The York Water Co. (YORW) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

Score

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Strong Sell

Sell

Hold

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Strong Buy

Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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The York Water Co.

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Why is The York Water Co. ?

Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 7.53% and Operating profit at 2.58% over the last 5 years

With ROCE of 6.02%, it has a expensive valuation with a 1.47 Enterprise value to Capital Employed

The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -9.63%, its profits have fallen by -7.5%

Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years

Along with generating -9.63% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you sell?

All quantity irrespective of whether you are making profits or losses

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Other Utilities)

When to re-enter? - We will constantly monitor the company and review our call based on new data

Is The York Water Co. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

The York Water Co.

-9.72%

-0.76

21.62%

S&P 500

13.68%

0.71

19.28%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

7.53%

EBIT Growth (5y)

2.58%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

4.40

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

4.43

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

0.91

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

0.17

Tax Ratio

5.85%

Dividend Payout Ratio

60.11%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

67.56%

ROCE (avg)

7.46%

ROE (avg)

10.16%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

1.92

EV to EBIT

24.41

EV to EBITDA

16.29

EV to Capital Employed

1.47

EV to Sales

8.89

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

ROCE (Latest)

6.02%

ROE (Latest)

8.37%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

Mildly Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bearish

Bearish

Moving Averages

Mildly Bullish (Daily)

KST

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

Dow Theory

No Trend

Mildly Bearish

OBV

No Trend

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

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Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

8What is working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 31.6 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 6.53

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 20.36 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 11.48 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 6.2 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at USD 0.43

-7What is not working for the Company

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 8.58%

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 95.51 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 6.53 times

Here's what is working for The York Water Co.

Operating Cash Flow

Highest at USD 31.6 MM and Grown

In each year in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Net Sales

Highest at USD 20.36 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Operating Profit

Highest at USD 11.48 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit

Highest at USD 6.2 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

EPS

Highest at USD 0.43

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Dividend per share

Highest at USD 6.53

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Depreciation

Highest at USD 3.57 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for The York Water Co.

Debt-Equity Ratio

Highest at 95.51 % and Grown

In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 6.53 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio