York Water (YORW)
Regulated water and wastewater utility serving a four-county franchise in south-central Pennsylvania.
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Stores, treats, and distributes drinking water — and, increasingly, collects and treats wastewater — across a four-county franchise in south-central Pennsylvania, growing mainly by acquiring small municipal and industrial-park systems one at a time under Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission oversight.
Stores, treats, and distributes drinking water across a franchise spanning four counties in south-central Pennsylvania, and has added wastewater collection and treatment as a newer, smaller line of business.
Growth comes mainly from folding in small municipal, industrial-park, mobile-home-park, and retirement-community systems one at a time, a pattern that pushed the franchise beyond its home county and, more recently, across the Susquehanna River into a county to the east.
Every rate change, financing decision, and service-territory expansion requires approval from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, and each acquisition depends on similar regulatory sign-off.
Incorporated in 1816 and listed on Nasdaq in 2000, the company runs with a workforce of about 127 people, small even among regional water utilities, and has paid a dividend without interruption since its founding.
Company facts
Target rangeAs of Sep 21, 2026
Latest analyst notes
| Date | Firm | Action | Prior | Current |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Target | Target: — | Target: $31 |
EPSReportedEstimate
RevenueReportedEstimate
Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $555.0K · Total debt $189.7M · Total assets $704.0M · Shareholders' equity $294.3M
- Revenue
- $23.5M
- Operating income
- $9.8M
- Net income
- $7.6M
HistoryDividendAnnual yieldUpcoming
| Institutions | ≈ 64.91% | 10.53M shares | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 168 holders · as of Jun 30, 2026 · largest filers plus last quarter's tail | |||
| Insiders | 0.95% | 153.4K shares | |
| 18 holders · as of Sep 22, 2026 | |||
| Other | ≈ 34.14% | 5.54M shares | |
| remainder | |||
16.23M company shares as of Sep 22, 2026 · institutions as of Jun 30, 2026 · holders as of their latest filing
This quarter's institutional total failed a plausibility check; shown: the largest filers plus last quarter's remainder.
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Zimmer Partners, LPInstitution | 8.75% | 1.42M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
BlackRock, Inc.Institution | 7.90% | 1.28M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Morgan StanleyInstitution | 4.40% | 713,351 | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Vanguard Capital Management LLCInstitution | 4.39% | 712,799 | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Geode Capital Management, LLCInstitution | 2.60% | 421,682 | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Insider tradesForm 4
| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | Douglas S. Brossman | director | +30 | $32.99 |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Matthew E. Poff | officer: Chief Financial Officer | +30 | $34.19 |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Douglas S. Brossman | director | +30 | $33.19 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Joseph Thomas Hand | director, officer: President & CEO | −8,000 | $33.28 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Douglas S. Brossman | director | +32 | $30.99 |
- American Water Works
Direct rival in south-central PA via Pennsylvania American Water
- Essential Utilities
Aqua Pennsylvania's network directly overlaps the four-county PA franchise
- Middlesex Water
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- Artesian Resources
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- Global Water Resources
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- H2O America
Larger multi-state regulated water utility comparable (CA, CT, ME, TX)
- California Water Service Group
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- Consolidated Water
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Compare
| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Water | $31.84 | −1.09% | $521.8M | 20.0 | 19.7 | 87.9 | +22.5% |
| American Water Works | $133.94 | −0.02% | $26.62B | 23.2 | 21.9 | 5.0 | +6.2% |
| Essential Utilities | $40.44 | −0.09% | $11.48B | 20.7 | 17.5 | 4.5 | +3.1% |
| Middlesex Water | $54.77 | −0.83% | $1.04B | 21.2 | 20.8 | 5.0 | +14.3% |
| Artesian Resources | $34.40 | +0.03% | $355.1M | 15.0 | 14.8 | 3.0 | +7.4% |
| Global Water Resources | $8.31 | −1.25% | $241.9M | 76.4 | 74.4 | 4.0 | +24.8% |
| H2O America | $62.85 | +0.38% | $2.62B | 22.0 | 23.0 | 3.2 | +6.2% |
| California Water Service Group | $47.30 | +0.08% | $2.92B | 21.3 | 18.1 | 2.8 | +16.5% |
| Consolidated Water | $28.67 | +0.84% | $454.9M | 28.4 | 20.3 | 3.6 | −2.2% |
| Median | 21.7 | 20.6 | 3.8 | +6.8% |