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Xylem (XYL) Competitors

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$122.84 +0.61 (+0.50%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

XYL vs. PH, ITW, IR, DOV, SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, NDSN, and SWK

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), IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), and Stanley Black & Decker (SWK). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Xylem vs.

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

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
Xylem$7.36B4.05$609M$3.4235.92
Parker-Hannifin$19.93B4.46$2.84B$22.1431.18

Xylem has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Parker-Hannifin has a net margin of 14.47% compared to Xylem's net margin of 9.85%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 27.95% beat Xylem's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Xylem9.85% 9.61% 6.22%
Parker-Hannifin 14.47%27.95%11.33%

Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Xylem pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 29.4% 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 12 consecutive years and Parker-Hannifin has raised its dividend for 69 consecutive years.

Xylem currently has a consensus target price of $147.17, suggesting a potential upside of 19.80%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus target price of $688.07, suggesting a potential downside of 0.34%. Given Xylem's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Xylem is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Xylem
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
Parker-Hannifin
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 18 more articles in the media than Xylem. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 16 mentions for Xylem. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Xylem's score of 1.07 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Xylem
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Parker-Hannifin
27 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Parker-Hannifin received 193 more outperform votes than Xylem when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.65% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 63.18% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
XylemOutperform Votes
525
63.18%
Underperform Votes
306
36.82%
Parker-HannifinOutperform Votes
718
63.65%
Underperform Votes
410
36.35%

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats Xylem on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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XYL vs. The Competition

MetricXylemPumps & pumping equipment IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$29.84B$11.87B$6.92B$19.90B
Dividend Yield1.18%1.27%2.92%3.54%
P/E Ratio35.9230.8345.3042.67
Price / Sales4.053.33203.6018.14
Price / Cash23.4121.8924.3317.85
Price / Book2.823.825.085.60
Net Income$609M$329.12M$120.92M$985.93M
7 Day Performance-0.76%-0.41%-1.12%-0.19%
1 Month Performance-8.55%0.94%8.15%0.15%
1 Year Performance22.57%19.67%29.54%23.70%

Xylem Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XYL
Xylem
4.8532 of 5 stars
$122.84
+0.5%
$149.64
+21.8%
+22.6%$29.70B$7.36B35.922,300Dividend Announcement
Positive News
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5228 of 5 stars
$690.43
+0.1%
$688.07
-0.3%
+60.0%$88.79B$19.93B31.1861,120Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.1967 of 5 stars
$266.38
0.0%
$257.30
-3.4%
+11.2%$78.69B$16.11B23.0445,000Analyst Revision
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.0372 of 5 stars
$103.13
+0.7%
$103.83
+0.7%
+46.4%$41.56B$6.88B50.3118,000Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
DOV
Dover
4.7355 of 5 stars
$198.13
-0.3%
$208.40
+5.2%
+43.3%$27.26B$8.47B17.7225,000Short Interest ↓
SNA
Snap-on
4.2987 of 5 stars
$357.85
+0.9%
$345.40
-3.5%
+30.0%$18.63B$4.73B18.422,700
PNR
Pentair
4.4945 of 5 stars
$104.17
-0.6%
$105.13
+0.9%
+65.8%$17.31B$4.10B26.0410,500Analyst Revision
Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.4496 of 5 stars
$223.11
-0.2%
$241.14
+8.1%
+14.0%$16.89B$3.27B34.548,800Positive News
GGG
Graco
3.748 of 5 stars
$88.54
+0.8%
$89.25
+0.8%
+9.8%$14.83B$2.13B31.284,000Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
NDSN
Nordson
4.405 of 5 stars
$252.56
+1.1%
$299.00
+18.4%
+8.0%$14.29B$2.63B30.767,900Positive News
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker
4.8373 of 5 stars
$85.42
-1.0%
$102.29
+19.7%
-6.7%$13.31B$15.78B0.0050,500News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:XYL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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