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How Xylem Inc. makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$9.0B · 100%Cost of revenue$5.6B · 62%Gross profit$3.5B · 38%Operating income$1.2B · 14%Income before tax$1.2B · 13%Income tax$231M · 3%Net income$957M · 11%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$9.0B100%
Cost of revenue$5.6B62%
$3.5B38%
$1.2B14%
Income before tax$1.2B13%
Income tax$231M3%
$957M11%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Oct 15, 2026 · annual-row source set
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