Xylem Inc. (XYL) 10-Year Financial Performance & Capital Metrics

XYL • • Industrial / General

IndustrialsIndustrial MachineryFluid Handling & Pumping SystemsWater & Fuel Pumping

AboutXylem Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and servicing of engineered products and solutions for the water and wastewater applications in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Water Infrastructure, Applied Water, and Measurement & Control Solutions. The Water Infrastructure segment offers various products, including water, storm water, and wastewater pumps; controls and systems; filtration, disinfection, and biological treatment equipment; and mobile dewatering equipment under the Flygt, Godwin, Wedeco, Sanitaire, Leopold, Wedeco, and Xylem Vue brand names for the transportation and treatment of water. The Applied Water segment provides pumps, valves, heat exchangers, controls, and dispensing equipment systems under the Goulds Water Technology, Bell & Gossett, A-C Fire Pump, Standard Xchange, Lowara, Jabsco, Xylem Vue and Flojet brand names for residential and commercial building services, and industrial water applications. The Measurement & Control Solutions segment provides smart meters, networked communication devices, and measurement and control technologies, as well as critical infrastructure technologies. It also offers software and services, including cloud-based analytics, remote monitoring and data management, leak detection, condition assessment, asset management, and pressure monitoring solutions, as well as testing equipment and managed services. This segment sells its products under the Pure, Sensus, Smith Blair, WTW, Xylem Vue, and YSI brand names. The company markets and sells its products through a network of direct sales force, resellers, distributors, and value-added solution providers. Xylem Inc. was formerly known as ITT WCO, Inc. and changed its name to Xylem Inc. in May 2011. The company. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Rye Brook, New York.Show more

Revenue $8.56B +16.3%
EBITDA $1.57B +44.4%
Net Income $890M +46.1%
EPS (Diluted) 3.65 +30.8%
Gross Margin 37.51% +1.7%
EBITDA Margin 18.35% +24.2%
Operating Margin 11.78% +33.1%
Net Margin 10.39% +25.7%
ROE 8.45% -5.1%
ROIC 6.46% +6.0%
Debt/Equity 0.20 -16.9%
Interest Coverage 22.93 +72.3%

Technical Analysis

Key Insights

Based on financial data analysis

✓Strengths

✓Strong 5Y profit CAGR of 17.3%
✓Strong Piotroski F-Score: 7/9
✓14 consecutive years of dividend growth
✓High quality earnings: Operating CF exceeds net income
✓Strong 5Y sales CAGR of 10.3%

✗Weaknesses

✗Shares diluted 11.6% in last year

Price & Volume

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Growth Metrics

Revenue CAGR

10Y8.14%

5Y10.28%

3Y18.12%

TTM5.58%

Profit (Net Income) CAGR

10Y10.2%

5Y17.29%

3Y27.74%

TTM14.22%

EPS CAGR

10Y7.15%

5Y10.56%

3Y15.81%

TTM13.74%

ROCE

10Y Avg8.71%

5Y Avg7.44%

3Y Avg7.67%

Latest7.19%

Peer Comparison

Water & Fuel Pumping

Name	Market Cap	Current Price	P/E Ratio	Revenue Growth 1Y	Net Margin	ROE	FCF Yield	Debt/Equity
XYLXylem Inc.	35.26B	144.81	39.67	16.27%	10.66%	8.28%	2.67%	0.20
MWAMueller Water Products, Inc.	4.12B	26.36	35.62	3.06%	13.41%	19.53%	4.64%	0.59
WTSWatts Water Technologies, Inc.	8.13B	296.80	34.15	9.53%	13.79%	16.59%	4.01%	0.12
PNRPentair plc	17.5B	106.97	28.60	-0.53%	15.84%	17.29%	3.95%	0.50
FELEFranklin Electric Co., Inc.	4.47B	100.45	26.02	-2.12%	6.71%	10.69%	4.91%	0.15
AOSA. O. Smith Corporation	8.16B	71.99	19.83	-0.9%	13.85%	28.76%	5.81%	0.12

Profit & Loss

	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024
Sales/Revenue+	3.65B	3.77B	4.71B	5.21B	5.25B	4.88B	5.2B	5.52B	7.36B	8.56B
Revenue Growth %	-0.07%	0.03%	0.25%	0.11%	0.01%	-0.07%	0.07%	0.06%	0.33%	0.16%
Cost of Goods Sold+	2.25B	2.31B	2.86B	3.18B	3.2B	3.05B	3.22B	3.44B	4.65B	5.35B
COGS % of Revenue	0.62%	0.61%	0.61%	0.61%	0.61%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%	0.63%	0.62%
Gross Profit+	1.4B	1.46B	1.85B	2.03B	2.05B	1.83B	1.98B	2.08B	2.72B	3.21B
Gross Margin %	0.38%	0.39%	0.39%	0.39%	0.39%	0.38%	0.38%	0.38%	0.37%	0.38%
Gross Profit Growth %	-0.07%	0.04%	0.27%	0.09%	0.01%	-0.11%	0.08%	0.06%	0.3%	0.18%
Operating Expenses+	955M	1.05B	1.29B	1.37B	1.56B	1.46B	1.39B	1.46B	2.06B	2.2B
OpEx % of Revenue	0.26%	0.28%	0.28%	0.26%	0.3%	0.3%	0.27%	0.26%	0.28%	0.26%
Selling, General & Admin	854M	914M	1.09B	1.16B	1.16B	1.14B	1.18B	1.37B	1.76B	1.91B
SG&A % of Revenue	0.23%	0.24%	0.23%	0.22%	0.22%	0.23%	0.23%	0.25%	0.24%	0.22%
Research & Development	95M	110M	180M	189M	191M	187M	204M	206M	232M	230M
R&D % of Revenue	0.03%	0.03%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.03%	0.03%
Other Operating Expenses	6M	30M	25M	22M	211M	133M	7M	-111M	76M	62M
Operating Income+	449M	406M	552M	654M	486M	367M	585M	622M	652M	1.01B
Operating Margin %	0.12%	0.11%	0.12%	0.13%	0.09%	0.08%	0.11%	0.11%	0.09%	0.12%
Operating Income Growth %	-0.03%	-0.1%	0.36%	0.18%	-0.26%	-0.24%	0.59%	0.06%	0.05%	0.55%
EBITDA+	582M	557M	786M	915M	743M	618M	830M	858M	1.09B	1.57B
EBITDA Margin %	0.16%	0.15%	0.17%	0.18%	0.14%	0.13%	0.16%	0.16%	0.15%	0.18%
EBITDA Growth %	-0.04%	-0.04%	0.41%	0.16%	-0.19%	-0.17%	0.34%	0.03%	0.27%	0.44%
D&A (Non-Cash Add-back)	133M	151M	234M	261M	257M	251M	245M	236M	436M	562M
EBIT	455M	486M	580M	687M	483M	362M	587M	490M	684M	1.13B
Net Interest Income+	-53M	-68M	-79M	-78M	-62M	-70M	-69M	-34M	-21M	-16M
Interest Income	2M	2M	3M	4M	5M	7M	7M	16M	28M	28M
Interest Expense	55M	70M	82M	82M	67M	77M	76M	50M	49M	44M
Other Income/Expense	-46M	-68M	-86M	-69M	-70M	-82M	-74M	-182M	-17M	78M
Pretax Income+	403M	340M	466M	585M	416M	285M	511M	440M	635M	1.09B
Pretax Margin %	0.11%	0.09%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.06%	0.1%	0.08%	0.09%	0.13%
Income Tax+	63M	80M	136M	36M	15M	31M	84M	85M	26M	197M
Effective Tax Rate %	0.84%	0.76%	0.71%	0.94%	0.96%	0.89%	0.84%	0.81%	0.96%	0.82%
Net Income+	340M	260M	331M	549M	401M	254M	427M	355M	609M	890M
Net Margin %	0.09%	0.07%	0.07%	0.11%	0.08%	0.05%	0.08%	0.06%	0.08%	0.1%
Net Income Growth %	0.01%	-0.24%	0.27%	0.66%	-0.27%	-0.37%	0.68%	-0.17%	0.72%	0.46%
Net Income (Continuing)	340M	260M	330M	549M	401M	254M	427M	355M	609M	890M
Discontinued Operations	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minority Interest	0	17M	16M	14M	10M	8M	8M	9M	10M	240M
EPS (Diluted)+	1.87	1.45	1.83	3.03	2.21	1.40	2.35	1.96	2.79	3.65
EPS Growth %	0.02%	-0.22%	0.26%	0.66%	-0.27%	-0.37%	0.68%	-0.17%	0.42%	0.31%
EPS (Basic)	1.88	1.45	1.84	3.05	2.23	1.41	2.37	1.97	2.81	3.67
Diluted Shares Outstanding	181.7M	180M	180.9M	181.1M	181.2M	181.1M	181.53M	180.98M	218.18M	243.5M
Basic Shares Outstanding	180.9M	179.1M	179.6M	179.8M	179.99M	180.12M	180.25M	180.22M	216.98M	242.6M
Dividend Payout Ratio	0.3%	0.43%	0.39%	0.28%	0.43%	0.74%	0.48%	0.61%	0.49%	0.39%

Balance Sheet

	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024
Total Current Assets+	2B	1.84B	2.07B	2.09B	2.45B	3.52B	3.16B	3.01B	3.88B	4.09B
Cash & Short-Term Investments	680M	308M	414M	296M	724M	1.88B	1.35B	944M	1.02B	1.12B
Cash Only	680M	308M	414M	296M	724M	1.88B	1.35B	944M	1.02B	1.12B
Short-Term Investments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accounts Receivable	749M	843M	956M	1.03B	1.04B	923M	953M	1.1B	1.62B	1.67B
Days Sales Outstanding	74.84	81.6	74.13	72.27	72.04	69.09	66.96	72.44	80.15	71.11
Inventory	433M	522M	524M	595M	539M	558M	700M	799M	1.02B	996M
Days Inventory Outstanding	70.27	82.48	66.97	68.27	61.42	66.86	79.35	84.83	79.96	67.95
Other Current Assets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	173M	230M	309M
Total Non-Current Assets+	2.65B	4.63B	4.79B	5.13B	5.26B	5.23B	5.12B	4.94B	12.23B	12.39B
Property, Plant & Equipment	439M	616M	643M	656M	658M	657M	644M	630M	1.17B	1.15B
Fixed Asset Turnover	8.32x	6.12x	7.32x	7.94x	7.98x	7.42x	8.07x	8.77x	6.30x	7.43x
Goodwill	1.58B	2.63B	2.77B	2.98B	2.84B	2.85B	2.79B	2.72B	7.59B	7.98B
Intangible Assets	435M	1.2B	1.17B	1.23B	1.17B	1.09B	1.02B	930M	2.53B	2.38B
Long-Term Investments	0	0	0	0	4M	0	8M	79M	9M	50M
Other Non-Current Assets	194M	186M	210M	264M	585M	623M	656M	582M	934M	834M
Total Assets+	4.66B	6.47B	6.86B	7.22B	7.71B	8.75B	8.28B	7.95B	16.11B	16.49B
Asset Turnover	0.78x	0.58x	0.69x	0.72x	0.68x	0.56x	0.63x	0.69x	0.46x	0.52x
Asset Growth %	-0.04%	0.39%	0.06%	0.05%	0.07%	0.13%	-0.05%	-0.04%	1.03%	0.02%
Total Current Liabilities+	823M	1.24B	1.1B	1.39B	1.5B	1.96B	1.39B	1.59B	2.21B	2.34B
Accounts Payable	338M	457M	549M	586M	597M	569M	639M	723M	968M	1.01B
Days Payables Outstanding	54.86	72.21	70.16	67.24	68.03	68.18	72.43	76.76	76.03	68.63
Short-Term Debt	78M	260M	0	257M	337M	663M	69M	69M	16M	38M
Deferred Revenue (Current)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Current Liabilities	156M	182M	203M	194M	156M	258M	273M	285M	403M	430M
Current Ratio	2.44x	1.49x	1.88x	1.51x	1.63x	1.80x	2.27x	1.89x	1.76x	1.75x
Quick Ratio	1.91x	1.06x	1.41x	1.08x	1.27x	1.52x	1.77x	1.39x	1.30x	1.33x
Cash Conversion Cycle	90.26	91.87	70.94	73.3	65.43	67.77	73.87	80.51	84.07	70.42
Total Non-Current Liabilities+	1.75B	3.03B	3.24B	3.05B	3.24B	3.82B	3.66B	2.86B	3.73B	3.27B
Long-Term Debt	1.2B	2.11B	2.2B	2.05B	2.04B	2.48B	2.44B	1.88B	2.27B	1.98B
Capital Lease Obligations	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Deferred Tax Liabilities	118M	352M	252M	303M	310M	242M	287M	222M	557M	497M
Other Non-Current Liabilities	436M	569M	789M	697M	892M	1.09B	932M	757M	906M	800M
Total Liabilities	2.57B	4.27B	4.34B	4.44B	4.74B	5.77B	5.05B	4.45B	5.94B	5.62B
Total Debt+	1.27B	2.37B	2.2B	2.31B	2.38B	3.15B	2.51B	1.95B	2.39B	2.13B
Net Debt	594M	2.06B	1.79B	2.01B	1.65B	1.27B	1.16B	1B	1.37B	1B
Debt / Equity	0.61x	1.07x	0.87x	0.83x	0.80x	1.06x	0.78x	0.56x	0.23x	0.20x
Debt / EBITDA	2.19x	4.25x	2.80x	2.52x	3.20x	5.09x	3.02x	2.27x	2.20x	1.35x
Net Debt / EBITDA	1.02x	3.70x	2.27x	2.20x	2.22x	2.06x	1.40x	1.17x	1.26x	0.64x
Interest Coverage	8.16x	5.80x	6.73x	7.98x	7.25x	4.77x	7.70x	12.44x	13.31x	22.93x
Total Equity+	2.08B	2.21B	2.52B	2.78B	2.97B	2.98B	3.23B	3.5B	10.18B	10.88B
Equity Growth %	-0.02%	0.06%	0.14%	0.1%	0.07%	0%	0.08%	0.09%	1.9%	0.07%
Book Value per Share	11.47	12.26	13.92	15.36	16.37	16.43	17.77	19.36	46.64	44.69
Total Shareholders' Equity	2.08B	2.19B	2.5B	2.77B	2.96B	2.97B	3.22B	3.49B	10.17B	10.64B
Common Stock	2M	2M	2M	2M	2M	2M	2M	2M	3M	3M
Retained Earnings	885M	1.03B	1.23B	1.64B	1.87B	1.93B	2.15B	2.29B	2.6B	3.14B
Treasury Stock	-399M	-403M	-428M	-487M	-527M	-588M	-656M	-708M	-733M	-753M
Accumulated OCI	-238M	-318M	-210M	-336M	-375M	-413M	-371M	-226M	-269M	-435M
Minority Interest	0	17M	16M	14M	10M	8M	8M	9M	10M	240M

Cash Flow

	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024
Cash from Operations+	464M	497M	686M	586M	839M	824M	538M	596M	837M	1.26B
Operating CF Margin %	0.13%	0.13%	0.15%	0.11%	0.16%	0.17%	0.1%	0.11%	0.11%	0.15%
Operating CF Growth %	0.12%	0.07%	0.38%	-0.15%	0.43%	-0.02%	-0.35%	0.11%	0.4%	0.51%
Net Income	340M	260M	330M	549M	401M	254M	427M	355M	609M	890M
Depreciation & Amortization	133M	151M	234M	261M	257M	251M	245M	236M	436M	562M
Stock-Based Compensation	15M	18M	21M	30M	29M	26M	33M	37M	60M	56M
Deferred Taxes	-9M	14M	-33M	-47M	-77M	-31M	10M	-64M	-79M	-36M
Other Non-Cash Items	-30M	-7M	-7M	-31M	170M	116M	-41M	134M	22M	-97M
Working Capital Changes	15M	61M	141M	-176M	59M	208M	-136M	-102M	-211M	-112M
Change in Receivables	-38M	-6M	53M	-109M	-21M	230M	-72M	-192M	0	-107M
Change in Inventory	23M	-15M	27M	-97M	47M	-5M	-167M	-147M	41M	-41M
Change in Payables	20M	61M	50M	51M	29M	-39M	81M	117M	22M	64M
Cash from Investing+	-132M	-1.89B	-181M	-643M	-231M	-169M	-183M	-191M	-628M	-482M
Capital Expenditures	-117M	-124M	-170M	-237M	-226M	-183M	-208M	-208M	-271M	-321M
CapEx % of Revenue	0.03%	0.03%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
Acquisitions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Investments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other Investing	2M	20M	7M	5M	0	-181M	-210M	1M	13M	3M
Cash from Financing+	-262M	1.03B	-421M	-40M	-177M	473M	-855M	-790M	-157M	-615M
Debt Issued (Net)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Equity Issued (Net)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dividends Paid	-102M	-112M	-130M	-152M	-174M	-188M	-203M	-217M	-299M	-350M
Share Repurchases	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other Financing	22M	24M	16M	7M	10M	18M	16M	6M	49M	39M
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cash Flow+	347M	373M	516M	349M	613M	641M	330M	388M	566M	942M
FCF Margin %	0.09%	0.1%	0.11%	0.07%	0.12%	0.13%	0.06%	0.07%	0.08%	0.11%
FCF Growth %	0.17%	0.07%	0.38%	-0.32%	0.76%	0.05%	-0.49%	0.18%	0.46%	0.66%
FCF per Share	1.91	2.07	2.85	1.93	3.38	3.54	1.82	2.14	2.59	3.87
FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income)	1.36x	1.91x	2.07x	1.07x	2.09x	3.24x	1.26x	1.68x	1.37x	1.42x
Interest Paid	52M	49M	78M	78M	77M	77M	99M	76M	69M	67M
Taxes Paid	75M	78M	57M	75M	107M	41M	83M	91M	211M	219M

Key Ratios

Metric	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Return on Equity (ROE)	16.15%	12.12%	14.01%	20.71%	13.95%	8.55%	13.77%	10.55%	8.9%	8.45%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	12.41%	8.77%	9.66%	10.78%	7.74%	6.21%	10.16%	10.49%	6.09%	6.46%
Gross Margin	38.43%	38.74%	39.32%	38.91%	38.98%	37.53%	38.02%	37.74%	36.9%	37.51%
Net Margin	9.31%	6.89%	7.03%	10.54%	7.64%	5.21%	8.22%	6.43%	8.27%	10.39%
Debt / Equity	0.61x	1.07x	0.87x	0.83x	0.80x	1.06x	0.78x	0.56x	0.23x	0.20x
Interest Coverage	8.16x	5.80x	6.73x	7.98x	7.25x	4.77x	7.70x	12.44x	13.31x	22.93x
FCF Conversion	1.36x	1.91x	2.07x	1.07x	2.09x	3.24x	1.26x	1.68x	1.37x	1.42x
Revenue Growth	-6.72%	3.23%	24.82%	10.62%	0.81%	-7.11%	6.54%	6.29%	33.36%	16.27%

Revenue by Segment

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Water Infrastructure	2.23B	2.25B	2B	2.18B	2.18B	2.08B	2.25B	2.36B	2.97B	2.56B
Water Infrastructure Growth	-	0.67%	-10.77%	8.58%	0.05%	-4.50%	8.08%	5.21%	25.51%	-13.89%
Water Solutions & Services	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.34B
Water Solutions & Services Growth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Measurement and Control Solutions	-	-	-	913M	972M	856M	1.05B	1.13B	1.35B	1.87B
Measurement and Control Solutions Growth	-	-	-	-	6.46%	-11.93%	23.25%	6.73%	20.25%	38.18%
Applied Water	1.42B	1.39B	1.42B	1.53B	1.54B	1.43B	1.61B	1.77B	1.85B	1.79B
Applied Water Growth	-	-2.04%	2.01%	7.95%	0.46%	-6.94%	12.48%	9.55%	4.87%	-3.24%
Integrated Solutions & Services	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	697M	-
Integrated Solutions & Services Growth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Revenue by Geography

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
UNITED STATES	1.49B	1.57B	2.16B	2.42B	2.55B	2.3B	2.28B	2.57B	3.96B	4.86B
UNITED STATES Growth	-	5.64%	37.29%	12.17%	5.36%	-10.06%	-0.74%	12.85%	53.75%	22.90%
Europe	1.18B	1.2B	1.33B	1.45B	1.38B	1.41B	1.41B	1.41B	1.66B	1.75B
Europe Growth	-	1.36%	11.72%	8.54%	-4.76%	1.96%	0.50%	-0.21%	17.29%	5.44%
Asia Pacific	482M	518M	611M	660M	659M	618M	1.07B	1.07B	1.18B	1.27B
Asia Pacific Growth	-	7.47%	17.95%	8.02%	-0.15%	-6.22%	72.49%	0.75%	10.06%	7.78%
Other countries	502M	484M	600M	674M	656M	554M	435M	464M	571M	681M
Other countries Growth	-	-3.59%	23.97%	12.33%	-2.67%	-15.55%	-21.48%	6.67%	23.06%	19.26%

Frequently Asked Questions

Valuation & Price

Xylem Inc. (XYL) has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 39.7x. This suggests investors expect higher future growth.

Growth & Financials

Xylem Inc. (XYL) reported $8.89B in revenue for fiscal year 2024. This represents a 134% increase from $3.80B in 2011.

Xylem Inc. (XYL) grew revenue by 16.3% over the past year. This is strong growth.

Yes, Xylem Inc. (XYL) is profitable, generating $948.0M in net income for fiscal year 2024 (10.4% net margin).

Dividend & Returns

Yes, Xylem Inc. (XYL) pays a dividend with a yield of 0.99%. This makes it attractive for income-focused investors.

Xylem Inc. (XYL) has a return on equity (ROE) of 8.5%. This is below average, suggesting room for improvement.

Xylem Inc. (XYL) generated $925.0M in free cash flow for fiscal year 2024. Positive FCF indicates the company can fund dividends, buybacks, or reinvestment.

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