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Xylem XYL Price / earnings

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.1B+2.7%
Gross profit$803.0M+4.6%
Operating income$244.0M+5.6%
Net income$193.0M+14.2%
EPS (diluted)$0.79+14.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$808.0M-23.7%
Total debt$2.6B+19.1%
Total equity$11.0B+1.4%
Total assets$17.0B+2.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$108.0M+227%
CapEx$90.0M+26.8%
Free cash flow$18.0M+147%

Valuation

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Market cap$26.48B-0.9%
Enterprise value$28.27B+1.4%
P/S2.9×-0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin38.6%+1.1pp
Operating margin13.6%+1.6pp
Net margin10.8%+0.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity9%+0.4pp
Debt / equity0.2×0.0×
Current ratio1.5×-0.4×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Xylem’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Xylem’s 10-Q, filed April 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Xylem's price / earnings?
Xylem (XYL) reported price / earnings of 29.3× in Q1 2026.
How has Xylem's price / earnings changed year-over-year?
Xylem's price / earnings decreased by 8.5% year-over-year, from 32× to 29.3×.
What is the long-term trend for Xylem's price / earnings?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Xylem's price / earnings has grown at a -13.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 72.3× to 34.6×.
What does price / earnings mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
How do you interpret price / earnings?
Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
How does price / earnings compare across companies?
Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.