 | 0.96 | +7.9% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | 1.18 | 1.13 | +4.4% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 1.11 | 1.11 | +0.0% |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 1.09 | 1.05 | +3.8% |
1.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$15a year at today's yield, before tax
+9.0%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.56 in 2015 → $1.60 in 2025
How safe it looks
40.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 43.0%
News
Xylem Inc. Q3 2026 Earnings Call SummaryYahoo Finance · Oct 27, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
58No pass
Benjamin Graham
56No pass
Philip Fisher
60Pass
Peter Lynch
75Pass
Joel Greenblatt
26No pass
Charlie Munger
41No pass
Terry Smith
43No pass
Questions about Xylem
Is Xylem a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Xylem AI analysis
What does Xylem do?
Xylem Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and servicing of engineered products and solutions for the water and wastewater applications in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It is in Industrial - Machinery, based in Washington, DC, United States, with 22,000 employees.
Does Xylem pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.5% a year, about 41% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $391 million in dividends.
Is Xylem stock halal?
Yes. Xylem passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 10% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Xylem stock done over the past year?
Down 36.0% over the past twelve months, to $94.18. It traded between $88.23 and $147.27 and is 36.0% below its high.
Who are Xylem's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Everpure, Ingersoll Rand, Otis Worldwide and Dover. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Xylem's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.