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Xylem (XYL) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 1.66 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Xylem's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $122 Mil. Xylem's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,268 Mil. Xylem's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,444 Mil. Xylem's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.66.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Xylem's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

XYL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.08   Med: 2.75   Max: 5.13
Current: 2.13

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Xylem was 5.13. The lowest was 2.08. And the median was 2.75.

XYL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
56.17% of 2302 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.705 vs XYL: 2.13

Xylem Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Xylem's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Xylem Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.21 5.13 3.02 2.69 2.13

Xylem Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.86 2.50 2.99 1.71 1.66

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Xylem's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Xylem Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Xylem's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Xylem's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Xylem Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Xylem's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(122 + 2268) / 1120
=2.13

Xylem's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(122 + 2268) / 1444
=1.66

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Xylem  (NYSE:XYL) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Xylem Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Xylem (XYL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
300 Water Street SE, Washington, DC, USA, 20003
Xylem is a global leader in water technology and offers a wide range of solutions, including the transport, treatment, testing, and efficient use of water for customers in the utility, industrial, commercial, and residential sectors. Xylem was spun off from ITT in 2011. Based in Rye Brook, New York, Xylem has a presence in over 150 countries and employs 16,200. The company generated $5.5 billion in revenue and $672 million in adjusted operating income in 2022.
Executives
Victoria D Harker director 4300 WILSON BOULEVARD, ARLINGTON VA 22203
William K Grogan officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer 3100 SANDERS ROAD, SUITE 301, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Patrick Decker director, officer: President & CEO 9 ROSZEL ROAD, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Rodney Aulick officer: SVP & President, IS&S EVOQUA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CORP., 210 SIXTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
Lisa Glatch director EVOQUA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CORP., 210 SIXTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
Lynn C Swann director C/O AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, 23975 PARK SORRENTO, SUITE 300, CALABASAS CA 91302
Earl Ray Ellis director ONE LIBERTY PLAZA, 7TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Hayati Yarkadas officer: Senior Vice President C/O TRINSEO S.A., 1000 CHESTERBROOK BOULEVARD, SUITE 300, BERWYN PA 19312
Michael J. Mcgann officer: Senior Vice President 301 WATER STREET, SUITE 200, WASHINGTON DC 20003
Matthew Francis Pine officer: Senior Vice President XYLEM INC., 1 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, RYE BROOK NY 10573
Claudia S Toussaint officer: SVP, GC & Corporate Secretary 5454 W 110TH STREET, OVERLAND PARK KS 66211
Jeanne Beliveau-dunn director C/O XYLEM INC., 1 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, RYE BROOK NY 10573
Franz Cerwinka officer: SVP and President, Emerging Ma XYLEM INC., 1 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, RYE BROOK NY 10573
Sabol Colin R officer: SVP & Chief Strategy Officer 9921 MONTIANO DRIVE, NAPLES FL 34113
Surya N Mohapatra director 3 GIRALDA FARMS, MADISON NJ 07940

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