TTM
13.6%
YoY change
+1.75pp
Trough year (2020)
7.5%
Peak year (2025)
13.5%
Latest annual
13.5%
Operating Margin history chart for Xylem (XYL) from 2009 to 2025
Latest: 13.5%
Operating Margin change chart for Xylem (XYL) from 2009 to 2025
Latest: +1.75pp
Operating Margin history table for Xylem (XYL) from 2009 to 2025
| 2025 | 13.5% | +1.75pp | ||
| 2024 | 11.8% | +2.93pp | ||
| 2023 | 8.9% | -2.41pp | ||
| 2022 | 11.3% | +0.00pp | ||
| 2021 | 11.3% | +3.73pp | ||
| 2020 | 7.5% | -1.73pp | ||
| 2019 | 9.3% | -3.30pp | ||
| 2018 | 12.6% | +0.83pp | ||
| 2017 | 11.7% | +0.96pp | ||
| 2016 | 10.8% | -1.52pp | ||
| 2015 | 12.3% | +0.47pp | ||
| 2014 | 11.8% | +2.36pp | ||
| 2013 | 9.5% | -3.36pp | ||
| 2012 | 12.8% | +2.43pp | ||
| 2011 | 10.4% | -2.20pp | ||
| 2010 | 12.6% | +2.90pp | ||
| 2009 | 9.7% | — |
- 202513.5%+1.75pp
- 202411.8%+2.93pp
- 20238.9%-2.41pp
- 202211.3%+0.00pp
- 202111.3%+3.73pp
- 20207.5%-1.73pp
- 20199.3%-3.30pp
- 201812.6%+0.83pp
- 201711.7%+0.96pp
- 201610.8%-1.52pp
- 201512.3%+0.47pp
- 201411.8%+2.36pp
- 20139.5%-3.36pp
- 201212.8%+2.43pp
- 201110.4%-2.20pp
- 201012.6%+2.90pp
- 20099.7%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at Xylem (XYL)
According to Xylem's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 13.6%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
2025's annual operating margin for Xylem (XYL) came in at 13.54% – expanded 1.8 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, operating margin reached its high of 13.54% in 2025 and its low of 7.53% in 2020.
Xylem Operating Margin by Year
Xylem Operating Margin 2025: 13.5%
Xylem posted operating margin of 13.54% in 2025, expanded 1.8 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Xylem Operating Margin 2024: 11.8%
In 2024, Xylem reported operating margin of 11.78%, expanded 2.9 percentage points from 2023.
Xylem Operating Margin 2023: 8.9%
Xylem operating margin in 2023 was 8.85%, contracted 2.4 percentage points from 2022.
Xylem Operating Margin 2022: 11.3%
2022's operating margin for Xylem came in at 11.26%, expanded 0.0 percentage points from 2021.
Xylem Operating Margin 2021: 11.3%
Xylem operating margin in 2021 was 11.26%.
See more financial history for Xylem (XYL).
Sector peers by Operating Margin
Industrials peers of Xylem (XYL), ranked by their latest operating margin
| 40.1% | |
| 18.5% | |
| 18.1% | |
| 17.9% | |
| 16.6% | |
| 14.9% | |
| 10.9% | |
| -5.9% |
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- 18.5%
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