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Xylem (XYL) Competitors

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$125.07 -0.30 (-0.24%)
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XYL vs. PH, ITW, IR, DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, WWD, IEX, and NDSN

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), Woodward (WWD), IDEX (IEX), and Nordson (NDSN). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Xylem vs. Its Competitors

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

Parker-Hannifin received 202 more outperform votes than Xylem when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.68% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 63.43% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Parker-HannifinOutperform Votes
738
63.68%
Underperform Votes
421
36.32%
XylemOutperform Votes
536
63.43%
Underperform Votes
309
36.57%

Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xylem has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Parker-Hannifin$19.93B4.18$2.84B$25.9725.12
Xylem$8.56B3.55$890M$3.7233.62

Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Parker-Hannifin pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xylem pays out 43.0% 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. Parker-Hannifin has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years and Xylem has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

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

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 16 more articles in the media than Xylem. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 18 mentions for Xylem. Xylem's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Parker-Hannifin's score of 1.47 indicating that Xylem is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Parker-Hannifin presently has a consensus target price of $719.71, suggesting a potential upside of 10.31%. Xylem has a consensus target price of $143.71, suggesting a potential upside of 14.91%. Given Xylem's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Xylem is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Parker-Hannifin
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76
Xylem
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Parker-Hannifin has a net margin of 17.14% compared to Xylem's net margin of 10.54%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 26.80% beat Xylem's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Parker-Hannifin17.14% 26.80% 11.89%
Xylem 10.54%10.12%6.62%

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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XYL vs. The Competition

MetricXylemWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$30.51B$10.23B$13.01B$19.81B
Dividend Yield1.28%1.31%2.61%3.81%
P/E Ratio33.6235.8827.2927.02
Price / Sales3.5514.7852.2633.74
Price / Cash19.0016.4623.8421.22
Price / Book2.853.715.954.40
Net Income$890M$221.89M$189.27M$986.75M
7 Day Performance-1.68%-2.23%-1.19%-0.99%
1 Month Performance-2.27%4.02%0.58%1.11%
1 Year Performance-10.90%11.89%22.21%10.43%

Xylem Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XYL
Xylem
4.525 of 5 stars
$125.07
-0.2%
$143.71
+14.9%
-10.9%$30.51B$8.56B33.6223,000Positive News
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.6529 of 5 stars
$669.86
-0.2%
$719.71
+7.4%
+28.7%$85.59B$19.79B27.7355,100Positive News
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.7187 of 5 stars
$247.28
-0.1%
$253.42
+2.5%
+0.3%$72.45B$15.76B21.1046,000Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
3.7911 of 5 stars
$83.49
+0.4%
$98.91
+18.5%
-14.6%$33.68B$7.28B40.5317,000Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.7618 of 5 stars
$180.68
+0.7%
$207.75
+15.0%
-4.0%$24.77B$7.73B9.2925,000Trending News
SNA
Snap-on
4.2765 of 5 stars
$320.73
-0.3%
$350.83
+9.4%
+13.9%$16.77B$4.67B16.4512,900
PNR
Pentair
4.8933 of 5 stars
$99.70
+0.2%
$107.14
+7.5%
+21.7%$16.40B$4.08B26.6611,200Positive News
GGG
Graco
3.8848 of 5 stars
$85.03
0.0%
$93.00
+9.4%
+5.5%$14.21B$2.15B30.154,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WWD
Woodward
4.392 of 5 stars
$234.56
0.0%
$217.75
-7.2%
+28.8%$13.92B$3.36B39.298,300
IEX
IDEX
4.552 of 5 stars
$183.17
-0.1%
$212.50
+16.0%
-13.6%$13.84B$3.28B27.548,870Positive News
Dividend Announcement
NDSN
Nordson
4.5564 of 5 stars
$219.28
+2.1%
$253.17
+15.5%
-8.0%$12.39B$2.70B27.907,330Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:XYL) was last updated on 6/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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