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Xylem (XYL) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Xylem has reported Return on Sales over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.14% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Sales at 0.14% for Q4 2025, down 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.11% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.11%, changed 0.0%.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.14% at Xylem, up from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for XYL hit a ceiling of 0.14% in Q4 2024 and a floor of 0.01% in Q3 2022.
  • Median Return on Sales over the past 5 years was 0.08% (2021), compared with a mean of 0.09%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: increased 6bps in 2021 and later decreased -8bps in 2022.
  • Xylem's Return on Sales stood at 0.09% in 2021, then grew by 16bps to 0.1% in 2022, then grew by 27bps to 0.13% in 2023, then rose by 15bps to 0.14% in 2024, then fell by -4bps to 0.14% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Sales were 0.14% (Q4 2025), 0.1% (Q3 2025), and 0.1% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.