Xylem Inc (XYL) is expecting -9.99% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

MAXR

Xylem Inc (NYSE: XYL) on Tuesday, plunged -0.19% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $122.46. Within the past 52 weeks, XYL’s price has moved between $100.06 and $146.08.

Here's Your FREE Report on the #1 Small-Cap Uranium Stock of '24.

Small-cap Uranium stocks are booming in 2024! The company we're about to show you is the ONLY small-cap stock in the space that benefits from ALL aspects of the global Uranium industry with none of the risks of running a mine. Smart investors will not be hesitating on this one!

Get the FREE Report with all the details here.


Sponsored

Industrials Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 7.98% over the last five years. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 11.93%. With a float of $241.34 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $241.50 million.

The firm has a total of 23000 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 36.97%, operating margin of 11.97%, and the pretax margin is 10.33%.

Xylem Inc (XYL) Insider Activity

Observing investor behavior towards Specialty Industrial Machinery industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Xylem Inc is 0.66%, while institutional ownership is 92.08%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 09 ’24, was worth 352,314. In this transaction Director of this company sold 2,760 shares at a rate of $127.65, taking the stock ownership to the 19,075 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 09 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 2,760 for $127.65, making the entire transaction worth $352,314.

Xylem Inc (XYL) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 11.93% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 13.00% during the next five years compared to -1.63% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Xylem Inc (NYSE: XYL) Trading Performance Indicators

Xylem Inc (XYL) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.42 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.53. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 35.86.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.42, a number that is poised to hit 1.13 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.75 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Xylem Inc (XYL)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Xylem Inc, XYL], we can find that recorded value of 1.79 million was better than the volume posted last year of 1.21 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 27.24%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.42.

During the past 100 days, Xylem Inc’s (XYL) raw stochastic average was set at 11.89%, which indicates a significant decrease from 43.03% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 31.12% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 24.58% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $130.46, while its 200-day Moving Average is $132.29. Now, the first resistance to watch is $122.85. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $123.46. The third major resistance level sits at $124.40. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $121.30, it is likely to go to the next support level at $120.36. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $119.75.

Xylem Inc (NYSE: XYL) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 29.70 billion based on 242,945K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 7,364 M and income totals 609,000 K. The company made 2,104 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 217,000 K in sales during its previous quarter.