Xylem Inc (XYL) stock poised to deliver a potential return of 24.39%

Kevin Freeman

Xylem Inc [XYL] stock is trading at $138.04, down -0.68%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The XYL shares have lost -6.27% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.45%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Xylem Inc [NYSE: XYL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 19, 2025, when Barclays initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $165. Previously, JP Morgan started tracking the stock with Overweight rating on May 30, 2025, and set its price target to $148. On December 12, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Peer Perform. Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $148 on December 09, 2024. TD Cowen downgraded its rating to a Hold but $138 remained the price target by the analyst firm on September 03, 2024. UBS started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on August 13, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $165. In a note dated March 12, 2024, Exane BNP Paribas initiated an Outperform rating and provided a target price of $150 on this stock.

Xylem Inc [XYL] stock has fluctuated between $100.47 and $154.27 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $171.71 within the next 12 months. Xylem Inc [NYSE: XYL] shares were valued at $138.04 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 24.39% based on the average XYL price forecast.

Analyzing the XYL fundamentals

Xylem Inc [NYSE:XYL] reported sales of 8.89B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 7.70%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.38% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.13%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.11%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.08. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.18.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 136.98 points at the first support level, and at 135.91 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 140.03, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 142.01.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Xylem Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.96. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.50, while the Cash Ratio is 0.52. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.78, the price to book ratio is 3.00 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 35.51.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Harker Victoria D, Director, that happened on Nov 04 ’25 when 1700.0 shares were sold. Officer, VICTORIA HARKER completed a deal on Nov 04 ’25 to buy 1700.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP, CPSO Toussaint Claudia S sold 10421.0 shares on Oct 30 ’25.

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