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XYL Xylem Inc.

industrial · 2026-10-08

N/A
too hard · 58
Owner-earnings value$83.68
Price$101.82
Margin of safety -17.8%

Quality gate · 58/100

Returns on capital 3.3/30
Consistency 19.7/22
Margins / pricing power 11.3/16
Balance sheet 14.1/16
Cash conversion 10.0/10
Capital allocation 0/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 7% < 9%)

Median ROIC7.2%
Gross margin39.2%
Net debt / EBITDA0.3x
FCF conversion100%
Share count / yr+10.6%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)960.00M
Owner-earnings yield4.0%
Free-cash-flow yield4.0%
Growth used (normalized)10.0%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)14.9%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.7%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
11.06B 10.0%962.31M
21.15B 9.2%957.80M
31.25B 8.4%946.52M
41.35B 7.7%928.67M
51.44B 6.9%904.57M
61.53B 6.1%874.68M
71.61B 5.3%839.59M
81.68B 4.6%799.95M
91.75B 3.8%756.51M
101.80B 3.0%710.07M

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~15%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 10%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-08 58 $101.82 $83.68 -17.8% N/A
2026-07-02 58 $117.27 $90.84 -22.5% N/A
2026-06-25 58 $112.04 $91.97 -17.9% N/A
2026-06-23 58 $110.40 $90.56 -18.0% N/A