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Zurn Elkay Water Solutions ZWS Return on invested capital

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25%-1.3pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$433.0M+11.4%
Gross profit$205.8M+13.7%
Operating income$82.1M+29.5%
Net income$58.9M+35.1%
EPS (diluted)$0.35+34.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$273.5M+89.0%
Total debt$552.2M-0.8%
Total equity$1.6B+3.8%
Total assets$2.7B+2.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$46.1M+7.5%
CapEx$2.3M-69.7%
Free cash flow$22.3M-76.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$8.34B+35.0%
Enterprise value$8.62B+30.3%
P/E39.1×+2.6×
P/S4.8×+0.9×

Profitability

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Gross margin45.4%0.0pp
Operating margin17.1%+1.0pp
Net margin12.3%+1.5pp
FCF margin6.8%

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity13.5%+2.8pp
Debt / equity0.3×0.0×
Current ratio3.2×+0.4×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Zurn Elkay Water Solutions’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Zurn Elkay Water Solutions’s 10-Q, filed April 21, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Zurn Elkay Water Solutions's return on invested capital?
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) reported return on invested capital of 11.7% in Q1 2026.
How has Zurn Elkay Water Solutions's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions's return on invested capital increased by 21.0% year-over-year, from 9.7% to 11.7%.
What is the long-term trend for Zurn Elkay Water Solutions's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions's return on invested capital has grown at a 10.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 7.4% to 10.9%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.