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Xylem (XYL) Competitors

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XYL vs. PH, ITW, IR, DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, WWD, and ITT

Should you be buying Xylem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xylem include Parker-Hannifin (PH), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Woodward (WWD), and ITT (ITT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Xylem vs.

Xylem (NYSE:XYL) and Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Parker-Hannifin received 203 more outperform votes than Xylem when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.79% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 63.39% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
XylemOutperform Votes
535
63.39%
Underperform Votes
309
36.61%
Parker-HannifinOutperform Votes
738
63.79%
Underperform Votes
419
36.21%

Parker-Hannifin has higher revenue and earnings than Xylem. Parker-Hannifin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xylem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Xylem$8.60B3.55$890M$3.7233.76
Parker-Hannifin$19.79B4.30$2.84B$25.9725.65

Xylem has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

88.0% of Xylem shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Xylem shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Parker-Hannifin has a net margin of 15.87% compared to Xylem's net margin of 10.40%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 27.34% beat Xylem's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Xylem10.40% 9.96% 6.48%
Parker-Hannifin 15.87%27.34%11.64%

Xylem presently has a consensus target price of $146.88, indicating a potential upside of 16.95%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus target price of $718.44, indicating a potential upside of 7.83%. Given Xylem's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Xylem is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Xylem
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Parker-Hannifin
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 14 more articles in the media than Xylem. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 21 mentions for Xylem. Xylem's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Parker-Hannifin's score of 1.42 indicating that Xylem is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Xylem
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Parker-Hannifin
31 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Xylem pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Xylem has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Parker-Hannifin has increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years.

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats Xylem on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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XYL vs. The Competition

MetricXylemPumps & pumping equipment IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$30.56B$11.10B$24.35B$19.40B
Dividend Yield1.29%1.47%2.66%3.91%
P/E Ratio34.3127.1133.3734.83
Price / Sales3.552.93366.2042.55
Price / Cash19.6619.5630.9317.51
Price / Book2.873.325.444.74
Net Income$890M$369.47M$195.65M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.08%1.57%1.40%1.21%
1 Month Performance8.44%14.53%8.75%4.99%
1 Year Performance-10.52%16.32%18.65%5.80%

Xylem Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XYL
Xylem
4.6767 of 5 stars
$125.59
-0.5%
$144.29
+14.9%
-10.5%$30.56B$8.60B34.3117,800Positive News
Short Interest ↓
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.3689 of 5 stars
$655.98
-0.2%
$718.44
+9.5%
+26.5%$83.82B$19.79B27.1555,100Positive News
Short Interest ↑
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.307 of 5 stars
$242.03
-1.1%
$253.42
+4.7%
+2.7%$70.91B$15.76B20.6546,000Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
3.6607 of 5 stars
$80.41
-1.0%
$98.91
+23.0%
-12.4%$32.44B$7.28B39.0317,000Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.8132 of 5 stars
$177.79
-1.1%
$207.75
+16.9%
-2.3%$24.38B$7.73B9.1425,000Trending News
SNA
Snap-on
3.2845 of 5 stars
$319.51
-0.5%
$350.83
+9.8%
+18.9%$16.71B$4.67B16.3912,900
PNR
Pentair
4.8157 of 5 stars
$96.79
-0.9%
$107.14
+10.7%
+25.2%$15.92B$4.08B25.8811,200Positive News
Short Interest ↓
GGG
Graco
4.0654 of 5 stars
$83.63
-1.1%
$93.00
+11.2%
+5.3%$13.98B$2.15B29.664,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
IEX
IDEX
4.3216 of 5 stars
$179.56
-0.9%
$212.50
+18.3%
-14.6%$13.56B$3.28B27.008,870Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
WWD
Woodward
4.2986 of 5 stars
$210.61
+2.2%
$204.75
-2.8%
+16.8%$12.50B$3.36B35.288,300Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
ITT
ITT
4.185 of 5 stars
$147.43
-0.6%
$165.50
+12.3%
+13.1%$11.60B$3.63B23.4010,300Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:XYL) was last updated on 5/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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