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XYL vs DOV vs OTIS

161 measures in 16 categories, one definition each, computed from filings and market data.
XYL60.5
Xylem Inc.
Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
$104.07 +0.68%$24.3B mkt cap
Score DNA
DOV57.6
Dover Corporation
Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
$195.80 +0.89%$26.4B mkt cap
Score DNA
OTIS54.1
Otis Worldwide Corporation
Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
$71.33 +1.34%$27.2B mkt cap
Score DNA

Price, rebased to 100 three years ago

XYL   DOV   OTIS   · weekly adjusted closes
80100120140160Jan 24Apr 24Jul 24Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26DOV 146XYL 118OTIS 93
● marks the highest or lowest value where that direction is plainly stronger (margins, returns, coverage, leverage); multiples and yields are left unmarked. Bars show each stock's percentile within its own industry. n/a: the measure does not apply to lenders and insurers.

Smart money

8 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
Insider open-market buys, 180d 1 0 0
Insider $ bought, 180d $0.14M — —
Congress purchases, 180d 4 1 6
Last Congress purchase 2026-09-25 2026-09-11 2026-08-27
13F net change in holders −13 +37 −13
ETFs adding shares, 30d 1,013 979 1,011
ETFs trimming, 30d 896 835 926
Net ETF funds, 30d +117 +144 +85

Valuation

16 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
P/E (TTM) 24.1x
30th
23.2x
24th
17.9x
13th
PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) 0.67
21st
4.77
79th
2.52
66th
Price / sales 2.7x
56th
3.1x
64th
1.8x
31st
Price / book 2.3x
32nd
3.4x
47th
—
Price / tangible book — 44.4x
88th
—
Price / free cash flow 25.3x
62nd
22.5x
52nd
15.9x
16th
Price / operating cash flow 18.7x
55th
18.9x
57th
14.5x
29th
Enterprise value $26.1B
79th
$27.9B
82nd
$35.2B
85th
EV / sales 2.9x
57th
3.3x
66th
2.4x
41st
EV / EBITDA 14.0x
34th
14.7x
39th
14.3x
36th
EV / EBIT 20.1x
41st
18.6x
30th
15.4x
15th
EV / free cash flow 27.2x
54th
23.8x
41st
20.6x
29th
Earnings yield 4.2%
74th
4.3%
79th
5.6%
89th
FCF yield 4.0%
43rd
4.4%
52nd
6.3%
85th
Operating cash flow yield 5.4%
48th
5.3%
46th
6.9%
72nd
Graham number (per share) $65.05
67th
$103.46
80th
—

Profitability (TTM)

12 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
Gross margin 39.2%
66th
39.6%
69th
30.2%
34th
EBITDA margin 20.4%
66th
22.5%
79th
16.5%
48th
Operating margin 14.5%
51st
16.9%
67th
15.4%
62nd
EBIT margin 14.2%
54th
17.8%
72nd
15.3%
62nd
Net margin 11.1%
64th
13.5%
77th
10.2%
59th
NOPAT margin 11.5%
57th
13.5%
67th
11.7%
59th
FCF margin 10.5%
43rd
13.9%
69th
11.5%
52nd
Operating cash flow margin 14.3%
52nd
16.5%
64th
12.5%
39th
R&D / revenue 2.5%
77th
0.5%
56th
1.0%
64th
SG&A / revenue 21.2%
59th
22.7%
70th
13.7%
25th
Stock comp / revenue 0.4%
27th
0.5%
33rd
0.2%
17th
Effective tax rate 20.7%
37th
20.1%
32nd
23.9%
75th

Returns on capital

11 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
ROE (on average equity) 9.4%
36th
15.0%
61st
—
ROA 5.8%
48th
8.5%
67th
14.0%
90th
ROIC 8.6%
38th
12.3%
59th
76.2%
98th
ROCE 8.9%
44th
13.4%
64th
78.1%
100th
Return on tangible assets 7.5%
43rd
11.2%
62nd
21.1%
97th
Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) 10.7%
40th
15.1%
60th
81.9%
97th
Gross profitability (GP / assets) 20.6%
34th
24.3%
48th
40.3%
95th
ROIC, 3-yr average 6.6%
28th
17.1%
86th
158.9%
100th
ROIC, 5-yr average 6.8%
32nd
19.6%
83rd
—
ROE, 5-yr average 8.5%
31st
24.3%
87th
—
Incremental ROIC 109.2%
81st
-153.8%
14th
173.1%
88th

Growth

17 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
Revenue growth (TTM YoY) 4.5%
37th
7.6%
53rd
5.2%
42nd
Revenue growth (QoQ) 9.9%
54th
6.6%
36th
8.2%
43rd
Revenue CAGR, 3 yr 14.6%
92nd
-0.2%
17th
2.5%
37th
Revenue CAGR, 5 yr 11.9%
82nd
2.5%
16th
1.5%
7th
Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr 16.0%
90th
3.1%
29th
3.6%
36th
Operating income CAGR, 3 yr 29.0%
92nd
1.4%
24th
2.2%
27th
Net income growth (TTM YoY) 7.7%
65th
-50.5%
10th
0.2%
53rd
Net income CAGR, 3 yr 42.1%
92nd
3.6%
51st
4.5%
53rd
EPS growth (TTM YoY) 11.0%
67th
-49.6%
12th
3.0%
53rd
EPS CAGR, 3 yr 35.9%
90th
4.9%
53rd
7.1%
55th
EPS CAGR, 5 yr 15.0%
72nd
6.7%
46th
8.0%
54th
FCF growth (TTM YoY) 9.0%
50th
110.8%
94th
27.0%
71st
FCF CAGR, 3 yr 39.1%
85th
12.2%
43rd
9.4%
32nd
Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr 31.4%
83rd
10.2%
45th
9.5%
38th
Book value CAGR, 3 yr -2.7%
5th
19.7%
88th
—
Dividend CAGR, 3 yr -1.8%
12th
1.0%
36th
4.0%
78th
Sustainable growth rate 5.7%
26th
11.3%
56th
—

Margin history & stability

7 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
Gross margin, 3-yr average 38.0%
58th
38.8%
65th
30.2%
35th
Operating margin, 3-yr average 12.4%
45th
16.4%
68th
15.1%
60th
Net margin, 3-yr average 10.3%
53rd
20.6%
98th
10.4%
55th
FCF margin, 3-yr average 10.4%
47th
11.6%
57th
9.9%
42nd
Revenue stability (0-1) 0.90
70th
0.32
17th
0.68
32nd
Earnings stability (0-1) 0.85
90th
0.29
37th
0.94
97th
Margin stability (0-1) 0.98
83rd
0.96
73rd
0.98
92nd

Liquidity (latest quarter)

7 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
Cash & short-term investments $1.3B
87th
$1.8B
93rd
$813.0M
80th
Net cash (− = net debt) −$1.8B
28th
−$1.5B
39th
−$8.0B
5th
Working capital $1.7B
92nd
$2.4B
97th
−$1.4B
2nd
Current ratio 1.61
31st
1.98
41st
0.83
0th
Quick ratio 1.24
56th
1.41
66th
0.75
11th
Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) 0.47
64th
0.70
79th
0.10
11th
Defensive interval (days) 509 days
59th
625 days
70th
929 days
90th

Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)

13 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
Total debt $3.1B
77th
$3.3B
79th
$8.8B
93rd
Debt / equity 0.29
22nd
0.42
33rd
—
Net debt / equity 0.17
28th
0.20
30th
—
Debt / assets 17.6%
23rd
23.8%
38th
79.3%
100th
Debt / capital 22.7%
22nd
29.7%
33rd
—
Debt / EBITDA 1.64
34th
1.72
39th
3.60
75th
Net debt / EBITDA 0.96
36th
0.79
30th
3.27
84th
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) 56.3x
96th
13.2x
71st
10.9x
61st
Cash interest coverage 56.6x
96th
12.2x
73rd
8.9x
57th
Debt payback (years of OCF) 2.3 yrs
45th
2.3 yrs
43rd
4.7 yrs
72nd
Liabilities / assets 39.9%
11th
43.7%
23rd
149.8%
100th
IS credit model rating AA- AA- B-
Implied credit spread (bps) 100
21st
100
21st
900
98th

Efficiency

11 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
Asset turnover 0.53
20th
0.63
38th
1.38
97th
Fixed asset turnover 7.82
80th
7.56
74th
11.17
93rd
Inventory turnover 5.3
89th
3.7
56th
16.2
100th
Receivables turnover 4.9
21st
5.6
41st
3.5
3rd
Days sales outstanding 74 days
79th
65 days
59th
103 days
97th
Days inventory outstanding 69 days
11th
98 days
44th
23 days
0th
Days payables outstanding 68 days
80th
65 days
75th
67 days
77th
Cash conversion cycle (days) 75 days
11th
97 days
33rd
59 days
5th
Capex / revenue 3.7%
80th
2.6%
60th
1.1%
2nd
Capex / depreciation 0.60
45th
0.56
38th
0.92
72nd
Operating expense ratio 24.5%
70th
22.3%
59th
14.5%
18th

Cash flow & earnings quality

7 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
Operating cash flow / net income 1.29
33rd
1.23
27th
1.23
29th
FCF / net income 0.95
24th
1.03
31st
1.13
38th
FCF / operating cash flow 73.8%
26th
84.3%
54th
91.5%
88th
Capex / operating cash flow 26.2%
74th
15.7%
46th
8.5%
12th
Accruals ratio -1.7%
72nd
-1.9%
70th
-3.3%
51st
Sloan accruals ratio -5.6%
15th
0.0%
64th
-6.5%
10th
Earnings quality score (0-1) 1.00
25th
1.00
25th
1.00
25th

Dividends & buybacks

9 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
Dividend yield 1.6%
82nd
1.1%
56th
2.4%
92nd
Dividend per share (TTM) $1.69
77th
$2.08
82nd
$1.72
79th
Payout ratio (dividends / net income) 39.8%
72nd
24.8%
40th
43.4%
79th
Dividends / FCF 41.9%
89th
24.0%
45th
38.4%
80th
Dividend growth (YoY) 11.7%
76th
1.0%
24th
7.4%
57th
Buyback yield 5.1%
92nd
2.3%
79th
3.9%
89th
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) 6.8%
95th
3.3%
77th
6.3%
92nd
Share count change (YoY) -3.0%
10th
-1.8%
28th
-2.7%
13th
Buybacks, last 5 years $1.9B
80th
$1.7B
75th
$4.8B
92nd

Scores & forensic checks

15 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
IS score 60
61st
58
48th
54
43rd
IS profitability 45
49th
55
66th
41
44th
IS growth 48
53rd
28
15th
54
67th
IS value 50
61st
49
57th
50
62nd
IS momentum 77
62nd
59
20th
73
50th
IS risk (safety) 90
36th
100
48th
65
23rd
IS quality 77
70th
78
79th
60
21st
IS balance sheet 72
66th
77
79th
40
8th
IS earnings quality 76
70th
77
80th
68
23rd
IS cash flow 58
39th
69
74th
64
61st
Piotroski F-score (0-9) 7
61st
7
61st
5
20th
Altman Z-score 3.6
38th
5.7
70th
2.8
28th
Beneish M-score −2.56
43rd
−2.56
45th
−2.52
52nd
Ohlson O-score −9.10
11th
−8.84
21st
−3.68
100th
IS credit score 84
70th
85
79th
20
2nd

Per share

7 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
EPS, diluted (TTM) $4.27
66th
$8.37
82nd
$3.92
62nd
Book value per share $44.05
72nd
$56.83
84th
−$14.88
0th
Tangible book per share $0.08
43rd
$5.08
62nd
−$20.10
8th
Revenue per share $38.58
46th
$62.12
66th
$38.59
48th
FCF per share $4.06
49th
$8.66
80th
$4.43
54th
Operating cash flow per share $5.50
57th
$10.27
79th
$4.84
51st
Cash per share $5.39
74th
$12.95
90th
$2.10
25th

Size (TTM)

8 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
Market cap $24.3B
79th
$26.4B
80th
$27.2B
82nd
Revenue $9.1B
85th
$8.4B
82nd
$14.9B
87th
EBITDA $1.9B
82nd
$1.9B
84th
$2.5B
87th
Net income $1.0B
82nd
$1.1B
84th
$1.5B
89th
Free cash flow $960.0M
80th
$1.2B
82nd
$1.7B
87th
Total assets $17.3B
87th
$13.7B
82nd
$11.2B
80th
Shareholders' equity $10.4B
90th
$7.7B
85th
−$5.7B
0th
Employees 22,000
80th
24,000
82nd
72,000
98th

Price performance

9 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
1 day +0.7% +0.9% +1.3%
1 week +1.3% +3.7% +8.2%
1 month −3.3% +3.5% +3.8%
3 months −13.7% −6.6% −2.9%
6 months −14.1% −10.6% −12.4%
Year to date −23.8% +0.3% −18.9%
1 year −28.4% +20.7% −21.6%
3 years, cumulative +15.7% +41.4% −8.6%
5 years, cumulative −9.8% +31.0% −8.7%

Technicals

4 measures
MeasureXYLDOVOTIS
RSI 14 47.3 59.5 65.0
From 52-week high −32.4% −17.4% −24.6%
From 52-week low +5.6% +20.2% +12.2%
Beta 0.99 1.13 0.86
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