SeekingAlpha · Sep 16, 2026
The York Water Company Is A Great Business At The Wrong Price
The York Water Company offers essential water and wastewater services with a 210-year operational history. Learn why YORW stock is a hold.
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NYSE · YORW
The York Water Company
Utilities · Regulated Water
$32.99
Down-$0.08 (-0.25%)
Updated Sep 17, 2026, 2:47 PM
SID Score
5.8/10
Composite research score
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- Market cap
- 480.96M
- P/E ratio
- 23.92
- Dividend yield
- 3.35%
- 52-week range
- $28.26 – $34.81
- Volume
- 157.58K
- Avg. volume
- 92.84K
Price performance
YORW price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
YORW closed at $32.99 after 20 trading sessions, down 2.51% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $32.99
- Period change
- -2.51%
- Period low
- $32.87
- Period high
- $34.58
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | $32.77 | $33.13 | $32.73 | $32.99 | 157.58K |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $33.07 | $33.48 | $32.68 | $32.87 | 154.59K |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $33.25 | $33.55 | $32.99 | $33.06 | 160.83K |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $33.35 | $33.72 | $33.00 | $33.17 | 133.89K |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $33.71 | $33.7732 | $33.32 | $33.35 | 131.65K |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $34.10 | $34.165 | $33.48 | $33.69 | 101.45K |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $34.09 | $34.27 | $33.82 | $34.17 | 137.66K |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $34.11 | $34.27 | $34.03 | $34.05 | 69.34K |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $34.30 | $34.43 | $34.10 | $34.34 | 81.98K |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $34.04 | $34.31 | $33.77 | $34.08 | 107.91K |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $34.09 | $34.1599 | $33.775 | $34.13 | 79.97K |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $33.87 | $34.23 | $33.73 | $34.08 | 103.79K |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $33.81 | $34.14 | $33.77 | $34.12 | 136.72K |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $33.88 | $34.035 | $33.63 | $33.71 | 109.92K |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $34.36 | $34.4233 | $34.05 | $34.19 | 81.38K |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $34.46 | $34.47 | $33.96 | $34.29 | 149.98K |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $34.03 | $34.81 | $33.98 | $34.58 | 175.38K |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $34.23 | $34.3899 | $33.50 | $34.03 | 79.15K |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $33.58 | $34.38 | $33.39 | $34.20 | 86.7K |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $33.54 | $33.90 | $33.48 | $33.84 | 96.73K |
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Overview
Company profile and research snapshot.
Company profile
The York Water Co is an investor-owned water utility company in the United States. The primary business of the company is to impound, purify to meet or exceed safe drinking water standards and distribute water. It also owns and operates three wastewater collection systems and eleven wastewater collection and treatment systems. The company operates within its franchised territory, which covers more than 57 municipalities within four counties in south-central Pennsylvania.
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Consensus and target data currently published for this company.
- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $41.82
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 7
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2019 | Janney Capital | Neutral | — |
| Jan 18, 2019 | Janney Capital | Buy | — |
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Yahoo · Sep 12, 2026
York Water’s (YORW) Rate Hike Just Rewrote Its Earnings Picture
On August 6, The York Water Company (NASDAQ:YORW) reported second-quarter and six-month results that moved well past last year’s numbers. Both revenue and net income climbed, largely because a rate increase took effect March 1. But the company also spent the period pouring money into pipes, a wastewater plant, and two small system acquisitions, a […]
SeekingAlpha · Sep 9, 2026
York Water: The Price Requires A Return The Company Has Almost Never Delivered
York Waterâs growth is driven by regulatory rate increases, and weak underlying customer and per capita consumption trends. See why YORW stock is a hold.
Benzinga · Aug 19, 2026
Top 2 Utilities Stocks That May Crash In Q3
Warning for momentum investors: The RSI indicator shows that York Water and UGI Corp are overbought. Both stocks have seen recent gains and high RSI values.
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