Is YORW a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores The York Water Company on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how YORW compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is The York Water Company's AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to YORW based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes YORW a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

YORW - The York Water Company

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Stable Earnings Power

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

D 35.1 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for stable earnings power businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 20%

D- 28.3

5yr Avg ROIC 5.5% 38/100
Operating Margin Trend -1.67 pp/yr 7/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

D+ 43.1

5yr Avg ROE 8.4% 52/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR 2.5% 27/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 15%

B- 65.7

5yr Revenue CAGR 8.9% 77/100
5yr EPS CAGR 1.7% 31/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 5/5 100/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

F 0.0

5yr FCF Margin -38.3% 0/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion -1.25x 0/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 20%

F 11.8

Net Debt / EBITDA 6.94x 0/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 1.92x 27/100
Altman Z-Score 0.94 14/100

Stability

Weight: 15%

B 70.5

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.19 71/100
Piotroski F-Score 4 44/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 0/5 100/100

2 of 2 gurus held; 1 new buy; 1 added.

Holders: 2 +2
Avg Δ position: —
New buys: 1
Full exits: 0

Wood new
Cooperman increased

How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (20%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (15%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (15%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (20%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (15%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.