YORW Stock Analysis: The York Water | NASDAQ
Utilities - Regulated Water | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 541m USD | 12M Return: 9.8% | US9871841089 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 3.77M
EPS Trend: -53.2%
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: 99.1%
Qual. Beats: 1
Warnings
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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: 23.8m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -7.02 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 15.28% < 20% (prev -0.09%; Δ 15.37% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.05 > 3% & CFO 33.5m > Net Income 23.8m |
| Net Debt (189.1m) to EBITDA (36.9m): 5.13 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.05 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (15.9m) vs 12m ago 10.33% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: error (current vs previous; cannot be calculated due to missing/invalid data or negative margin) |
| Asset Turnover: 0.87% > 50% (prev 11.66%; Δ -10.79% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 1.48 > 6 (EBIT TTM 22.4m / Interest Expense TTM 15.1m) |
| A: 0.00 (Total Current Assets 20.1m - Total Current Liabilities 19.2m) / Total Assets 704.0m |
| B: 0.15 (Retained Earnings 105.8m / Total Assets 704.0m) |
| C: 0.03 (EBIT TTM 22.4m / Avg Total Assets 678.8m) |
| D: 0.72 (Book Value of Equity 294.3m / Total Liabilities 409.7m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 1.47 = BB |
| DSRI: 3.0 (Receivables 8.64m/11.8m, Revenue 5.93m/76.2m) |
| GMI: 1.00 (fallback, negative margins) |
| AQI: 1.03 (AQ_t 0.14 / AQ_t-1 0.13) |
| SGI: 0.08 (Revenue 5.93m / 76.2m) |
| TATA: -0.01 (NI 23.8m - CFO 33.5m) / TA 704.0m) |
| Beneish M = -2.02 (Cap -4..+1) = BB |
As of September 21, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 32.69 with a total of 355,415 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -1.45%, over one month by -2.01%, over three months by +11.53% and over the past year by +9.79%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 31.80 (which is 2.7% or 1.6 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 | 31 | -5.2% |
P/E Trailing = 20.8437
P/E Forward = 25.4453
P/S = 6.4878
P/B = 1.8552
P/EG = 4.0952
Revenue TTM = 5.93m USD
EBIT TTM = 22.4m USD
EBITDA TTM = 36.9m USD
Long Term Debt = 189.4m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 340k USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 189.7m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 189.1m USD (calculated: Debt 189.7m - CCE 555k)
Enterprise Value = 730.4m USD (541.2m + Debt 189.7m - CCE 555k)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 1.48 (Ebit TTM 22.4m / Interest Expense TTM 15.1m)
EV/FCF = -21.49x (Enterprise Value 730.4m / FCF TTM -34.0m)
FCF Yield = -4.65% (FCF TTM -34.0m / Enterprise Value 730.4m)
FCF Margin = -572.7% (FCF TTM -34.0m / Revenue TTM 5.93m)
Net Margin = 401.0% (Net Income TTM 23.8m / Revenue TTM 5.93m)
Gross Margin = unknown ((Revenue TTM 5.93m - Cost of Revenue TTM 22.7m) / Revenue TTM)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.04 (Enterprise Value 730.4m / Total Assets 704.0m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 7.97% (Interest Expense 15.1m / Debt 189.7m)
Taxrate = 2.13% (166k / 7.78m)
NOPAT = 21.9m (EBIT 22.4m * (1 - 2.13%))
Current Ratio = 1.05 (Total Current Assets 20.1m / Total Current Liabilities 19.2m)
Debt / Equity = 0.64 (Debt 189.7m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 294.3m)
Debt / EBITDA = 5.13 (Net Debt 189.1m / EBITDA 36.9m)
Debt / FCF = -5.57 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 189.1m / FCF TTM -34.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 253.7m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 3.51% (Net Income 23.8m / Total Assets 704.0m)
RoE = 9.38% (Net Income TTM 23.8m / Total Stockholder Equity 253.7m)
RoCE = 5.05% (EBIT 22.4m / Capital Employed (Equity 253.7m + L.T.Debt 189.4m))
RoIC = 3.20% (NOPAT 21.9m / Invested Capital 684.9m)
WACC = 5.82% (E(541.2m)/V(730.9m) * Re(5.12%) + D(189.7m)/V(730.9m) * Rd(7.97%) * (1-Tc(0.02)))
Discount Rate = 5.12% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 57.48 | Cagr: 4.69%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -34.0m)
EPS Correlation: -53.16 | EPS CAGR: -4.60% | SUE: 1.69 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: 99.07 | Revenue CAGR: 4.45% | SUE: 2.12 | # QB: 1
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.50 | Chg30d=+4.17% | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.68 | Chg30d=+5.00% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+20.9% | GrowthRev=+12.0%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=1.89 | Chg30d=+8.00% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+12.5% | GrowthRev=+6.8%