Xylem
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2027)

202520262027
Price/Earnings ratio
34.9729.2623.21
Price/Sales ratio
2.832.682.54
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$4.05$4.84$6.11

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
20.6819.4234.1137.0021.8535.3672.1850.6256.1340.7434.3921.85
Price/Sales ratio
1.781.802.352.602.302.703.764.163.603.363.382.30
Price/Book Value ratio
3.273.164.044.894.334.796.176.715.702.442.694.79
Price/Cash Flow ratio
16.7514.2317.8417.8520.4716.9022.2540.1733.4329.6424.9720.47
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
23.4719.0223.7723.7334.3723.1328.6065.5051.3543.8434.4834.37
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.418.93-1.491.370.33-1.31-1.960.74-3.320.95-11.06-1.31
Dividend Yield
1.34%1.54%1.26%1.06%1.26%1.22%1.02%0.93%1.08%1.20%1.22%1.22%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
38.63%38.43%38.74%39.32%38.90%38.97%37.53%38.01%37.73%36.89%36.96%38.97%
Operating Profit Margin
11.82%12.29%10.76%11.81%12.55%13.20%10.15%11.26%11.26%8.85%12.01%13.20%
Pretax Profit Margin
10.75%11.03%9.01%9.90%11.23%7.92%5.84%9.83%7.96%8.62%10.94%10.94%
Net Profit Margin
8.60%9.30%6.89%7.03%10.54%7.63%5.20%8.21%6.42%8.27%9.85%9.85%
Effective Tax Rate
19.95%15.63%23.52%29.18%6.15%3.60%10.87%16.43%19.31%4.09%9.97%6.15%
Return on Assets
6.92%7.30%4.01%4.82%7.60%5.20%2.90%5.15%4.46%3.77%5.17%5.20%
Return On Equity
15.84%16.31%11.87%13.22%19.83%13.56%8.55%13.26%10.16%5.99%8.03%13.56%
Return on Capital Employed
11.70%11.71%7.91%9.65%11.21%11.16%7.28%8.49%9.77%4.68%7.23%11.16%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
2.312.431.481.881.501.631.80N/AN/AN/A1.951.50
Quick Ratio
1.771.910.971.401.071.271.511.761.391.291.421.07
Cash ratio
0.730.820.220.370.210.480.950.960.590.460.480.21
Days of Sales Outstanding
71.8674.8381.5974.1372.2772.0469.0966.9572.4480.1473.9672.27
Days of Inventory outstanding
73.8270.2782.4866.9668.2761.4266.8679.3484.8279.9574.9968.27
Operating Cycle
145.68145.11164.07141.09140.54133.46135.95146.30157.27160.10148.95140.54
Days of Payables Outstanding
51.3354.8572.2070.1667.2368.0368.1872.4376.7576.0363.9268.03
Cash Conversion Cycle
94.3490.2591.8670.9373.3065.4367.7773.8780.5184.0785.0273.30
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.260.270.360.320.310.300.350.290.230.140.120.30
Debt Equity Ratio
0.600.611.080.870.830.781.030.750.530.220.180.78
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.350.360.490.460.420.400.450.430.340.180.150.40
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.370.370.510.460.450.430.500.430.340.180.150.43
Interest Coverage Ratio
9.058.276.227.088.2410.404.76N/AN/AN/A18.078.24
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.320.360.200.310.250.360.260.220.310.360.570.25
Company Equity Multiplier
2.282.232.952.742.602.602.942.572.271.581.512.60
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.100.120.130.140.110.150.160.100.100.110.130.11
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.710.740.750.750.590.730.770.610.650.670.720.59
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.320.360.200.310.250.360.260.220.310.360.570.25
Short Term Coverage Ratio
4.675.941.91N/A2.283.031.37N/AN/A52.3167.232.28
Dividend Payout Ratio
27.89%30%43.07%39.27%27.68%43.39%74.01%47.54%61.12%49.09%41.32%27.68%