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FCF Margin for Xylem (XYL)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

10.6%

YoY change

−0.93pp

Trough year (2013)

5.2%

Peak year (2020)

13.1%

FCF Margin history chart for Xylem (XYL) from 2009 to 2025

Latest: 10.1%

FCF Margin change chart for Xylem (XYL) from 2009 to 2025

Latest: −0.93pp

FCF Margin history table for Xylem (XYL) from 2009 to 2025

  • 202510.1%-0.93pp
  • 202411.0%+3.32pp
  • 20237.7%+0.66pp
  • 20227.0%+0.67pp
  • 20216.4%-6.79pp
  • 202013.1%+1.47pp
  • 201911.7%+4.98pp
  • 20186.7%-4.26pp
  • 201711.0%+1.07pp
  • 20169.9%+0.39pp
  • 20159.5%+1.91pp
  • 20147.6%+2.42pp
  • 20135.2%-2.33pp
  • 20127.5%-1.00pp
  • 20118.5%-0.91pp
  • 20109.4%-1.41pp
  • 200910.8%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Xylem's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Xylem (XYL)

According to Xylem's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 10.6%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

Xylem (XYL) most recent annual free cash flow margin stands at 10.07% (2025) – contracted 0.9 percentage points year-over-year.

The highest annual free cash flow margin of 13.15% was reported in 2020. The lowest in the available history was 5.16% in 2013.

Xylem FCF Margin by Year

Xylem FCF Margin 2025: 10.1%

Xylem posted free cash flow margin of 10.07% in 2025, contracted 0.9 percentage points from 2024.

Xylem FCF Margin 2024: 11.0%

In 2024, Xylem reported free cash flow margin of 11.00%, expanded 3.3 percentage points from 2023.

Xylem FCF Margin 2023: 7.7%

Xylem free cash flow margin in 2023 was 7.69%, expanded 0.7 percentage points from 2022.

Xylem FCF Margin 2022: 7.0%

2022's free cash flow margin for Xylem came in at 7.03%, expanded 0.7 percentage points from 2021.

Xylem FCF Margin 2021: 6.4%

Xylem free cash flow margin in 2021 was 6.35%.

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