Company Analysis

Xylem Inc (XYL)

NYSE: XYL · Pumps & Pumping Equipment · Washington, DC · filing with the SEC since 2011
Grade5.9
◀ Past 6.6● Present 5.5▶ Future 5.8

The grade of Xylem Inc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.9/10
◀ Past6.630% of the headline
● Present5.540% of the headline
▶ Future5.830% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 68 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Xylem Inc's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
8.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+10.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Xylem Inc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $3.8 billion in fiscal 2016 to $9.0 billion in fiscal 2025, up 10.2% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 7% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span10.2%top 12% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 12% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 24% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak7.1%top 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
2.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 10.5% a year. 33% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 2 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 24th percentile among 57 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Xylem Inc's diluted share count grew about 10.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 33% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-29, buying about $1 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 5% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 8%: 8¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 35%: owes 35¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Xylem Inc earned about 8 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 20 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 35 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 15% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 32% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 21% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 22% of 63 in its family; net margin 10.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 78th percentile among 63 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Xylem Inc's standing among 63 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $9.0 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 19% by size; a net margin of 10.6% ranks in the top 36%; revenue growth of 17.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 12% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$9.04Btop 19% of its family
  • net margin10.6%top 36% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth17.8%top 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 42% of 55 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 55 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Xylem Inc's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Pine, Matthew Francis (Pres. & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-03-05, 2.7 years (bottom 27% of its family); the 21 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.8 years (bottom 16%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 21 people in charge now (top 17%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge5 in three years among 21 peopletop 17% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.8 yearsbottom 16% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.7 yearsbottom 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 41% of 63 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 63 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Xylem Inc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.5 billion against debt of $1.4 billion leaves 0.4% of its assets as net cash, top 28% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 10.1% of revenue (top 39%); a gross margin of 38.5% (top 39%); research spending of 2.5% of revenue (bottom 41%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets0.4%top 28% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue10.1%top 39% of its family
  • gross margin38.5%top 39% of its family
  • research spending against revenue2.5%bottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 36% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Xylem Inc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 17.8% a year over the last three filed years against 10.2% over all 10, speeding up (top 13% of its family); the newest year grew 5.5% (top 48%); research spending grew 3.1% a year (bottom 41%); capital spending grew 16.7% a year (top 23%) (its annual reports). Xylem Inc reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $7.5 billion (83%), Service at $1.6 billion (17%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+7.6 points a yeartop 13% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth5.5%top 48% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending3.1%bottom 41% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending16.7%top 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 47% of 62 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 62 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Xylem Inc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $9.0 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 15.2% below the $11 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 2% of its family); net income of $957 million against a prior three-year average of $618 million (top 29%); a net margin of 10.6% against 8.4% before (top 33%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-15.2%bottom 2% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+55%top 29% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.2 pointstop 33% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton XYL · research, not advice