Xylem Inc. (XYL) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Xylem (XYL) posted Operating Margin of 16.70% for Q2 2026, up 3.44 percentage points from 13.26% a year earlier and up 5.21 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Xylem Inc. (XYL) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Margin at Xylem was 14.48%, up 2.07 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 13.54%, up 1.75 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Margin shows a five-year change of +6.01 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Xylem's Operating Margin was 11.78% in FY2024 (+2.93 pp), 8.85% in FY2023 (-2.41 pp), 11.26% in FY2022 (unchanged) and 11.26% in FY2021 (+3.73 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Operating Margin in data going back to Q3 2010.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin has increased in each of the last ten quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.07 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin in the past five years was Q3 2021, with a gain of 6.03 percentage points; the weakest was Q2 2023, with a drop of 3.79 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin for the three prior quarters was 11.48% (Q1 2026), 14.73% (Q4 2025) and 14.73% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 16.70% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 11.48% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 14.73% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 14.73% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.26% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 11.16% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.84% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 13.31% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 11.66% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.28% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.96% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 9.20% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.91% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 9.05% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 13.08% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 12.17% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10.70% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.73% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 10.58% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 12.02% |
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Xylem Inc. Operating Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=XYL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "XYL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=XYL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();