R&D expense · 2011–2025

Xylem R&D expense

$226M−1.7% · FY2025

Xylem (XYL) reported $226M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −1.7% year on year.

$100M2011$106M2012$104M2013$104M2014$95.0M2015$110M2016$181M2017$189M2018$191M2019$187M2020$204M2021$206M2022$232M2023$230M2024$226M2025
Xylem — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$226M−1.7%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$230M−0.9%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$232M+12.6%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$206M+1.0%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$204M+9.1%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$187M−2.1%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$191M+1.1%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$189M+4.4%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$181M+64.5%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$110M+15.8%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$95.0M−8.7%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$104M0.0%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$104M−1.9%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$106M+6.0%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$100M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +6.0%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-xylem-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Xylem R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/xylem/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001524472-26-000012 · February 25, 2026

{{cite web |title=Xylem R&D expense — 10-K (0001524472-26-000012) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1524472/000152447226000012/xyl-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-25}}

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