The York Water Company (YORW) Stock

The York Water Company (YORW) is a Utilities stock trading at $34.02 (as of 2026-08-21), with a market capitalization of $551.44M and a trailing P/E of 23.2. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

The York Water Company impounds, treats, and delivers drinking water to customers in south-central Pennsylvania. It owns and operates water and wastewater facilities, including reservoirs, a pipeline, groundwater wells, and multiple wastewater collection and treatment systems, serving customers across 51 municipalities in three counties.

Understand The York Water Company: how it makes money

The York Water Company impounds, purifies, and distributes drinking water, and it also collects and treats wastewater, earning money by providing these water and wastewater utility services to customers in its service area.

The profit engine is the company operating and maintaining an integrated set of water supply assets (reservoirs, a river pipeline, and groundwater wells) plus wastewater collection and treatment systems that continuously serve its municipalities and customers.

Business quality (Solid): Clear asset-based business (water supply and wastewater services) with a sensible operating focus, but the dataset provided does not include detailed segment revenue, customer metrics beyond municipalities served, or specific financial drivers beyond an operating margin figure.

Valuation: At 20× earnings, YORW trades 8% below the Utilities average (22×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Integrated water supply and wastewater operations: It impounds, purifies, and distributes drinking water, and it also operates wastewater collection and treatment systems.
  • Multiple sources of water: Its supply comes from two reservoirs, a 15-mile pipeline from the Susquehanna River to Lake Redman, and nine groundwater wells.

Bear case

  • Operational and infrastructure risk: The business depends on ongoing performance of reservoirs, pipeline, groundwater wells, and multiple wastewater collection and treatment systems, so outages or operational issues could disrupt service.
  • Limited disclosures in the provided facts: No segment revenue breakdown or detailed operating metrics are provided here beyond municipalities served, which makes it harder to pinpoint specific drivers of results.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$34.02
Market Cap$551.44M
P/E Ratio23.2
EV / EBITDA16.5
Price / Book1.87
Price / Sales6.61
DCF Value (model)$5.18
DCF Upside vs Price-84.8%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$77.49M
Net Margin25.9%
Revenue Growth (YoY)22.5%
EPS Growth (YoY)40.0%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score1.11 (distress)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E23.2
Sector P/E (Utilities)20.8
Industry P/E (Utilities)20.1
vs Sector11.2%
vs Industry15.4%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderVANGUARD GROUP INC ($34.45M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Company
SectorUtilities
IndustryUtilities
CEOJoseph Thomas Hand
Employees127
CountryUS
IPO Date1999-05-03

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Data as of 2026-08-21.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.