The York Water Company

YORW Utilities Utilities Regulated Water

The York Water Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $77.5 million, up 3.37% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+22.5%
EPS
+40.0%
Free cash flow
+111.2%
Total debt
−13.1%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

32.07 0.19 −0.59%
Market cap
$522.9M
P/E
19.9×
Fwd P/E
18.8×
Dividend yield
2.84%
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
1.06
Beneish M
−2.35
Dividend safety
42/100

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 0.14
Sold, $m 0.27
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy 1 7 — 1 9 2 1 7 2 1 2 —
Sell — — — — — — — — 1 — — —
Insider Ownership 0.00%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 522.88
Revenue ttm 83.42
Net income ttm 23.80
Free cash flow ttm (14.15)
Net debt Q 189.15
Valuation
P/E 19.92
Forward P/E 18.80
Price / sales 6.11
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 0.00
Price / book 1.73
Financial health
Current ratio Q 1.05
Debt / equity Q 0.64
Interest coverage Q 4.30
Growth
Revenue growth Q +22.48% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q +38.41% (above 0%: growing)
EPS, this year +17.27% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next year A +8.59%
Revenue, next year A +12.02% (at or above 10%: strong)
EPS, past 5 yrs +1.82%
EPS, next 5 yrs A +9.90%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 2.60%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 11.07%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 2.27%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 2.64%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
2.84%
Annual rate
0.91
Payout ratio
56.7%
Growth, 2018–26
+0.20%/yr
  1. 0.67 ’18
  2. 0.70 ’19 +4
  3. 0.73 ’20 +4
  4. 0.76 ’21 +4
  5. 0.79 ’22 +4
  6. 0.82 ’23 +4
  7. 0.85 ’24 +4
  8. 0.89 ’25 +4
  9. 0.68 ’26 −23
paid change on the year, %

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 0 0 0 1
Receivables 8 8 10 10
Inventory 3 3 3 3
Other 3 4 4 5
16 16 18 20
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 11 10 8 9
ST’ Debt — — 10 0
Other — — — —
18 18 28 19

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 5.11% 7.55% 8.86%
Cash Flow 3.73% 8.09% 10.69%
Earnings 4.85% 3.86% 0.81%
Book Value 8.22% 10.90% 5.07%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.33 0.49 — — —
’25 0.25 0.35 0.43 0.36 1.39
’24 0.30 0.35 0.41 0.36 1.42
’23 0.26 0.45 0.53 0.42 1.66
’22 0.29 0.36 0.40 0.35 1.40
’21 0.28 0.35 0.36 0.31 1.30
’20 0.31 0.32 0.36 0.28 1.27
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 20 24 — — —
’25 18 19 20 19 77
’24 18 19 20 19 75
’23 15 19 19 18 71
’22 14 15 16 15 60
’21 13 14 15 14 55
’20 13 13 14 13 54
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 5 12 — — —
’25 6 8 8 8 30
’24 6 7 8 10 31
’23 6 8 9 9 32
’22 5 6 6 5 22
’21 7 6 6 4 23
’20 5 5 7 4 20
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (4) 1 — — —
’25 (3) (5) (7) (3) (19)
’24 (2) (6) (5) (5) (18)
’23 (4) (11) (8) (10) (33)
’22 (2) (6) (9) (12) (29)
’21 (1) (3) (5) (2) (11)
’20 1 0 0 (12) (12)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Jun ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 48 49 48 52 54 55 60 71 75 77 83 +5.6% 87 93 94 +6.5%
Gross margin, % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0 pt
EBT 17 18 16 17 19 18 20 25 22 19 22 +1.2%
EBT margin, % 36.26 36.05 32.76 32.27 34.57 32.85 32.63 35.24 28.92 24.83 26.61 (11.4) pt
Net income 12 13 13 14 17 17 20 24 20 20 24 +6.0%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 3.70 3.78 3.75 3.98 4.13 4.22 4.30 4.97 5.22 5.38 5.25 +4.2%
Earnings 0.92 1.01 1.04 1.11 1.27 1.30 1.40 1.66 1.42 1.39 1.61 +4.7%
Cash flow 1.51 1.57 1.42 1.46 1.55 1.76 1.58 2.23 2.13 2.07 2.11 +3.6%
Capex (1.02) (1.91) (1.31) (1.42) (2.46) (2.63) (3.62) (4.52) (3.36) (3.38) (3.00) +14.2%
Free cash flow 0.49 (0.35) 0.12 0.04 (0.91) (0.88) (2.04) (2.29) (1.23) (1.31) (0.89) n/m
Book value 8.88 9.29 9.78 10.35 10.99 11.67 14.84 15.47 16.11 16.69 18.53 +7.3%
Shares, m 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 +1.3%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 41.63 33.02 30.83 41.54 36.69 38.29 32.31 23.11 23.04 22.91 19.92 32.3
P/S 10.34 8.82 8.54 11.59 11.28 11.81 10.51 7.72 6.26 5.92 6.11 9.3
P/B 4.31 3.59 3.28 4.45 4.24 4.27 3.05 2.48 2.03 1.91 1.73 3.4
EV/Sales 12.03 10.69 10.49 13.55 13.60 14.47 12.96 10.36 9.10 8.92 8.37 11.6
EV/FCF 91.64 (115.71) 340.97 1,532.46 (61.61) (69.63) (27.29) (22.48) (38.63) (36.62) (49.38) 159.3
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 19 20 18 19 20 23 22 32 31 30 33 +4.9%
Capex (13) (25) (17) (18) (32) (34) (51) (65) (48) (49) (48) +15.7%
Free cash flow 6 (4) 1 0 (12) (11) (29) (33) (18) (19) (14) n/m
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 4 (1) (2) (6) 4 (9) (3) (3) (2) (9) 1 n/m
Net debt 80 91 94 101 119 146 139 180 206 232 189 +12.5%
Shareholders’ equity 114 119 126 134 143 153 207 221 231 240 294 +8.6%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 3.75 3.98 3.95 4.06 4.31 3.92 4.04 4.32 3.33 3.05 3.51 (0.7) pt
ROIC 7.35 7.03 6.38 6.32 5.83 4.89 4.41 4.60 4.01 3.66 3.94 (3.7) pt
ROE 10.62 11.11 10.89 11.06 11.97 11.48 10.88 11.09 8.99 8.51 9.00 (2.1) pt
People
People Employees 105 102 109 106 108 110 116 130 127 129 — +2.3%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.45 0.48 0.44 0.49 0.50 0.50 0.52 0.55 0.59 0.60 — +3.2%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

The York Water Company vs peers in Utilities Regulated Water (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
AWR American States Water Company $3.5B 24.2× 23.3× +5.37% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% −27.88% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% 34.95% Compare
CWT California Water Service Group $3.2B 22.5× 19.2× +6.73% (above 0%: growing) +1.94% (above 0%: growing) −97.13% (below 0%: shrinking) 69.26% 24.89% Compare
HTO H2O America $3.0B 23.9× 20.3× +4.02% (above 0%: growing) −19.23% (below 0%: shrinking) +34.01% (above 0%: growing) 58.72% 24.17% Compare
MSEX Middlesex Water Company $1.1B 21.5× 21.2× +11.30% (above 0%: growing) +23.14% (above 0%: growing) +15.96% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 36.99% Compare
YORW The York Water Company $522.9M 19.9× 18.8× +22.48% (above 0%: growing) +40.00% (above 0%: growing) +111.16% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 41.71%
CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. $425.0M 25.8× 29.6× −2.15% (below 0%: shrinking) −21.88% (below 0%: shrinking) +39.37% (above 0%: growing) 33.35% 11.39% Compare
ARTNA Artesian Resources Corporation $345.6M 14.4× 16.7× +7.41% (above 0%: growing) +4.92% (above 0%: growing) +68.43% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 28.09% Compare
PCYO Pure Cycle Corporation $258.1M 17.6× 25.8× +59.96% (above 0%: growing) +33.33% (above 0%: growing) +492.06% (above 0%: growing) 52.12% 25.71% Compare
GWRS Global Water Resources, Inc. $227.5M 90.0× 61.9× +5.04% (above 0%: growing) −42.83% (below 0%: shrinking) +100.41% (above 0%: growing) 72.47% 14.68% Compare
Median of peers $782.5M 23.2× 22.3× +6.05% +0.97% +36.69% 63.99% 25.30%

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 20 March 2026

Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2025 572.28k 563.13k 76.10
2024 498.28k 481.51k 76.00
2023 464.53k 444.00k 87.59
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Read the proxy statement

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