The York Water Company (YORW): Price and Financial Metrics

The York Water Company (YORW): $36.47

0.50 (+1.39%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

D

Stability

B

Sentiment

Quality

C

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Industry: Water

Industry

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Ranked

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YORW Price/Volume Stats

Current price $36.47 52-week high $46.81
Prev. close $35.97 52-week low $34.89
Day low $35.90 Volume 12,139
Day high $36.47 Avg. volume 60,067
50-day MA $35.82 Dividend yield 2.38%
200-day MA $38.49 Market Cap 522.76M

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YORW POWR Grades

  • YORW scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 96.02% of US stocks.
  • The strongest trend for YORW is in Value, which has been heading up over the past 26 weeks.
  • YORW ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 9th percentile.

YORW Stock Summary

  • For YORW, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 88.6% of US equities we're observing.
  • YORW's price/sales ratio is 7.95; that's higher than the P/S ratio of 86.57% of US stocks.
  • The volatility of YORK WATER CO's share price is greater than that of merely 14.18% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
  • If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to YORK WATER CO, a group of peers worth examining would be SJW, UHT, AWR, ESEA, and PNM.
  • YORW's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit YORK WATER CO's official web site, go to www.yorkwater.com.

YORW Valuation Summary

  • In comparison to the median Utilities stock, YORW's price/earnings ratio is 28.02% higher, now standing at 24.9.
  • Over the past 243 months, YORW's price/sales ratio has gone up 2.6.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for YORW.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
YORW 2023-12-27 8.3 2.6 24.9 24.1
YORW 2023-12-26 8.3 2.6 24.9 24.1
YORW 2023-12-22 8.1 2.5 24.3 23.7
YORW 2023-12-21 8.1 2.5 24.2 23.6
YORW 2023-12-20 8.1 2.5 24.2 23.6
YORW 2023-12-19 8.2 2.6 24.7 23.9

YORW Growth Metrics

    The 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -99.55%.
  • The 5 year price growth rate now stands at 16.3%.
  • Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -1.79%.
YORW's revenue has moved up $11,088,000 over the prior 67 months.

The table below shows YORW's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30 58.684 21.794 18.57
2022-06-30 57.376 21.87 17.683
2022-03-31 56.278 21.695 17.138
2021-12-31 55.119 22.959 16.984
2021-09-30 54.783 22.405 16.693
2021-06-30 54.537 22.59 16.603

YORW's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • YORW has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 67.21% of graded US stocks.
  • YORW's asset turnover comes in at 0.133 -- ranking 91st of 105 Utilities stocks.
  • PPL, ORA, and NEE are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with YORW.

The table below shows YORW's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-06-30 0.133 0.771 0.044
2021-03-31 0.136 0.776 0.046
2020-12-31 0.139 0.777 0.048
2020-09-30 0.142 0.778 0.050
2020-06-30 0.144 0.777 0.051
2020-03-31 0.146 0.775 0.051

YORW Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of YORW, see our YORW price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $55.00 Average Broker Recommendation 1.5 (Moderate Buy)

The York Water Company (YORW) Company Bio


The York Water Company impounds, purifies, and distributes drinking water. It owns and operates two wastewater collection and treatment systems. The company was founded in 1816 and is based in York, Pennsylvania.


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York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.2108

The York Water Company's ( NASDAQ:YORW ) dividend will be increasing from last year's payment of the same period to...

Yahoo | December 13, 2023

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YORW Price Returns

1-mo 3.58%
3-mo -5.00%
6-mo -1.61%
1-year -16.23%
3-year -20.78%
5-year 16.27%
YTD -5.00%
2023 -12.40%
2022 -7.93%
2021 8.60%
2020 2.67%
2019 46.40%

YORW Dividends

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