NASDAQ:YORW - York Water Stock Price, Forecast & News

York Water trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "YORW."

York Water declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.1802 per share on Wednesday, April 15th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.48%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. This is a positive change from York Water's previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. View York Water's Dividend History.

York Water Co (NASDAQ:YORW) announced its earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.33 by $0.03. The utilities provider earned $13.68 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13 million. York Water had a return on equity of 11.43% and a net margin of 29.02%. View York Water's Earnings History.

York Water is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 10th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for York Water.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for York Water's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $37.00. On average, they expect York Water's share price to reach $37.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 23.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for York Water.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for York Water in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for York Water.

News articles about YORW stock have trended positive on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. York Water earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the utilities provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for York Water.

York Water saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 209,800 shares, a decline of 8.0% from the December 31st total of 228,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 36,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.8 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View York Water's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to York Water include American Water Works (AWK), Aqua America (WTR), American States Water (AWR), California Water Service Group (CWT), SJW Group (SJW), Middlesex Water (MSEX), Connecticut Water Service (CTWS), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Consolidated Water (CWCO) and Cadiz (CDZI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other York Water investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Intelsat (I), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Fossil Group (FOSL), Apollo Global Management (APO), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Transocean (RIG), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and American Water Works (AWK).

York Water's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.34%), State Street Corp (2.17%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.33%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.09%), Royce & Associates LP (1.03%) and Martingale Asset Management L P (0.70%). Company insiders that own York Water stock include Cynthia Dotzel, Erin C Mcglaughlin, Ernest J Waters, George Hay Esq Kain III, Jeffrey R Hines, Jody L Keller, John H Strine, Joseph Thomas Hand, Mark A Wheeler, Mark J Hardman, Mark S Snyder, Matthew E Poff, Michael W Gang, Robert P Newcomer and Steven R Rasmussen. View Institutional Ownership Trends for York Water.

YORW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, California Public Employees Retirement System, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C., Cadence Capital Management LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC and Bank of America Corp DE. View Insider Buying and Selling for York Water.

YORW stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Martingale Asset Management L P, First Trust Advisors LP, Bessemer Group Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., KBC Group NV, Spark Investment Management LLC, Magnetar Financial LLC and UBS Group AG. Company insiders that have bought York Water stock in the last two years include Cynthia Dotzel, Erin C Mcglaughlin, Ernest J Waters, Jeffrey R Hines, Jody L Keller, John H Strine, Joseph Thomas Hand, Mark A Wheeler, Mark J Hardman, Mark S Snyder, Matthew E Poff, Michael W Gang, Robert P Newcomer and Steven R Rasmussen. View Insider Buying and Selling for York Water.

Shares of YORW can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of YORW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.60.

York Water has a market capitalization of $631.27 million and generates $48.44 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $13.38 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.04 on an earnings per share basis. York Water employs 109 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About York Water.

The official website for York Water is http://www.yorkwater.com/.

York Water's mailing address is 130 EAST MARKET STREET, YORK PA, 17401. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 717-845-3601 or via email at [email protected]