The Chart of the Day is York Water (YORW). I found the water supply stock by using Barchart to sort the Russell 3000 Index stocks for the highest technical buy signals then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 12/15 the stock gained 5.28%.
The York Water Company impounds, purifies and distributes water. They are regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission in the areas of billing, payment procedures, dispute processing, terminations, service territory, and rate setting. They must obtain PPUC approval before changing any of the aforementioned procedures.
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Barchart technical indicators:
- 100% Barchart technical buy signals
- Trend Spotter buy signal
- Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
- 13 new highs and up 9.26% in the last month
- Relative Strength Index 70.26%
- Barchart computes a technical support level at 24.59%
- Recently traded at 25.60 with a 50 day moving average of 23.54
- Market Cap $ 329.47 million
- P/E 25.33
- Dividend yield 2.41%
- Revenue expected to grow 2.80% this year and another 3.50% next year
- Earnings estimated to increase 4.50% this year, an additional 6.50% next year and continue to increase at an annual rate of 4.90% for the next 5 years
- Wall Street analysts issued 2 hold recommendations on the stock