Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
Xylem Inc. XYL
$102.42 +0.62% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $23.78B
Weak trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 24.4× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 7 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +6.0%).
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
Growth46Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 35%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 50%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 49%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 16%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 21%
Quality74Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 44%
- Gross marginTop 25%
- Operating marginTop 24%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 35%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 35%
- Interest coverTop 6%
Value75Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 27%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 40%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 38%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 38%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 5%
Momentum16Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 15%
- 6-month returnBottom 23%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 17%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 35%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 16%
Revisions72Positive
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 47%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 17%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 32%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 28%
Stability88Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 17%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 21%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 29%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 35%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 5.7% | 4.5% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 8.1% | 9.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 37.8% | 39.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 12.4% | 14.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 10.1% | 10.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.5% | 5.7% | ↓ | Bottom 35% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 9.1% | 8.1% | ↑ | Bottom 50% |
| Gross margin | 39.2% | 37.8% | ↑ | Top 25% |
| Operating margin | 14.5% | 12.4% | ↑ | Top 24% |
| Net margin | 11.1% | 10.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.5% | 10.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.9% | — | Top 44% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 17.8% | — | Top 16% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.29×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -2.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.96×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 57.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.69%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 5.15%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.84%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +4.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 7
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +6.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $152.38
- Target vs current price
- +48.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 40
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 48%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | +8.1% | +4.0% | -0.9% | -5.0% | — |
| Apr 28, 2026 | +3.7% | -4.5% | -7.0% | -10.0% | -5.4% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | +0.7% | -8.0% | -8.6% | -12.5% | -15.4% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | +11.4% | +0.7% | -0.2% | -5.1% | -5.5% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +9.6% | +10.7% | +10.0% | +10.7% | +13.1% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +7.9% | +2.3% | +5.5% | +8.9% | +13.2% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | +4.4% | +5.2% | +6.9% | +3.7% | -1.8% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +0.0% | -6.5% | -5.0% | -3.5% | -6.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $1.46 | $1.35 | +8.1% | $2.34B |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $1.12 | $1.08 | +3.7% | $2.13B |
| Feb 10, 2026 | $1.42 | $1.41 | +0.7% | $2.40B |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $1.37 | $1.23 | +11.4% | $2.27B |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $1.26 | $1.15 | +9.6% | $2.30B |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $1.03 | $0.96 | +7.9% | $2.07B |
| Feb 4, 2025 | $1.18 | $1.13 | +4.4% | $2.26B |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $1.11 | $1.11 | +0.0% | $2.10B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 24.4× | 38.9× | 0th | Top 27% |
| P/E (forward) | 18.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.7× | — | — | Top 38% |
| EV / Sales | 2.80× | — | — | Bottom 38% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.04% | — | — | Top 40% |
| Earnings yield | 4.10% | — | — | Top 27% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 29.3× – 60.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -31.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +9.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -20.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -8.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -15.2%
- RSI (14)
- 35.5
- Relative volume
- 0.62×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 27.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 65th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.83
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.50
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -33.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -34.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2021 | Jun 17, 2022 | -47.2% | 199 days | 472 days (May 6, 2024) |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Oct 1, 2026 | -34.0% | 231 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 21, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -29.5% | 220 days | 120 days (Sep 30, 2025) |
| Jan 7, 2021 | Feb 3, 2021 | -12.3% | 18 days | 50 days (Apr 16, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $23.78B
- P/E (TTM)
- 24.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.20
- Revenue (TTM)
- $9.13B
- Dividend yield
- 1.65%
- 52-week range
- $98.58 – $154.27
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.20B | $5.52B | $7.36B | $8.56B | $9.04B |
| Gross profit | $1.98B | $2.08B | $2.72B | $3.21B | $3.48B |
| Operating income | $585.0M | $622.0M | $652.0M | $1.01B | $1.22B |
| Net income | $427.0M | $355.0M | $609.0M | $890.0M | $957.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.35 | $1.96 | $2.79 | $3.65 | $3.92 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.10B | $2.26B | $2.07B | $2.30B | $2.27B | $2.40B | $2.13B | $2.34B |
| Net income | $217.0M | $326.0M | $169.0M | $226.0M | $227.0M | $335.0M | $185.0M | $263.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.89 | $1.34 | $0.69 | $0.93 | $0.93 | $1.37 | $0.79 | $1.11 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $538.0M | $596.0M | $837.0M | $1.26B | $1.24B |
| Capital expenditure | -$208.0M | -$208.0M | -$271.0M | -$321.0M | -$331.0M |
| Free cash flow | $330.0M | $388.0M | $566.0M | $942.0M | $910.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$203.0M | -$217.0M | -$299.0M | -$350.0M | -$391.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$68.0M | -$52.0M | -$25.0M | -$20.0M | $5.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.28B
- Total assets
- $17.34B
- Total liabilities
- $6.92B
- Total debt
- $3.06B
- Net debt
- $1.78B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $10.42B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | $0.43 | Sep 24, 2026 |
| May 28, 2026 | $0.43 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $0.43 | Mar 24, 2026 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | $0.40 | Dec 23, 2025 |
| Aug 28, 2025 | $0.40 | Sep 25, 2025 |
| May 29, 2025 | $0.40 | Jun 26, 2025 |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $0.40 | Mar 19, 2025 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | $0.36 | Dec 24, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 10,897,240
- Days to cover
- 3.76
- Change vs previous report
- +35.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.