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) Gross margin

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Xylem Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 39.8%, up 1.3 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 35.5% and above the Industrials sector median of 30.6%.

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)
Sep 2026 41.2% (0.01)
Jun 2026 41.2% 3.43
Mar 2026 37.8% (1.09)
Dec 2025 38.9% (0.05)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 36.9% High 39.2%
Ten-year median 38.4%
Current reading's percentile 100

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
NDSN Nordson Corporation compare 55.3%
IEX IDEX Corporation compare 44.9%
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc. compare 43.1%
CR Crane Company compare 41.5%
XYL Xylem Inc. 39.8%
DOV Dover Corporation compare 39.7%
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare 29.9%
SYM Symbotic Inc. compare 21.3%
ITT ITT Inc. compare 0.00%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 35.5%
Industrials sector median 30.6%
Market median 45.1%

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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