Xylem (XYL) News Today

Xylem Inc. (XYL) saw its stock price increase today following a series of bullish catalysts, including strong Q2 results, lifted full-year guidance and analysts raising price targets. Offsetting some of those gains was a surge in short interest. Key drivers:

• Positive Sentiment: Beat Q2 earnings and revenue estimates: reported $1.26 EPS vs. $1.15 expected and $2.30 B revenue vs. $2.20 B consensus, with 6.1% YoY top-line growth and record margins. BusinessWire Q2 2025 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Raised FY 2025 guidance to EPS of $4.70–$4.85 (vs. $4.628 consensus) and revenue of $8.9–$9.0 B (vs. $8.8 B consensus). MarketBeat Guidance Update
• Positive Sentiment: Stifel Nicolaus raised its price target from $162 to $175 and maintained a Buy rating, implying roughly 23% upside. Benzinga
• Positive Sentiment: Oppenheimer lifted its target price to $162 after the strong Q2 results. GuruFocus
• Positive Sentiment: Baird boosted its price target following robust Q2 performance. GuruFocus Baird
• Negative Sentiment: Short interest jumped 614% in July to 2.18 M shares, lifting the short-interest ratio to 1.6 days and signaling increased bearish bets on the stock.