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York Water Co key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, York Water Co had return on equity of 8.5%, an operating margin of 35.8%, debt equal to 96.6% of equity and a current ratio of 0.67. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Operating margin48.8%46.5%46.1%45.4%42.4%40.8%41.6%37.4%35.8%36.6%
Net margin26.7%27.6%27.9%30.8%30.8%32.6%33.4%27.1%25.9%28.5%
Free-cash-flow margin−9.2%3.1%0.9%−22.1%−20.8%−47.5%−46.1%−23.6%−24.3%−17.0%
Return on equity10.9%10.9%11.1%12.0%11.5%10.9%11.1%9.0%8.5%8.9%
Return on assets3.9%4.0%4.1%4.3%3.9%4.0%4.3%3.3%3.1%3.4%
Asset turnover0.150.140.150.140.130.120.130.120.120.12
Current ratio0.940.830.621.360.560.840.860.900.671.05
Debt to equity77.7%76.0%77.5%88.4%97.8%68.6%82.6%90.0%96.6%65.3%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)4.4x4.1x4.6x5.2x4.7x4.8x4.2x3.1x2.7x3.0x
Effective tax rate25.9%15.7%13.5%10.8%6.2%0.1%5.1%6.2%−4.2%−7.2%
Capital spending as % of revenue50.6%34.9%35.7%59.7%62.4%84.1%91.0%64.3%62.9%57.1%
Free cash flow ÷ net income−34.6%11.1%3.2%−71.6%−67.4%−145.6%−137.8%−86.9%−94.1%−59.4%
Dividends ÷ net income63.4%64.2%62.4%56.6%57.7%54.5%48.8%59.5%62.9%54.2%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow—576.0%>999%———————

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $704m
Short-term assets $20mLonger-term assets $684m
What it owes, and who funded it · $313m
Short-term liabilities $19mShareholders' equity $294m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $20m of assets due within a year against $19m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $555,000 of cash against $190m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 64% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 91% to 64% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $33m of operating cash flow against $190m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $30m against $10m of interest.

From York Water Co's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

43 /100

Weak moat

How hard York Water's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 4 / 20

    Net income has been a median 3.8% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 20 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 41.9%; its worst year was 36.6%.

  • Cash conversion 3 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 3 of 9 years, at a median -23.9% of revenue.

  • Discipline 7 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 13.3% over five years.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from York Water Co's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to York Water Co.