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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 1.52%, EPS grew 19.4%, free cash flow grew 1.93% and total debt rose 46.6%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

104.06 0.69 +0.67%
Market cap
$24.1B
P/E
24.8×
Fwd P/E
24.1×
Dividend yield
1.62%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
4.39
Beneish M
−2.50
Dividend safety
81/100

Xylem Inc. (XYL) Gross margin

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Xylem Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 39.2%, up 0.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (38.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 36.9% (fiscal 2023) to 39.2% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 35.9% and above the Industrials sector median of 30.5%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 38.5% 0.95
FY2024 37.5% 0.61
FY2023 36.9% (0.84)
FY2022 37.7% (0.28)
FY2021 38.0% 0.49
FY2020 37.5% (1.45)
FY2019 39.0% 0.07
FY2018 38.9% (0.33)
FY2017 39.2% 0.47
FY2016 38.8% 0.34

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 41.2% 3.43
Mar 2026 37.8% (1.09)
Dec 2025 38.9% (0.05)
Sep 2025 38.9% 0.16
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Against its own ten years

Low 36.9% High 39.2%
Ten-year median 38.4%
Current reading's percentile 98

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
NDSN Nordson Corporation compare 55.3%
GGG Graco Inc. compare 52.6%
IEX IDEX Corporation compare 44.7%
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc. compare 42.8%
DOV Dover Corporation compare 39.6%
XYL Xylem Inc. 39.2%
ITT ITT Inc. compare 35.0%
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare 30.2%
SYM Symbotic Inc. compare 21.3%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 35.9%
Industrials sector median 30.5%
Market median 46.2%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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