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The York Water Company YORW
$ 30.78 -1.14%
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Quarterly report 2026-Q1
added 05-05-2026

The York Water Company Financial Ratios 2025-2011 | YORW

Brief overview of The York Water Company's valuation and returns

The comparison uses the five latest available annual observations between 2021 and 2025.

The latest available valuation ratios are P/E 23.92x (median 23.92x), EV/EBITDA 18.24x (median 18.24x), P/S 6.19x (median 7.09x). On average, multiples differ from their five-year medians by only 0%. Valuation is near its familiar historical range.

The 1/P/E calculation produces a 4.2% earnings yield. It does not capture future growth or capital structure.

End-period return metrics are ROE 8.3%, ROA 2.9%, ROCE 11.5%. Low capital returns limit the ability to compound value internally.

PEG is 7.19x. Price is well ahead of embedded growth, making market expectations demanding.

The cash return period is stable at 32.5 days initially and 37.3 days at the end.

What the ratios show

The York Water Company's market valuation is near its own historical norm, while quality ratios provide no extreme signal.

Annual Financial Ratios The York Water Company

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

P/E

 23.9 23.8 21.2 32.0 35.0 34.2 43.8 31.4 31.6 38.4 27.4 26.5 27.5 25.7 25.1

P/S

 6.2 6.4 7.1 10.4 10.8 10.5 12.2 8.7 8.4 9.6 7.3 6.6 6.3 5.8 5.6

EPS

 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7

EV (Enterprise Value)

 480 M 483 M 504 M 626 M 594 M 831 M 860 M 639 M 623 M 657 M 544 M 503 M 437 M 418 M 403 M

EBITDA per Share

 2.91 2.86 2.89 2.48 2.47 2.5 2.43 2.29 2.28 2.28 2.25 2.17 2.05 2 1.95

EV/EBITDA

 18.2 21.2 23.2 17.4 17.1 18.3 14.8 13.9 12.9 12.4 12.5

PEG

 7.19 6.72 4.28 18.14 21.44 2.24 6.11 11.8 3.33 -7.78 3.05 1.42 6.6 18.27 22.18

P/B

 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.3 4.0 4.7 3.3 3.4 4.0 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.4

P/CF

 16.1 15.8 15.8 28.4 25.9 -43.5 -380.7 282.1 -82.6 73.9 52.5 71.6 31.0 56.7 13.0

ROE %

 8.35 8.79 10.74 9.45 11.13 11.59 10.73 10.60 10.87 10.39 11.45 10.98 9.33 9.32 9.54

ROA %

 2.95 3.21 4.04 3.83 3.70 4.08 3.96 3.88 3.91 3.70 3.98 3.77 3.42 3.29 3.31

ROCE %

 11.53 12.13 13.35 11.82 15.33 6.19 6.83 6.74 6.96 7.33 7.37 7.40 7.56 7.43 7.39

Current Ratio

 - - - - - 1.4 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.5 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.2

DSO

 37.3 36.7 37.4 34.4 32.5 59.3 51.3 54.5 52.6 53.7 55.8 58.2 52.2 56.0 55.3

DIO

 - - - - - 34.2 35.4 33.1 37.2 33.9 34.9 35.3 35.9 36.8 -

DPO

 - - - - - 221.4 121.3 114.4 128.7 166.8 80.2 72.8 87.3 56.7 -

Operating Cycle

 37.3 36.7 37.4 34.4 32.5 93.5 86.6 87.6 89.8 87.7 90.7 93.6 88.0 92.8 -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 37.3 36.7 37.4 34.4 32.5 -127.9 -34.7 -26.8 -38.9 -79.1 10.5 20.8 0.7 36.1 -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios The York Water Company

2026-Q1 2025-Q4 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EPS

 0.33 - 0.43 0.35 0.25 - 0.41 0.35 0.3 - 0.53 0.45 0.26 - 0.4 0.36 0.29 - 0.36 0.35 0.28 - 0.36 0.32 0.31 - 0.35 0.28 0.22 - 0.29 0.26 0.2 0.27 0.31 0.23 0.2 0.23 0.27 0.23 0.19 0.27 0.28 0.22 0.2 0.28 0.23 0.22 0.16 0.21 0.19 0.18 0.17 0.18 0.22 0.17 0.15 0.16 0.19 0.19 0.17

EBITDA per Share

 0.69 - - - 0.68 - - - 0.65 - - - 0.58 - 1.01 0.46 0.59 - 1.01 0.45 0.58 - 1.01 0.8 0.59 - 0.96 0.76 0.55 - 0.9 0.68 0.54 0.46 0.9 0.72 0.53 0.43 0.87 0.69 0.53 0.43 0.85 0.68 0.52 0.42 0.82 0.68 0.48 0.41 0.75 0.63 0.47 0.41 0.75 0.59 0.45 0.38 0.7 0.6 0.45

ROE %

 9.35 6.33 8.89 8.85 8.91 6.72 10.20 11.11 11.96 8.30 11.08 10.38 9.81 7.78 10.96 11.36 11.90 8.77 12.06 12.16 12.04 9.00 12.34 12.39 12.25 8.21 11.22 10.89 10.74 7.69 10.64 10.92 10.76 10.87 10.49 10.33 10.37 10.39 11.03 11.13 11.31 11.45 11.62 11.33 11.28 10.98 10.14 9.65 9.28 9.33 9.18 9.50 9.44 9.32 9.15 8.86 9.23 9.54 2.48 2.58 2.25

ROA %

 3.33 2.27 3.21 3.23 3.27 2.48 3.83 4.23 4.61 3.24 4.39 4.20 3.82 2.80 3.91 3.05 4.11 3.08 4.24 4.28 4.24 3.17 4.40 4.48 4.47 3.03 4.13 4.00 3.93 2.81 3.87 3.96 3.88 3.91 3.76 3.69 3.70 3.70 3.91 3.93 3.98 4.02 4.06 3.93 3.89 3.77 3.54 3.43 3.35 3.42 3.33 3.41 3.36 3.29 3.22 3.10 3.22 3.31 0.86 0.90 0.78

ROCE %

 - - - - - - - - - - 3.35 6.70 9.97 10.05 14.49 15.57 16.30 12.12 17.03 17.49 17.89 13.21 18.22 18.32 18.46 13.47 16.64 14.81 12.91 8.36 11.42 11.57 11.94 12.05 11.90 11.93 11.91 11.98 12.04 12.12 12.21 12.26 12.26 12.16 12.27 12.10 12.45 12.47 12.61 12.99 12.90 13.07 12.84 12.56 12.40 12.24 12.44 12.66 3.36 3.29 2.92

DSO

 36.1 - 33.7 34.2 35.0 - 35.5 35.9 38.6 - 32.7 28.0 35.9 - 15.8 13.6 29.1 - 25.6 27.2 32.1 - 33.2 35.5 34.0 - 29.5 30.9 35.6 - 34.6 36.5 36.7 - 32.7 33.9 35.7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

 36.1 - 33.7 34.2 35.0 - 35.5 35.9 38.6 - 32.7 28.0 35.9 - 15.8 13.6 29.1 - 25.6 27.2 32.1 - 33.2 35.5 34.0 - 29.5 30.9 35.6 - 34.6 36.5 36.7 - 32.7 33.9 35.7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 36.1 - 33.7 34.2 35.0 - 35.5 35.9 38.6 - 32.7 28.0 35.9 - 15.8 13.6 29.1 - 25.6 27.2 32.1 - 33.2 35.5 34.0 - 29.5 30.9 35.6 - 34.6 36.5 36.7 - 32.7 33.9 35.7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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