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The York Water Company (the Company ) is the oldest investor-owned water utility in the United States and is duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The primary business of the Company is to impound, purify to meet or exceed safe drinking water standards and distribute water.
$31.05
$0.40 (-1.29%)
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35.75% operating margin is above average. ROIC at 4.81%. Note that capital returns lag the margin, the business may be capital-intensive despite high margins.
Revenue grew 3.4%, steady but not accelerating.
Negative free cash flow of -$19M. The business is consuming cash, not generating it.
21.1x earnings. Valuation is in a reasonable range. The main question is whether the business can re-accelerate or if current trajectory is already priced in.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$79M
▲ +3.4% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$21M
▼ -1.3% YoY
Op. Margin
35.11%
▼ -1.7pp YoY
ROIC
4.69%
▼ -1.6pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
-$20M
▼ -6.8% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$29M
▼ -2.3% YoY
Net Debt
$237M
Cash & Equiv.
$1K
5Y CAGR: +7.5%
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At a P/E of 21.1, A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in .
On quality, York Water scores 22/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 2.8%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
York Water scores 22 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 7 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 35.1% operating margin and a 4.7% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Yes, York Water pays a regular dividend of about $0.88 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 2.8% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 60.1% of earnings, so the dividend is well covered. York Water has grown the dividend at roughly 6.5% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For YORW's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh YORW's valuation and scores 22/100 on quality (lower-quality). It also yields about 2.8%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.