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Xylem Inc. (XYL)

Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | Washington, United States | NYSE
104.05 USD +0.68 (0.658%) ⇧ (Oct. 16, 2026, 4:03 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 104.05

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:31 a.m. EDT

Xylem presents a compelling long-term value proposition obscured by short-term technical weakness. Over the past nine years, the stock has delivered an impressive 186% cumulative return, driven by eight consecutive years of positive annual performance. While the current price trades below both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages, indicating a temporary lack of momentum, the underlying fundamentals remain robust. Earnings growth is accelerating at nearly 20%, significantly outpacing the modest 1.5% revenue expansion, and the forward P/E of 16.5x suggests the market anticipates further improvement. The dividend yield of 1.69% is modest but backed by a healthy 39% payout ratio, ensuring sustainability without pressuring capital allocation. Options activity reveals mixed sentiment, with some speculative interest in higher strikes for year-end, yet the put-heavy positioning at the October expiration hints at near-term caution. With analyst consensus pricing in a 47% upside to the mean target, the investment case rests on the belief that earnings growth will eventually translate into broader revenue acceleration, making this a solid long-term hold despite the current technical headwinds.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.071851
AutoTheta0.072927
AutoETS0.073318
AutoARIMA0.073318

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 47%
H-stat 30.19
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.336
Excess Kurtosis -1.06
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-26
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-26
Debt to Equity Ratio 28.642
Revenue per Share 37.788
Market Cap 24,294,303,744
Trailing P/E 24.77
Forward P/E 16.73
Beta 0.99
Profit Margins 11.15%
Website https://www.xylem.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 5:31 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound to moderately bullish outcome over the coming months. Call open interest builds significantly at the 130 and 140 strikes for year-end expirations, while volume spikes at the 165 and 190 strikes suggest some aggressive bets on upside potential beyond the current mean target. Conversely, put activity remains concentrated at the 90 strike for the October expiration, reflecting a hedge against near-term volatility. Implied volatility is moderate, indicating a lack of extreme fear or greed in the immediate term.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.38% 1.39% 1.24% 1.24%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-27 0.430 0.381713
2026-05-28 0.430 0.393593
2026-02-24 0.430 0.335597
2025-11-25 0.400 0.282666
2025-08-28 0.400 0.277758
2025-05-29 0.400 0.318319
2025-02-18 0.400 0.306537
2024-11-26 0.360 0.289064
2024-08-29 0.360 0.265154
2024-05-30 0.360 0.258250
2024-02-20 0.360 0.290089
2023-11-20 0.330 0.329308
2023-08-30 0.330 0.318871
2023-05-26 0.330 0.335536
2023-02-21 0.330 0.319520
2022-11-21 0.300 0.267881
2022-08-31 0.300 0.329308
2022-05-25 0.300 0.370233
2022-02-16 0.300 0.330870
2021-11-22 0.280 0.219419
2021-08-25 0.280 0.207254
2021-05-26 0.280 0.239603
2021-02-17 0.280 0.285161
2020-11-04 0.260 0.299608
2020-08-26 0.260 0.322181
2020-05-27 0.260 0.377578
2020-02-26 0.260 0.309782
2019-10-30 0.240 0.285510
2019-08-28 0.240 0.320043
2019-05-29 0.240 0.324456
2019-02-13 0.240 0.330215
2018-10-31 0.210 0.320220
2018-08-29 0.210 0.273224
2018-05-23 0.210 0.293501
2018-02-14 0.210 0.286455
2017-11-01 0.180 0.272109
2017-08-29 0.180 0.294551
2017-05-23 0.180 0.340909
2017-02-14 0.180 0.377754
2016-11-07 0.155 0.319193
2016-08-29 0.155 0.304041
2016-05-23 0.155 0.356322
2016-02-16 0.155 0.418919
2015-11-02 0.141 0.384720
2015-08-31 0.141 0.434515
2015-05-26 0.141 0.388002
2015-02-13 0.141 0.391015
2014-10-27 0.128 0.365505
2014-09-08 0.128 0.339793
2014-05-19 0.128 0.337731
2014-02-14 0.128 0.336399
2013-10-21 0.116 0.409460
2013-08-30 0.116 0.468119
2013-05-20 0.116 0.401662
2013-02-15 0.116 0.410184
2012-10-18 0.101 0.409903
2012-08-23 0.101 0.410069
2012-05-17 0.101 0.413595
2012-03-01 0.101 0.378419
2011-11-14 0.101 0.422064
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.72
dividendYield 1.66
exDividendDate 2026-08-27
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.66
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.016058818
lastDividendValue 0.43
lastDividendDate 2026-08-27
dividendDate 2026-09-24

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.29565275
Address1 301 Water Street SE
Address2 Suite 200
All Time High 154.27
All Time Low 22.43
Ask 106.0
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 1.9 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,126,020
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,202,136
Average Volume 2,202,136
Average Volume10Days 2,126,020
Beta 0.991
Bid 103.6
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 2
Book Value 44.63
City Washington
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 104.05
Current Ratio 1.613
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 105.83
Day Low 103.4101
Debt To Equity 28.642
Display Name Xylem
Dividend Date 1,790,208,000
Dividend Rate 1.72
Dividend Yield 1.66
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,793,131,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,793,131,200
Earnings Growth 0.195
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.164
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,104,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,104,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,104,200
Ebitda 1,978,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.21674
Enterprise To Ebitda 13.306
Enterprise To Revenue 2.884
Enterprise Value 26,318,303,232
Eps Current Year 5.65047
Eps Forward 6.21758
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 4.2
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,788,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 109.0096
Fifty Day Average Change -4.9595947
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.045496862
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -29.565275
Fifty Two Week High 154.27
Fifty Two Week High Change -50.22
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.32553315
Fifty Two Week Low 98.58
Fifty Two Week Low Change 5.470001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.05548794
Fifty Two Week Range 98.58 - 154.27
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,318,512,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.18
Float Shares 232,882,081
Forward Eps 6.21758
Forward P E 16.734808
Free Cashflow 1,183,750,016
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 22,000
Fullday Change 0.6800003
Fullday Change Percent 0.6578314
Fullday Price 104.05
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.39240003
Gross Profits 3,580,999,936
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0033500001
Held Percent Institutions 0.97633004
Implied Shares Outstanding 233,486,812
Industry Specialty Industrial Machinery
Industry Disp Specialty Industrial Machinery
Industry Key specialty-industrial-machinery
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,788,800
Last Dividend Value 0.43
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name Xylem Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 24,294,303,744
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_118218449
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 1,018,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 25,366,007,255
Number Of Analyst Opinions 16
Open 103.98
Operating Cashflow 1,300,999,936
Operating Margins 0.16995001
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.3952
Peg Ratio 1.26
Phone 202-869-9150
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 104.05
Post Market Time 1,792,181,460
Previous Close 103.37
Price Eps Current Year 18.414398
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.3313913
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.662098
Profit Margins 0.111549996
Quick Ratio 1.161
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.85714
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.68
Regular Market Change Percent 0.657831
Regular Market Day High 105.83
Regular Market Day Low 103.4101
Regular Market Day Range 103.4101 - 105.83
Regular Market Open 103.98
Regular Market Previous Close 103.37
Regular Market Price 104.05
Regular Market Time 1,792,180,988
Regular Market Volume 2,602,538
Return On Assets 0.051149998
Return On Equity 0.09182999
Revenue Growth 0.015
Revenue Per Share 37.788
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 233,486,812
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0444
Shares Short 10,370,953
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 8,031,075
Short Name Xylem Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0575
Short Ratio 3.81
Source Interval 15
State DC
Symbol XYL
Target High Price 180.0
Target Low Price 110.0
Target Mean Price 145.0
Target Median Price 146.5
Total Cash 1,276,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 5.465
Total Debt 3,055,000,064
Total Revenue 9,125,999,616
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.66
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.016058818
Trailing Eps 4.2
Trailing P E 24.773811
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.3219
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 119.40855
Two Hundred Day Average Change -15.358543
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.12862182
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,602,538
Website https://www.xylem.com
Zip 20,003