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The York Water Company (YORW)

Utilities | Utilities - Regulated Water | York, United States | NasdaqGS
34.12 USD +0.41 (1.216%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 34.12
Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:54 a.m. EDT

The York Water Company presents a stark dichotomy between a deteriorating equity story and a resilient cash-flow machine. Fundamentally, the business is under pressure; the stock has suffered four consecutive years of negative annual returns, dropping nearly 17% last year, which signals a persistent structural decline in market valuation despite the company's regulated utility status. While the company recently raised capital via a public offering to fund projects and pay down debt—a necessary step for a mature utility—the balance sheet remains leveraged with debt-to-equity nearing 65%. The recent price action shows a fragile recovery, bouncing off lows but still trading below its 200-day average, failing to confirm a trend reversal. However, the investment case is anchored in the cash flow and dividend. The company generates substantial operating cash flow ($33M) against modest free cash flow burn, allowing it to maintain a 2.67% yield with a healthy payout ratio of roughly 56%. This makes it a viable income play for investors who can stomach the equity drag. The options market confirms this defensive posture, with traders buying insurance (puts) rather than betting on a rally. For a long-term holder, the multi-year decline suggests the market is pricing in regulatory or operational headwinds that haven't yet resolved. It is a 'hold' or cautious accumulation for income, but not a high-conviction buy until the price trajectory stabilizes.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.042282
AutoARIMA0.044025
AutoTheta0.046994
MSTL0.047124

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 49%
H-stat 38.53
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.049
Excess Kurtosis -0.65
Attribute Value
Sector Utilities
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-29
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-29
Debt to Equity Ratio 64.566
Revenue per Share 5.64
Market Cap 553,719,168
Trailing P/E 21.19
Forward P/E 22.30
Beta 0.60
Profit Margins 28.53%
Website https://www.yorkwater.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:54 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for downside protection rather than upside participation. Put open interest dominates across all expirations, with significant concentration at strikes well below the current price (e.g., deep OTM puts at $25 and $20 for December expiration). Call activity is sparse and heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money strikes ($40), suggesting a speculative hope for a rebound but a lack of genuine bullish conviction. Implied volatility is elevated on short-dated puts relative to calls, indicating fear of a near-term drop.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.74% 2.87% 2.58% 2.28%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-30 0.228000 0.743883
2026-02-27 0.228000 0.693431
2025-12-31 0.228000 0.716080
2025-09-30 0.219000 0.719921
2025-06-30 0.219000 0.693038
2025-02-28 0.219000 0.683307
2024-12-31 0.219000 0.669315
2024-09-30 0.211000 0.563267
2024-06-28 0.211000 0.568886
2024-02-28 0.211000 0.603547
2023-12-28 0.211000 0.539504
2023-09-28 0.203000 0.541478
2023-06-29 0.203000 0.492599
2023-02-27 0.203000 0.460422
2022-12-29 0.203000 0.447235
2022-09-29 0.195000 0.505050
2022-06-29 0.195000 0.492424
2022-02-25 0.195000 0.444596
2021-12-30 0.195000 0.393542
2021-09-29 0.187000 0.421836
2021-06-29 0.187000 0.408654
2021-02-25 0.187000 0.443548
2020-12-30 0.187000 0.400857
2020-09-29 0.180000 0.419092
2020-06-29 0.180000 0.382816
2020-02-27 0.180000 0.416860
2019-12-30 0.180000 0.388098
2019-09-27 0.173000 0.394527
2019-06-27 0.173000 0.498559
2019-02-27 0.173000 0.478959
2018-12-28 0.173000 0.535272
2018-09-27 0.167000 0.554817
2018-06-28 0.167000 0.514638
2018-02-27 0.167000 0.580870
2017-12-28 0.167000 0.487591
2017-09-28 0.160000 0.454545
2017-06-28 0.160000 0.459110
2017-02-24 0.160000 0.438356
2016-12-28 0.160000 0.421053
2016-09-28 0.156000 0.516385
2016-06-28 0.156000 0.495868
2016-02-25 0.156000 0.557541
2015-12-29 0.156000 0.594059
2015-09-28 0.150000 0.689972
2015-06-26 0.150000 0.668151
2015-02-25 0.150000 0.630782
2014-12-29 0.149000 0.616467
2014-09-26 0.143000 0.708271
2014-06-26 0.143000 0.700637
2014-02-26 0.143000 0.709325
2013-12-27 0.143000 0.676443
2013-09-26 0.138000 0.675477
2013-06-27 0.138000 0.712074
2013-02-26 0.138000 0.736786
2012-12-27 0.138000 0.786773
2012-09-27 0.134000 0.726287
2012-06-27 0.134000 0.765714
2012-02-27 0.134000 0.750700
2011-12-28 0.134000 0.776362
2011-09-28 0.131000 0.815691
2011-06-28 0.131000 0.789157
2011-02-24 0.131000 0.771496
2010-12-29 0.131000 0.745165
2010-09-28 0.128000 0.798005
2010-06-28 0.128000 0.858484
2010-02-24 0.128000 0.924188
2009-12-29 0.128000 0.877915
2009-09-28 0.126000 0.901933
2009-06-26 0.126000 0.791457
2009-02-25 0.126000 1.069610
2008-12-29 0.126000 1.050000
2008-09-26 0.121000 0.880000
2008-06-26 0.121000 0.810992
2008-02-28 0.121000 0.772669
2007-12-27 0.121000 0.756250
2007-09-26 0.118000 0.701546
2007-06-27 0.118000 0.668555
2007-03-13 0.118000 0.694935
2006-12-28 0.118000 0.654828
2006-09-27 0.112000 0.553633
2006-06-28 0.112000 0.659082
2006-03-13 0.112000 0.633962
2005-12-28 0.112000 0.685714
2005-09-28 0.104000 0.600231
2005-06-28 0.104000 0.711030
2005-03-11 0.104000 0.783920
2004-12-29 0.104000 0.802057
2004-09-28 0.096667 0.835738
2004-06-28 0.096667 0.775404
2004-03-11 0.096667 0.732326
2003-12-29 0.096667 0.792786
2003-09-26 0.090000 0.785797
2003-06-26 0.090000 0.758427
2003-03-12 0.090000 0.841646
2002-12-27 0.090000 0.870406
2002-09-26 0.086667 0.787882
2002-06-27 0.086667 0.769234
2002-03-13 0.086667 0.873953
2001-12-27 0.086667 0.860930
2001-09-27 0.083333 1.043837
2001-06-27 0.083333 1.008060
2001-03-13 0.083333 1.204814
2000-12-27 0.083333 1.470582
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.91
dividendYield 2.7
exDividendDate 2026-09-30
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.903
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.026787303
lastDividendValue 0.228
lastDividendDate 2026-06-30
dividendDate 2026-10-15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.110708356
Address1 130 East Market Street
All Time High 53.77
All Time Low 4.5
Ask 33.98
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 5
Average Daily Volume10 Day 110,790
Average Daily Volume3 Month 147,501
Average Volume 147,501
Average Volume10Days 110,790
Beta 0.598
Bid 24.22
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 2
Book Value 16.757
City York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 34.12
Current Ratio 1.047
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 34.14
Day Low 33.775
Debt To Equity 64.566
Dividend Date 1,792,022,400
Dividend Rate 0.91
Dividend Yield 2.7
Earnings Growth 0.37
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.507
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,042,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,905,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,905,200
Ebitda 45,506,000
Ebitda Margins 0.54549
Enterprise To Ebitda 16.331
Enterprise To Revenue 8.909
Enterprise Value 743,167,168
Eps Forward 1.53
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.61
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,790,726,400
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 717 845 3792
Fifty Day Average 31.5464
Fifty Day Average Change 2.5735989
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.081581384
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 11.070835
Fifty Two Week High 34.81
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.69000244
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.01982196
Fifty Two Week Low 28.26
Fifty Two Week Low Change 5.8599987
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.20736018
Fifty Two Week Range 28.26 - 34.81
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 925,738,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.18
Float Shares 14,713,968
Forward Eps 1.53
Forward P E 22.300653
Free Cashflow -20,914,624
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 129
Fullday Change 0.41
Fullday Change Percent 1.21626
Fullday Price 34.12
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.72760004
Gross Profits 60,698,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00992
Held Percent Institutions 0.66623
Implied Shares Outstanding 16,228,581
Industry Utilities - Regulated Water
Industry Disp Utilities - Regulated Water
Industry Key utilities-regulated-water
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,782,777,600
Last Dividend Value 0.228
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,158,019,200
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary The York Water Company impounds, purifies, and distributes drinking water. It owns and operates three wastewater collection systems; twelve wastewater collection and treatment systems; and two reservoirs, including Lake Williams and Lake Redman, which hold approximately 2.5 billion gallons of water. The company operates a 15-mile pipeline from the Susquehanna River to Lake Redman; and owns satellite groundwater systems in York, Adams, and Lancaster Counties, as well as two impounding dams on primary system located in York and Springfield Townships. It serves customers in the fixtures and furniture, electrical machinery, food products, paper, ordnance units, textile products, air conditioning systems, laundry detergents, barbells, and motorcycle industries in 58 municipalities within four counties in south-central Pennsylvania. The York Water Company was incorporated in 1816 and is based in York, Pennsylvania.
Long Name The York Water Company
Market us_market
Market Cap 553,719,168
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_315370
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 23,797,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 547,390,037
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 33.81
Operating Cashflow 33,498,000
Operating Margins 0.42262
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.561
Peg Ratio 4.1
Phone 717 845 3601
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 34.12
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 33.71
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.036164
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 6.6375675
Profit Margins 0.28526
Quick Ratio 0.77
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.41
Regular Market Change Percent 1.21626
Regular Market Day High 34.14
Regular Market Day Low 33.775
Regular Market Day Range 33.775 - 34.14
Regular Market Open 33.81
Regular Market Previous Close 33.71
Regular Market Price 34.12
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 136,717
Return On Assets 0.02856
Return On Equity 0.09
Revenue Growth 0.225
Revenue Per Share 5.64
Sand P52 Week Change 0.1966995
Sector Utilities
Sector Disp Utilities
Sector Key utilities
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 16,228,581
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0416
Shares Short 674,380
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 641,593
Short Name The York Water Company
Short Percent Of Float 0.0467
Short Ratio 5.3
Source Interval 15
State PA
Symbol YORW
Target High Price 31.0
Target Low Price 31.0
Target Mean Price 31.0
Target Median Price 31.0
Total Cash 555,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.034
Total Debt 190,003,008
Total Revenue 83,422,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.903
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.026787303
Trailing Eps 1.61
Trailing P E 21.192545
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 31.5387
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.5812988
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.08184544
Type Disp Equity
Volume 136,717
Website https://www.yorkwater.com
Zip 17,401-1219