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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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 22.5%, EPS grew 40.0%, free cash flow grew 111.2% and total debt fell 13.1%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

31.01 0.11 +0.36%
Market cap
$501.5M
P/E
19.3×
Fwd P/E
18.9×
Dividend yield
2.94%
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
1.06
Beneish M
−2.35
Dividend safety
42/100
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.10
Total sells 0.27
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy 1 1 7 — 1 9 2 1 7 2 1 —
Sell — — — — — — — — — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 0.00%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 501.46
Revenue 83.42
Net Income 23.80
Free Cash Flow (14.15)
Net Debt 189.15
Current Ratio 1.05
Debt/Equity 0.64
P/E ratio 19.26
Fwd P/E 18.90
P/S ratio 5.90
P/B ratio 1.67
Past 5Y EPS Growth 1.82%
This Y EPS Growth 17.27% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 8.59%
Next Y revenue growth 12.02% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 9.90%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 8.2×, against a ten-year median of 11.0×; over the ten years it ranged from 8.1× in 2026 to 14.9× in 2021.
P/E against its own 10 years 1.14%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 6.89%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 1.14%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 1.14%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.57
Annual Dividend Rate 0.91
Annual Dividend Yield 2.94%
total individual payouts
2026 0.68
0.23
0.23
0.23
2025 0.89
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.23
2024 0.85
0.21
0.21
0.21
0.22
2023 0.82
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.21
2022 0.79
0.19
0.19
0.19
0.20
2021 0.76
0.19
0.19
0.19
0.19
2020 0.73
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.19
2019 0.70
0.17
0.17
0.17
0.18
2018 0.67
0.17
0.17
0.17
0.17
2017 0.65
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.17
2016 0.63
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.16
special payouts not included in total or ratios

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%

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.

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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 23.79 31.70 27.45 30.30 34.56 40.70 36.85 35.24 32.58 29.68

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 39.85 39.86 36.10 47.27 51.27 53.77 49.77 46.88 41.96 36.48
People
People Employees 105 102 109 106 108 110 116 130 127 129
Revenue/emp, $m 0.45 0.48 0.44 0.49 0.50 0.50 0.52 0.55 0.59 0.60
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 48 49 48 52 54 55 60 71 75 77
Gross margin, % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
EBT 17 18 16 17 19 18 20 25 22 19
EBT margin, % 36.26 36.05 32.76 32.27 34.57 32.85 32.63 35.24 28.92 24.83
Net income 12 13 13 14 17 17 20 24 20 20
Depreciation 6 7 7 8 8 9 10 12 13 14
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
Earnings 0.92 1.01 1.04 1.11 1.27 1.30 1.40 1.66 1.42 1.39
Cash flow 1.51 1.57 1.42 1.46 1.55 1.76 1.58 2.23 2.13 2.07
Capex (1.02) (1.91) (1.31) (1.42) (2.46) (2.63) (3.62) (4.52) (3.36) (3.38)
Free cash flow 0.49 (0.35) 0.12 0.04 (0.91) (0.88) (2.04) (2.29) (1.23) (1.31)
Book value 8.88 9.29 9.78 10.35 10.99 11.67 14.84 15.47 16.11 16.69
Shares, m 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 41.63 33.02 30.83 41.54 36.69 38.29 32.31 23.11 23.04 22.91
P/S 10.34 8.82 8.54 11.59 11.28 11.81 10.51 7.72 6.26 5.92
P/B 4.31 3.59 3.28 4.45 4.24 4.27 3.05 2.48 2.03 1.91
EV/Sales 12.03 10.69 10.49 13.55 13.60 14.47 12.96 10.36 9.10 8.92
EV/FCF 91.64 (115.71) 340.97 1,532.46 (61.61) (69.63) (27.29) (22.48) (38.63) (36.62)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 19 20 18 19 20 23 22 32 31 30
Capex (13) (25) (17) (18) (32) (34) (51) (65) (48) (49)
Free cash flow 6 (4) 1 0 (12) (11) (29) (33) (18) (19)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 4 (1) (2) (6) 4 (9) (3) (3) (2) (9)
Total debt 85 91 94 101 124 146 139 180 206 232
Net debt 80 91 94 101 119 146 139 180 206 232
Shareholders’ equity 114 119 126 134 143 153 207 221 231 240
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 3.75 3.98 3.95 4.06 4.31 3.92 4.04 4.32 3.33 3.05
ROIC 7.35 7.03 6.38 6.32 5.83 4.89 4.41 4.60 4.01 3.66
ROE 10.62 11.11 10.89 11.06 11.97 11.48 10.88 11.09 8.99 8.51
Negative figures in brackets.

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

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
CWT California Water Service Group $2.9B 20.8× 18.7× +16.47% (above 0%: growing) +32.39% (above 0%: growing) −18.32% (below 0%: shrinking) 70.24% 22.97% Compare
HTO H2O America $2.4B 20.2× 20.4× +6.16% (above 0%: growing) −9.86% (below 0%: shrinking) +14.08% (above 0%: growing) 59.39% 20.31% Compare
MSEX Middlesex Water Company $1.0B 21.1× 21.2× +14.26% (above 0%: growing) +31.67% (above 0%: growing) −22.41% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 32.35% Compare
YORW The York Water Company $501.5M 19.3× 18.9× +22.48% (above 0%: growing) +40.00% (above 0%: growing) +111.16% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 41.71%
CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. $460.5M 27.4× 31.8× −2.15% (below 0%: shrinking) −21.88% (below 0%: shrinking) +39.37% (above 0%: growing) 33.35% 11.39% Compare
ARTNA Artesian Resources Corporation $342.8M 14.5× 16.7× +7.41% (above 0%: growing) +4.92% (above 0%: growing) +68.43% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 28.09% Compare
CDZI Cadiz, Inc. $322.6M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −76.27% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −66.49% (below 0%: shrinking) (2.45%) (902.45%) Compare
PCYO Pure Cycle Corporation $268.0M 18.1× 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. $233.0M 72.6× 121× +24.76% (above 0%: growing) +66.67% (above 0%: growing) +89.60% (above 0%: growing) 74.36% 25.36% Compare
Median of peers $401.7M 20.8× 21.2× +10.84% +31.67% +26.73% 64.82% 24.16%

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The York Water Company (YORW) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $20.1 million, or $1.39 per share (basic), a net margin of 25.9%.
  • Strength: The York Water Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $77.5 million, up 3.37% from fiscal 2024.
  • The York Water Company (YORW) is an Utilities Regulated Water company in the Utilities sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, YORW traded at $31.01, a market capitalization of $501.5 million.
  • At that price the stock trades at 19.3× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 5.9× sales; its P/E is higher than 1% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • The York Water Company pays an annual dividend of $0.91 per share, a yield of 2.94%, with a payout ratio of 56.7%.
  • Return on equity was 8.51% and debt-to-equity 0.64.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 3 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.06 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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