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Xylem Inc. XYL

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
13 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
$9.0B
▲ 5.5% YoY
$957.0M
▲ 7.5% YoY
$910.0M
▼ 3.4% YoY
In brief

What this company does

Xylem designs, manufactures and services engineered products and solutions across a wide variety of critical applications, primarily in the water sector. Xylem had 2025 revenues of $9.0 billion and approximately 22,000 employees worldwide. Its global distribution networks consist of direct sales forces and independent channel partners serving a diverse customer base in approximately 150 countries. It has four reportable business segments that are aligned around the critical market applications they provide: Water Infrastructure, Applied Water, Measurement and Control Solutions, and Water Solutions and Services. Applied Water encompasses the uses of water to serve a diverse set of customers in the building solutions and industrial water end markets. Measurement and Control Solutions develops advanced technology solutions that enable intelligent use, optimization and conservation of critical water and energy resources.

Written from the business description in Xylem Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 25 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth
USD 9.0B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2025 · Revenue 9.0 · Net income 1.0
4B8B200920112013201520172019202120232025
Compound annual growth
+17.8%
+13.1%
+9.5%
+7.2%
+39.2%
+30.4%
+10.9%
+7.4%
+26.0%
+22.9%
+7.7%
+5.4%
+10.1%
+9.0%
+11.0%
+14.4%
+11.3%
+4.2%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +13.1% a year over five years — but profit grew faster: net income at +30.4%, earnings per share at +22.9%.

The share count rose from 0.18B to 0.24B over the period.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability
11 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 13.5% · Net 10.5%
5%10%200920112013201520172019202120232025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 8.7%
10%20%200920112013201520172019202120232025

Each USD of equity produced 9 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders
USD 391.0M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF 910.0
400M800M200920112013201520172019202120232025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends 391.0 · Net buybacks -5.0
200M-20M-40MDividendsNet buybacks201020122014201620182020202220242025

USD 391.0M in dividends — 41% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 17.6B
EquityUSD 11.5B
CashUSD 1.5B
Gross debtUSD 1.9B
Net debtUSD 463.0M
Current ratio1.62×

Net debt stands at 4% of equity.

The 17-year record
17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009
Revenue $B9.08.67.45.55.24.95.25.24.73.83.73.93.83.83.83.22.8
Operating income $B1.21.00.70.60.60.40.50.70.60.40.40.50.40.40.40.40.3
EBITDA $B1.81.61.10.90.80.60.70.90.80.60.60.60.50.60.50.50.3
Income tax $B0.20.20.00.10.10.00.00.00.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.0
Net income $B1.00.90.60.40.40.30.40.50.30.30.30.30.20.30.30.30.3
Free cash flow $B0.90.90.60.40.30.60.60.30.50.40.30.30.20.30.30.30.3
EPS, diluted $3.923.652.791.962.351.402.213.031.831.451.871.831.221.591.501.781.42
Dividend / sh $1.601.441.321.201.121.040.960.840.720.620.560.010.000.000.10··
Payout %413949614874432839433028382570·
ROE %8.78.68.910.613.88.614.020.814.112.216.115.410.615.212.314.915.6
Shares out B0.240.240.240.180.180.180.180.180.180.180.180.180.180.190.180.00·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

Provenance
Company facts, as filed
How we verify · 0 failures in 83 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of 19 fiscal years. 12 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures
ActivityPumps & Pumping Equipment
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inIndiana
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
Data on record since2009

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