The York Water Company
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.
$30.56
-$0.18 (-0.59%)
EOD Oct 21, 2026
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.
19.0x 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.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$83M
▲ +3.4% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$24M
▼ -1.3% YoY
Op. Margin
36.56%
▼ -1.7pp YoY
ROIC
5.07%
▼ -1.6pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
-$14M
▼ -6.8% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$33M
▼ -2.3% YoY
Net Debt
$189M
Cash & Equiv.
$555K
5Y CAGR: +7.5%
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SourceComputed from the 10-Q filed 6 Aug 2026, covering the period ending 30 Jun 2026, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 18 Sept 2026. How this is calculated.
Price from market data, last close as of 21 Oct 2026. Fiscal year ends Dec. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.
Is York Water (YORW) overvalued?
At a P/E of 19.0, York Water (YORW)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, York Water scores 20/100 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 2.6%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
Is York Water a high-quality business?+
York Water scores 20 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 36.6% operating margin and a 5.1% 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.
Does York Water (YORW) pay a dividend, and how much?+
Yes, York Water pays a regular dividend of about $0.81 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 2.6% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 54.2% 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.
Is York Water a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh YORW's valuation and scores 20/100 on quality (lower-quality). It also yields about 2.6%. 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.
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