YORW Stock Analysis: The York Water | NASDAQ
Utilities - Regulated Water | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 502m USD | 12M Return: 3.4% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 4.79M
EPS Trend: -65.3%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 99.1%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.6 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
The York Water Company (YORW) is a Pennsylvania-based water utility that impounds, purifies, and distributes drinking water and also operates wastewater collection and treatment systems. Its infrastructure includes two reservoirs (Lake Williams and Lake Redman), a 15-mile pipeline from the Susquehanna River, and satellite groundwater systems serving York, Adams, and Lancaster Counties. The company supplies water to a diverse mix of residential, commercial, and industrial customers across 58 municipalities in south-central Pennsylvania and is one of the oldest investor-owned utilities in the United States, having been incorporated in 1816. As a regulated water utility, YORW operates within a natural monopoly framework where revenue and capital returns are largely determined by rates approved by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, providing relatively stable and predictable cash flows typical of the sector.
- Pennsylvania PUC approves new water rate increase
- Customer growth and acquisitions expand rate base across south-central PA
- Rising interest expense pressures margins on infrastructure capex
| Net Income: 21.2m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.06 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -8.02 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -443.4% < 20% (prev -2.25%; Δ -441.1% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.04 > 3% & CFO 29.2m > Net Income 21.2m |
| Net Debt (237.4m) to EBITDA (33.8m): 7.01 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.72 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (14.4m) vs 12m ago 0.20% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: error (current vs previous; cannot be calculated due to missing/invalid data or negative margin) |
| Asset Turnover: 0.24% > 50% (prev 11.81%; Δ -11.57% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 1.27 > 6 (EBIT TTM 19.5m / Interest Expense TTM 15.3m) |
| A: -0.01 (Total Current Assets 18.5m - Total Current Liabilities 25.6m) / Total Assets 689.8m |
| B: 0.15 (Retained Earnings 101.9m / Total Assets 689.8m) |
| C: 0.03 (EBIT TTM 19.5m / Avg Total Assets 665.8m) |
| D: 0.54 (Book Value of Equity 242.3m / Total Liabilities 447.5m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 1.18 = BB |
| DSRI: 3.0 (Receivables 12.9m/10.4m, Revenue 1.62m/75.8m) |
| GMI: 1.00 (fallback, negative margins) |
| AQI: 1.04 (AQ_t 0.14 / AQ_t-1 0.13) |
| SGI: 0.02 (Revenue 1.62m / 75.8m) |
| TATA: -0.01 (NI 21.2m - CFO 29.2m) / TA 689.8m) |
| Beneish M = -2.06 (Cap -4..+1) = BB |
As of August 04, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 30.81 with a total of 116,354 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.42%, over one month by +0.06%, over three months by +6.52% and over the past year by +3.35%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 29.80 (which is 3.3% or 1.5 ATR below the current price).
The York Water has received a consensus analysts rating of 5.00. Therefore, it is recommended to buy YORW.
- StrongBuy: 1
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 30 | -2.6% |
P/E Trailing = 21.068
P/E Forward = 25.4453
P/S = 6.346
P/B = 2.07
P/EG = 4.0952
Revenue TTM = 1.62m USD
EBIT TTM = 19.5m USD
EBITDA TTM = 33.8m USD
Long Term Debt = 227.1m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 10.3m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 237.4m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 237.4m USD (calculated: Debt 237.4m - CCE 1.00k)
Enterprise Value = 739.4m USD (502.0m + Debt 237.4m - CCE 1.00k)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 1.27 (Ebit TTM 19.5m / Interest Expense TTM 15.3m)
EV/FCF = -18.32x (Enterprise Value 739.4m / FCF TTM -40.4m)
FCF Yield = -5.46% (FCF TTM -40.4m / Enterprise Value 739.4m)
FCF Margin = -2.49k% (FCF TTM -40.4m / Revenue TTM 1.62m)
Net Margin = 1.31k% (Net Income TTM 21.2m / Revenue TTM 1.62m)
Gross Margin = unknown ((Revenue TTM 1.62m - Cost of Revenue TTM 21.6m) / Revenue TTM)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.07 (Enterprise Value 739.4m / Total Assets 689.8m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 6.46% (Interest Expense 15.3m / Debt 237.4m)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US federal default 21%)
NOPAT = 15.4m (EBIT 19.5m * (1 - 21.00%))
Current Ratio = 0.72 (Total Current Assets 18.5m / Total Current Liabilities 25.6m)
Debt / Equity = 0.98 (Debt 237.4m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 242.3m)
Debt / EBITDA = 7.01 (Net Debt 237.4m / EBITDA 33.8m)
Debt / FCF = -5.88 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 237.4m / FCF TTM -40.4m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 238.8m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 3.19% (Net Income 21.2m / Total Assets 689.8m)
RoE = 8.89% (Net Income TTM 21.2m / Total Stockholder Equity 238.8m)
RoCE = 4.19% (EBIT 19.5m / Capital Employed (Equity 238.8m + L.T.Debt 227.1m))
RoIC = 2.29% (NOPAT 15.4m / Invested Capital 674.5m)
WACC = 5.20% (E(502.0m)/V(739.4m) * Re(5.25%) + D(237.4m)/V(739.4m) * Rd(6.46%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 5.25% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 97.77 | Cagr: 0.25%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -40.4m)
EPS Correlation: -65.29 | EPS CAGR: -5.43% | SUE: 0.38 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 99.07 | Revenue CAGR: 4.45% | SUE: -0.20 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.40 | Chg30d=-2.44% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=1
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.48 | Chg30d=-2.04% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.60 | Chg30d=-1.23% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=+15.1% | GrowthRev=+9.6%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=1.75 | Chg30d=-1.69% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=+9.4% | GrowthRev=+6.4%