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Xylem (XYL) Competitors

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XYL vs. DCI, DOV, FTV, GGG, IEX, IR, ITT, ITW, PNR, and WTS

Should you be buying Xylem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xylem include Donaldson (DCI), Dover (DOV), Fortive (FTV), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Pentair (PNR), and Watts Water Technologies (WTS).

Xylem vs. Its Competitors

Xylem (NYSE:XYL) and Donaldson (NYSE:DCI) are both industrial machinery companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Xylem has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Donaldson's net margin of 9.94%. Donaldson's return on equity of 28.86% beat Xylem's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Xylem10.54% 10.12% 6.62%
Donaldson 9.94%28.86%14.63%

Xylem presently has a consensus price target of $143.71, indicating a potential upside of 8.45%. Donaldson has a consensus price target of $70.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.73%. Given Xylem's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Xylem is more favorable than Donaldson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Xylem
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Donaldson
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Xylem had 6 more articles in the media than Donaldson. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Xylem and 9 mentions for Donaldson. Xylem's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Donaldson's score of 0.76 indicating that Xylem is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Xylem
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Donaldson
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 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 1.2%. Donaldson pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Xylem pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Donaldson pays out 40.3% 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Donaldson has raised its dividend for 38 consecutive years. Donaldson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Xylem has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Donaldson has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Xylem has higher revenue and earnings than Donaldson. Donaldson 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$8.56B3.77$890M$3.7235.62
Donaldson$3.59B2.34$414M$2.9824.15

88.0% of Xylem shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Donaldson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Xylem shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Donaldson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Xylem beats Donaldson on 13 of the 19 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$32.20B$9.85B$12.99B$20.55B
Dividend Yield1.22%1.31%2.70%3.74%
P/E Ratio35.5735.0928.7628.00
Price / Sales3.7711.07389.3740.51
Price / Cash19.9217.0526.3722.25
Price / Book3.023.736.194.60
Net Income$890M$221.89M$188.52M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.18%1.65%1.15%0.78%
1 Month Performance3.14%0.82%3.06%4.24%
1 Year Performance-2.78%18.29%38.41%14.43%

Xylem Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XYL
Xylem
4.4809 of 5 stars
$132.52
+0.7%
$143.71
+8.4%
-1.4%$32.20B$8.56B35.5723,000Positive News
DCI
Donaldson
3.9048 of 5 stars
$69.39
-0.3%
$70.00
+0.9%
+2.3%$8.09B$3.65B23.2914,000
DOV
Dover
4.7097 of 5 stars
$183.34
+0.0%
$208.58
+13.8%
+7.6%$25.14B$7.75B11.0425,000
FTV
Fortive
4.9233 of 5 stars
$52.20
-27.1%
$82.62
+58.3%
-27.2%$17.74B$6.18B22.8918,000Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
GGG
Graco
3.6515 of 5 stars
$86.03
-0.1%
$93.00
+8.1%
+13.5%$14.38B$2.11B30.404,300
IEX
IDEX
4.6862 of 5 stars
$175.67
-0.4%
$212.50
+21.0%
-5.6%$13.27B$3.27B27.849,000Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
3.8813 of 5 stars
$83.28
-1.2%
$97.80
+17.4%
-4.3%$33.60B$7.24B41.2317,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.3115 of 5 stars
$156.93
-0.6%
$165.50
+5.5%
+25.4%$12.35B$3.63B24.9511,700
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.7433 of 5 stars
$247.17
-0.4%
$253.42
+2.5%
+11.0%$72.42B$15.90B21.7446,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PNR
Pentair
4.491 of 5 stars
$102.70
-0.8%
$107.14
+4.3%
+42.5%$16.90B$4.08B26.549,750Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WTS
Watts Water Technologies
4.0995 of 5 stars
$246.51
+0.2%
$231.20
-6.2%
+46.4%$8.23B$2.25B28.244,800News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:XYL) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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