(YORW) The York Water - NASDAQ
Sector: Utilities | Industry: Utilities - Regulated Water | Exchange: NASDAQ (USA) | Market Cap: 481m USD | Total Return: -6.4% in 12m
Avg Turnover: 3.34M
EPS Trend: -65.3%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 99.1%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
High Debt/EBITDA (7.0) with thin interest coverage (1.3)
High Debt while negative Cash Flow
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
The York Water Company (YORW), incorporated in 1816, is a public utility providing water and wastewater services to 58 municipalities in south-central Pennsylvania. The company manages a critical infrastructure network including two reservoirs with a 2.5 billion-gallon capacity, 15 wastewater systems, and a 15-mile pipeline sourcing from the Susquehanna River. Its diversified customer base spans residential users and various industrial sectors, including food products, machinery, and textiles.
Operating as a regulated utility, the company functions as a natural monopoly within its service territory, where rates and capital expenditures are overseen by state commissions. Water utilities are characterized by high capital intensity and steady, predictable cash flows derived from essential service demand. Investors looking for deeper fundamental insights may find ValueRay useful for further analysis. The company maintains a significant historical presence in York, Adams, and Lancaster Counties through its extensive groundwater and impoundment systems.
- Pennsylvania PUC rate case approvals drive revenue and margin expansion
- Infrastructure investment recovery through Distribution System Improvement Charge updates
- Customer base expansion via strategic municipal water and wastewater acquisitions
- Interest rate sensitivity impacts cost of capital and dividend yield attractiveness
| Net Income: 21.2m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.06 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -7.95 > 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 June 13, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 29.69 with a total of 162,681 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by +0.30%,
over one month by +0.44%,
over three months by -4.44% and
over the past year by -6.44%.
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 | 1% |
P/E Trailing = 20.1973
P/E Forward = 25.4453
P/S = 6.0837
P/B = 2.0252
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 = 718.6m USD (481.3m + Debt 237.4m - CCE 1.00k)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 1.27 (Ebit TTM 19.5m / Interest Expense TTM 15.3m)
EV/FCF = -18.02x (Enterprise Value 718.6m / FCF TTM -39.9m)
FCF Yield = -5.55% (FCF TTM -39.9m / Enterprise Value 718.6m)
FCF Margin = -2.46k% (FCF TTM -39.9m / 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 = 1.04 (Enterprise Value 718.6m / 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 = -5.95 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 237.4m / FCF TTM -39.9m)
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 = 5.56% (E(481.3m)/V(718.6m) * Re(5.78%) + D(237.4m)/V(718.6m) * Rd(6.46%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 5.78% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 92.01 | Cagr: 0.25%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -39.9m)
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=-20% | Analysts=1
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.48 | Chg30d=-2.04% | Revisions=-20% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.60 | Chg30d=-1.23% | Revisions=-20% | GrowthEPS=+15.1% | GrowthRev=+9.6%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=1.75 | Chg30d=-1.69% | Revisions=-20% | GrowthEPS=+9.4% | GrowthRev=+6.4%