Valuation
26% of the score
55median 53
The York Water Company is valued at 23.1x its operating profit, including debt: a rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
23.1x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
YORWThe York Water Company
$31.83+0.18% 1Y
$31.83
$29.0152 weeks$34.58
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 49 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Average. The York Water Company scores higher than 44% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by cycle position and earnings quality, held back by return on capital and the balance sheet.
Utilities median 50 · all companies 55
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time51
47
46
50
50
48
49
202020212022202320242025today
Return on capital
18% of the score
23median 24
Over 7 years the business earned 5.1% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
5.1%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 4.3%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
53median 33
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 4 cents. New capital earned 2.4%, and 170% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
4%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
47median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 2% a year over 5 years: new shares
375%
-3%
2%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 11% a year, sales 7.5%
6212%
-2%
3.3%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
81median 63
Today's operating margin of 37% is 0.86x its normal 43%: below its usual level, with room to recover. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.9x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 37%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
11median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA4.2x a year of EBITDA
74.5x
0.5x
4.2x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 3x
141.5x
12x
3x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
84median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.44x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
1.4x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 1.5% of assets
688%
0%
-8%
-1.5%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.