Is Xylem Inc. (XYL) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Xylem Inc.'s valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 28.1, a forward P/E of about 16.9, a price-to-book of about 2.2 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Xylem Inc.'s reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.36×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Xylem Inc.'s revenue?

Xylem Inc. reported revenue of $9.0B for FY2025, with net profit of $957.0M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Xylem Inc. (XYL)?

Xylem Inc. last traded at $105.69 (-2.0% on the day), as of 9/4/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Xylem Inc.

XYL · NYSE · Industrials · United States

Snapshot

TickerXYL

ExchangeNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustrySpecialty Industrial Machinery

CountryUnited States

Employees22,000

HeadquartersWashington, United States

Websitewww.xylem.com

Filings tracked13

About Xylem Inc.

Xylem Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and servicing of engineered products and solutions for utility, industrial, and residential and commercial building services settings worldwide. It operates through Water Infrastructure; Applied Water; Measurement and Control Solutions; and Water Solutions and Services segments. The company offers water, wastewater, and storm water pumps and controls and systems; filtration, disinfection, and biological treatment equipment under the Flygt, Ionpure, Leopold, Neptune Benson, Sanitare, Wallace & Tiernan, and Wedeco brands; and pumps, valves, heat exchangers, controls, and dispensing equipment used for water and focuses on the residential, commercial and industrial markets under the Rule, Bell & Gossett, Flojet, Goulds Water Technology, Jabsco, and Lowara brands. It also provides smart meters, network communication devices, data analytics, test instruments, controls, sensor devices, software and managed services, critical infrastructure services, cloud-based analytics, and remote monitoring and data management under the Ebro, Sensus, Sentec, Smith Blair, WTW, YSI, and Xylem Vue brands. In addition, the company offers preventative maintenance services, rapid response mobile services, digitally enabled/outsourced solutions, process and wastewater treatment systems, environmental remediation, odor and corrosion control, filtration, reverse osmosis, continuous deionization, and mobile dewatering equipment and rental services; and municipal services comprising odor and corrosion control services, as well as condition assessment and asset management, and pressure monitoring solutions under the Grindex, Mar Cor, and Godwin brands. Xylem Inc. was formerly known as ITT WCO, Inc. and changed its name to Xylem Inc. in July 2011. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Washington, District Of Columbia.

Who owns it

Insiders0.3%
Institutions97.9%
Public & other1.8%

1,621 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.10.72%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.65%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC5.40%
State Street Corporation4.90%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.72%
Amundi2.19%
Invesco Ltd.2.19%
Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation2.00%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion1.36×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend8.3% → 10.6%

Margin has expanded by about 2.3 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Growth qualityrev 11% · PAT 25%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $2.5B · EPS 1.65

Est. earnings growth +16.2%

Next fiscal year

Rev $9.6B · EPS 6.25

Est. earnings growth +10.3%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$9.0B

Net margin

10.6%

ROE

8.3%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+10.8%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+25.4%

EPS (FY2025)

3.92

Net profit (FY2025)

$957.0M

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$9.0B	$957.0M	3.92	10.6%	8.3%
FY2024	$8.6B	$890.0M	3.65	10.4%	8.4%
FY2023	$7.4B	$609.0M	2.79	8.3%	6.0%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$2.3B	$263.0M	1.11	11.3%
2026Q1	$2.1B	$193.0M	0.79	9.1%
2025Q3	$2.3B	$227.0M	0.93	10.0%
2025Q2	$2.3B	$226.0M	0.93	9.8%
2025Q1	$2.1B	$169.0M	0.69	8.2%
2024Q3	$2.1B	$217.0M	0.89	10.3%
2024Q2	$2.2B	$194.0M	0.80	8.9%
2024Q1	$2.0B	$153.0M	0.63	7.5%
2023Q3	$2.1B	$152.0M	0.63	7.3%
2023Q2	$1.7B	$92.0M	0.45	5.3%
2023Q1	$1.4B	$99.0M	0.54	6.8%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC7/28/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/28/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Other events, Exhibits
SEC5/29/2026material
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC5/18/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC4/28/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC4/28/2026
10-K filing
SEC2/25/2026
8-K — Other events
SEC2/25/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/10/2026material

2025

8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC10/28/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC10/28/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/31/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC7/31/2025

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