Xylem Inc.

XYL Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery

Xylem Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $9.0 billion, up 5.52% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−2.95%
EPS
+33.1%
Free cash flow
−16.5%
Total debt
+47.6%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

99.81 1.24 −1.23%
Market cap
$22.9B
P/E
22.1×
Fwd P/E
21.3×
Dividend yield
1.69%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
4.39
Beneish M
−2.50
Dividend safety
81/100

Xylem Inc. (XYL) Free cash flow margin

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Xylem Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 10.3%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.41% (fiscal 2021) to 13.2% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 9.04% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.06%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 10.3% (0.79)
FY2024 11.1% 3.35
FY2023 7.70% 0.60
FY2022 7.10% 0.69
FY2021 6.41% (6.74)
FY2020 13.2% 1.47
FY2019 11.7% 4.98
FY2018 6.70% (4.28)
FY2017 11.0% 1.06
FY2016 9.92% 0.42

Against its own ten years

Low 6.41% High 13.2%
Ten-year median 9.92%
Current reading's percentile 64

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
SYM Symbotic Inc. compare 30.1%
NDSN Nordson Corporation compare 24.3%
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc. compare 18.9%
IEX IDEX Corporation compare 18.2%
DOV Dover Corporation compare 13.9%
CR Crane Company compare 13.8%
ITT ITT Inc. compare 12.5%
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare 11.2%
XYL Xylem Inc. 10.3%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 9.04%
Industrials sector median 2.06%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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