York Water (YORW) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
York Water (YORW) reported Return on Capital Employed of 0.62% for Q1 2026, down 12.0% year-over-year from 0.71% in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 0.63% in Q4 2025.
York Water (YORW) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 0.62% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 12.0% year-over-year to 0.62% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.62% (down 12.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.64%, down 13.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed was little changed at 0.62% in Q1 2026 per YORW's latest filing, from 0.63% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 5.3% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 0.62% in Q1 2026.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 4.93% (2024), against an average of 3.57%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed soared 450 bps; it then slumped 456 bps in 2024.
- Tracing YORW's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 5.05% in 2022, then rose by 5 bps to 5.3% in 2023, then sank by 86 bps to 0.75% in 2024, then decreased by 16 bps to 0.63% in 2025, then decreased by 0 bps to 0.62% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest YORW Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 0.62% (Q1 2026), 0.63% (Q4 2025), and 0.7% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Water Works Company | 24.16 Bn | 24.02 Bn | 714.00 Mn | 6.08% |
| 2 | Aris Mining | 20.33 Bn | 19.86 Bn | 233.28 Mn | - |
| 3 | Essential Utilities | 10.48 Bn | 10.40 Bn | 685.96 Mn | 0.54% |
| 4 | American States Water | 2.94 Bn | 2.93 Bn | 104.19 Mn | 8.10% |
| 5 | California Water Service | 2.58 Bn | 2.48 Bn | 183.34 Mn | 3.21% |
| 6 | H2O America | 2.18 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 171.30 Mn | 3.52% |
| 7 | Middlesex Water | 959.61 Mn | 957.57 Mn | 25.70 Mn | 4.45% |
| 8 | Consolidated Water | 465.28 Mn | 344.14 Mn | 10.92 Mn | 1.44% |
| 9 | York Water | 430.12 Mn | 430.12 Mn | 13.98 Mn | 0.62% |
| 10 | Artesian Resources | 332.86 Mn | 328.60 Mn | 26.56 Mn | 3.42% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.62% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.63% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.70% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.74% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.74% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.75% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.77% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.93% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.27% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.30% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.27% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.18% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.92% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.05% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.21% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.27% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.27% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.51% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.71% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.81% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.92% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 1.00% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 6.56% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 6.83% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 6.87% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 6.85% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 6.98% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 6.91% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 6.75% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 6.78% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 7.19% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 7.23% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 7.50% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 7.21% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 7.15% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 7.28% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 7.30% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 7.36% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 7.36% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 7.42% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 7.47% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 7.45% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 7.47% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 7.47% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 7.53% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 7.65% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 8.11% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 7.81% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 7.58% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 7.50% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 7.45% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 7.63% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 7.55% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 7.45% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 7.39% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 7.26% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 7.34% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 7.48% |