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Xylem (XYL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Xylem has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 15 years, most recently at 0.08% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.08% for Q4 2025, up 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.08% (up 1.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.09%, up 1.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.08% at Xylem, up from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for XYL hit a ceiling of 0.1% in Q1 2023 and a floor of 0.05% in Q3 2023.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.08% (2025), compared with a mean of 0.08%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: grew 3bps in 2021 and later decreased -5bps in 2023.
  • Xylem's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.09% in 2021, then increased by 13bps to 0.1% in 2022, then crashed by -51bps to 0.05% in 2023, then surged by 53bps to 0.07% in 2024, then rose by 16bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.08% (Q4 2025), 0.08% (Q3 2025), and 0.07% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.