Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
Back to Xylem Inc.
How Xylem Inc. stacks up
XYL · against 185 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
70/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #96 of 186 · scores higher than 48% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score19 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including XYL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 70?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin and return on assets, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 8.6% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 76% of peers. Return on assets: 5.9% vs peer median 3.1%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 77% of peers. Operating margin: 14.5% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = XYL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | XYL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 172 reported | 8.6% | 12.3% | 32% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 187 reported | 14.5% | 12.6% | 59% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 179 reported | 5.9% | 5.1% | 57% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 176 reported | 9.2% | 15.7% | 21% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 187 reported | 39.2% | 31.0% | 71% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around XYL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.71T JPY (≈$11.6B) | 100 | 75 | |
| 1 | 2.78T INR (≈$33.3B) | 100 | 72 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 4 | 1.29T INR (≈$15.5B) | 99 | 69 | |
| 4 | 12.3B USD | 99 | 83 | |
| 93 | 5.51T JPY (≈$37.5B) | 71 | 58 | |
| 93 | 2.69T JPY (≈$18.3B) | 71 | 67 | |
| 93 | 19.5B USD | 71 | 30 | |
| 96 | 44.2B AUD (≈$29.2B) | 70 | 46 | |
| 96 | 22.5B USD | 70 | 59 | |
| 98 | 11.3B EUR (≈$12.4B) | 68 | 52 | |
| 98 | 15.6B USD | 68 | 50 | |
| 100 | 22.4B USD | 67 | 62 | |
| 100 | 354.4B SEK (≈$35.4B) | 67 | 58 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score