Xylem Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and servicing of engineered products and solutions for utility, industrial, and residential and commercial building services settings worldwide. It operates through Water Infrastructure; Applied Water; Measurement and Control Solutions; and Water Solutions and Services segments. The company offers water, wastewater, and storm water pumps and controls and systems; filtration, …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.83), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative LeverageDebt serviceability is strong (score 0.81), with robust interest coverage.
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Xylem Inc. ranks #28 of 82
scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery by moat score — the top 34%.
The widest moat in the group is Graco Inc. (GGG)
at 86/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near XYL in Specialty Industrial Machinery
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 63
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 58
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 62
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 63
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 59
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Xylem Inc. (XYL) scores 63 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #28 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery, the top 34%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 81 companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (69/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (58/100).
How does Xylem Inc. compare with other Specialty Industrial Machinery companies?
Xylem Inc. ranks #28 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery by moat score. The widest moat in Specialty Industrial Machinery is Graco Inc. (GGG) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (FELE) at 63 just above it and Gates Industrial Corporation pl (GTES) at 60 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 81 companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Xylem Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Xylem Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and XYL scores: Pricing Power (69), Cost Advantage (63), Customer Stickiness (58), Capital Efficiency (62), Resilience (63), Scale & Market Position (59). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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