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$130.96 -0.64 (-0.49%)
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XYL vs. NDSN, DCI, DOV, 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 Nordson (NDSN), Donaldson (DCI), Dover (DOV), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Pentair (PNR), and Watts Water Technologies (WTS). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Xylem vs. Its Competitors

Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) and Xylem (NYSE:XYL) are both large-cap industrial machinery companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Nordson presently has a consensus target price of $252.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.12%. Xylem has a consensus target price of $143.71, suggesting a potential upside of 9.74%. Given Nordson's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Nordson is more favorable than Xylem.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nordson
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Xylem
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Xylem has higher revenue and earnings than Nordson. Nordson 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
Nordson$2.70B4.61$467.28M$7.7828.38
Xylem$8.56B3.72$890M$3.7235.20

Nordson has a net margin of 16.51% compared to Xylem's net margin of 10.54%. Nordson's return on equity of 19.10% beat Xylem's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nordson16.51% 19.10% 9.60%
Xylem 10.54%10.12%6.62%

Nordson has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xylem has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Nordson pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Nordson pays out 40.1% 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. Nordson has raised its dividend for 62 consecutive years and Xylem has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Nordson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Xylem had 7 more articles in the media than Nordson. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Xylem and 8 mentions for Nordson. Nordson's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Xylem's score of 1.32 indicating that Nordson is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nordson
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Xylem
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

72.1% of Nordson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Xylem shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Nordson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Xylem shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Nordson beats Xylem on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$31.87B$10.15B$15.36B$20.62B
Dividend Yield1.22%1.29%2.72%3.72%
P/E Ratio35.2036.3328.6927.81
Price / Sales3.724.42430.1440.78
Price / Cash19.8516.9826.3422.32
Price / Book2.993.726.184.57
Net Income$890M$228.90M$190.21M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-1.00%0.82%0.97%0.20%
1 Month Performance4.47%-0.53%6.08%5.53%
1 Year Performance-5.39%13.99%28.16%10.30%

Xylem Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XYL
Xylem
4.4416 of 5 stars
$130.96
-0.5%
$143.71
+9.7%
-5.4%$31.87B$8.56B35.2023,000Positive News
NDSN
Nordson
4.287 of 5 stars
$218.79
-1.8%
$252.00
+15.2%
-6.9%$12.36B$2.70B28.128,000Positive News
DCI
Donaldson
3.8952 of 5 stars
$70.12
-1.6%
$70.00
-0.2%
-2.3%$8.17B$3.59B23.5314,000News Coverage
DOV
Dover
4.4589 of 5 stars
$187.30
-0.7%
$206.50
+10.3%
+2.5%$25.68B$7.75B11.2824,000Trending News
GGG
Graco
4.0746 of 5 stars
$87.58
-1.4%
$93.00
+6.2%
+7.9%$14.64B$2.11B30.954,300Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.7343 of 5 stars
$179.29
-1.1%
$212.50
+18.5%
-11.2%$13.54B$3.27B28.419,000News Coverage
Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
3.8098 of 5 stars
$86.68
-0.3%
$98.70
+13.9%
-8.5%$34.97B$7.24B42.9121,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.4296 of 5 stars
$158.84
-1.4%
$165.50
+4.2%
+17.0%$12.50B$3.63B25.2511,700News Coverage
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.645 of 5 stars
$254.70
-1.5%
$252.58
-0.8%
+5.6%$74.63B$15.76B22.4044,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PNR
Pentair
4.5917 of 5 stars
$105.05
-1.7%
$107.14
+2.0%
+35.2%$17.28B$4.08B27.149,750Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WTS
Watts Water Technologies
3.8921 of 5 stars
$249.78
-2.2%
$231.20
-7.4%
+34.7%$8.34B$2.25B28.614,800News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:XYL) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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