Eine aktuelle Analystenmeinung:
seekingalpha.com/article/...er-floats-top?app=1&dr=1#alt1
... I am very bullish on Xylem, hence its inclusion as an honorable mention stock. Xylem is a mid-cap ($14.9B) manufacturer of water treatment equipment and is essentially a pure-play manufacturer of water treatment equipment. Revenues totaled $5.2B, resulting in net income of $549M (10.6% operating margin). Xylem breaks their sales into four segments: Utilities (50% of sales), Industrial (35%), Commercial (10%), and Residential (5%).
With shares currently trading at $83.11, XYL has a PE of 27, a forward PE of 25.2, and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Since it was spun off in 2011, shares have returned 282.1%. XYL has a net debt position of $2B on its balance sheet, a meaningful but manageable amount given their size and profitability. It is worth noting that while management has shown a willingness to use debt to fund acquisitions, they have also shown a commitment to paying down debt, often suspending share repurchases until debt levels have come down.