Valuation
26% of the score
57median 50
The York Water Company is valued at 22.6x its operating profit, including debt: a rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
22.6x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
YORWThe York Water Company
$30.95+3.3% 1Y
$30.95
$29.0152 weeks$34.58
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 50 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Average. The York Water Company scores higher than 45% of the 2,291 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by cycle position and earnings quality, held back by return on capital and the balance sheet.
Utilities median 49 · all companies 54
Return on capital
18% of the score
23median 23
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.