Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp
ZWS NYSE· General Industrial Machinery & Equipment
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$49.15
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp had $1.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 8.3% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed −3.7% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 16.4%, up 0.8 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 16 is left after running the business.
- Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp made $198M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2014 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 4.1% a year.
- Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp returned $224M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count fell 1.9%.
- Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp owes $216M more than it holds in cash, about 0.7 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$8.3B
P/E
39.6x
Revenue
$1.7B
Net income
$198M
Free cash flow
—
Operating margin
16.4%
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+8.3%
Yes. Sales grew 8.3% last year.
Does it make a profit?
11.7%
Yes. It keeps 11.7% of every sale as profit.
Is debt under control?
0.7x
Yes. It could repay its debt with 0.7 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
8 / 9
Solid. It passes 8 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
39.6x
One share costs 39.6 times its yearly profit per share.
What Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 9, 2026
- Legal name
- Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp
- CIK
- 0001439288
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp · ZWS
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $911M | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.6B | $1.7B |
| Revenue growth | −55.6% | 40.7% | 19.4% | 2.4% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | 41.0% | 36.3% | 42.3% | 45.1% | 45.1% |
| Operating margin | 11.7% | 8.4% | 12.5% | 15.6% | 16.4% |
| Net income | $121M | $61.7M | $113M | $160M | $198M |
| Net margin | 13.3% | 4.8% | 7.4% | 10.2% | 11.7% |
| Diluted EPS | $0.97 | $0.40 | $0.64 | $0.92 | $1.15 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $224M | $97.0M | $254M | $294M | $347M |
| Dividends paid | $36.4M | $32.5M | $50.4M | $56.6M | $63.9M |
| Share buybacks | $0.9M | $24.7M | $125M | $150M | $160M |
| Share count change | 1.4% | 23.0% | 15.2% | −1.5% | −1.9% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $96.6M | $125M | $137M | $198M | $301M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $540M | $537M | $517M | $516M | $517M |
| Shareholders' equity | $126M | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.6B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.9x | 3.2x | 1.7x | 1.2x | 0.7x |
| Current ratio | 2.0x | 2.6x | 3.0x | 2.9x | 3.1x |
| Interest coverage | 3.1x | 4.0x | 5.0x | 7.4x | 9.8x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 17.8% | 3.6% | 6.9% | 10.0% | 11.6% |
| Return on equity | 15.4% | 7.1% | 7.0% | 10.0% | 12.4% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Altman Z'' | −1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.1M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$38.9M
8 insiders
Of sales under plans
3%
$1.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp · ZWS
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
KIRA
At $49.15 a share, the company is worth $8.3B: 39.6 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001439288). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.