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) Return on assets

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Xylem Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.25%, up 0.6 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 4.51% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.

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

Low 3.09% High 7.80%
Ten-year median 5.06%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare 14.1%
CR Crane Company compare 10.5%
NDSN Nordson Corporation compare 9.29%
DOV Dover Corporation compare 8.61%
IEX IDEX Corporation compare 7.74%
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc. compare 7.53%
XYL Xylem Inc. 6.25%
SYM Symbotic Inc. compare 0.31%
ITT ITT Inc. compare 0.00%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 4.51%
Industrials sector median 1.20%
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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