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.
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Xylem Inc. (XYL) Return on assets
Xylem Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 5.90%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.61%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.09% (fiscal 2020) to 7.80% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 4.60% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.21%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 5.61% | 0.15 |
| FY2024 | 5.46% | 0.40 |
| FY2023 | 5.06% | 0.68 |
| FY2022 | 4.38% | (0.64) |
| FY2021 | 5.02% | 1.93 |
| FY2020 | 3.09% | (2.28) |
| FY2019 | 5.37% | (2.43) |
| FY2018 | 7.80% | 2.84 |
| FY2017 | 4.96% | 0.29 |
| FY2016 | 4.67% | (2.50) |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| GGG Graco Inc. compare | 17.3% |
| OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare | 14.0% |
| NDSN Nordson Corporation compare | 9.29% |
| DOV Dover Corporation compare | 8.45% |
| IEX IDEX Corporation compare | 7.53% |
| XYL Xylem Inc. | 5.90% |
| IR Ingersoll Rand Inc. compare | 5.29% |
| ITT ITT Inc. compare | 5.25% |
| SYM Symbotic Inc. compare | 0.31% |
| Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median | 4.60% |
| Industrials sector median | 1.21% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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