The Dividend yield of York Water Co. is 2.14%
Dividend yield represents the ratio between dividends paid out to shareholders per share and the market price per share over a trailing year.
= ttm (trailing twelve months) dividend rate / previous day’s close
The dividend yield or dividend-price ratio of a share is the dividend per share, divided by the price per share. It is also a company's total annual dividend payments divided by its market capitalization, assuming the number of shares is constant, and is often expressed as a percentage. The reciprocal of the dividend yield is the price-dividend ratio.
A higher dividend yield has been considered to be desirable among many investors. A high dividend yield can be considered to be evidence that a stock is underpriced or that the company has fallen on hard times and future dividends will not be as high as previous ones. Similarly a low dividend yield can be considered evidence that the stock is overpriced or that future dividends might be higher. Some investors may find a higher dividend yield attractive, for instance as an aid to marketing a fund to retail investors, or maybe because they cannot get their hands on the capital, which may be tied up in a trust arrangement. In contrast some investors may find a higher dividend yield unattractive, perhaps because it increases their tax bill.
the york water company is the nation's oldest investor owned utility.york water provides service to 46 municipalities and 200,000 people in south central pennsylvania. york water stock (nasdaq: yorw) can also be purchased directly from the company's website. please read the plan materials before purcahisng any stock.