Xylem Inc (XYL) fair value: what the stock is really worth
We calculate from audited financials what Xylem Inc is really worth. The fair value tells you whether the price is too high or too low, the quality score (0 to 100) how solid the business behind it is. 26 models, 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Xylem Inc
XYL · USWeak valuationQuality is weak on top of the rich price.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Sep 17, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $69.42 – $151.41 · fair‑value band $48.97 – $101.63 · the $107.56 price screens above the $78.17 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). Dashed = 300-day average. As of Sep 17, 2026.
Company profile
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.
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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.
Stock analysis
Xylem Inc (XYL) currently trades at $107.56, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $78.17, implying the stock looks roughly 37.6% overvalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the DCF Models group reads highest at a median of $81.09 per share, and 0 of the 24 models we run sit above the $107.56 price.
Bear case: the Earnings-Based group reads lowest at $31.97, and 24 of the 24 models stay below the price. Evidence for this calculation is high.
Scenario range: $48.97 (bear) to $101.63 (bull), the price of $107.56 sits above it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 49/100 (below-average quality), in the Industrials sector.
Healthy Growth: Revenue growth appears healthy and is supported by profitability and cash-flow quality.
Xylem Inc reported revenue of $9.0B in FY2025 versus $5.2B in FY2021, a compound +14.8%/yr. Reported net income was $957M in FY2025, compounding +22.4%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap $28.9B · P/E ratio 30.1 · P/S ratio 3.19 · EPS (TTM) $4.04 · Dividend yield 1.5% · Net margin 10.6% · Return on equity 8.7% · Return on assets (EBIT) 6.4%.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 52 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 30% below its 52-week high and 3% above its 52-week low, currently below its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Industrials peers we cover trades at −46% fair-value upside, at −27%, XYL screens cheaper than that median.
Fair Value models
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Of which business quality 52 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 35
Revenue & earnings trend
Growth Forecast
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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Specialty Industrial Machinery · 833 stocks
Valuation Multiplesvs Specialty Industrial Machinery median · lower = cheaper
Strength profile in five axes (Snowflake)
VALUE 0: the price sits above our fair-value range.
Context: sector, industry, market
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- P/E, EV/EBITDA and margins by industry (reference tables)
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Values & ESG
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