YORW
YORK WATER CO
AI summary Insiders acquire shares through dividend reinvestment plan
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- Research score
- 40
- AI adjustment
- -12
Research score, not a recommendation.
Total bought$83.5K19 Form 4 purchases
Distinct insiders9open-market buyers
Lead insiderHand Joseph ThomasCEO
Cluster window2026-04-16 → 2026-07-20active
Market data
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Why this score
Research score: a weighted blend of the five factors, times the routine and offering discounts, minus the selling penalty.
Breadth
number & diversity of participating insiders
100%
Seniority
executive rank of buyers (CEO/CFO/Director)
95%
Commitment
purchase size relative to company & holdings
37%
Context
buying into stock weakness signals conviction
36%
Timing
coordinated purchases within a tight window
60%
Routine-purchase discount
× 0.72
Company-type / offering discount
× 0.94
Net insider selling penalty
− 0
Why are they buying?
AI · plan · catalyst none · documentedInsiders acquired shares routinely through the company's dividend reinvestment plan.
Form 4 footnotes across all reported transactions explicitly state that the shares were acquired under The York Water Company dividend reinvestment plan.
Filing references and sources
Stock Price & Insider Purchase History
Daily close price with open-market insider purchases plotted over time
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| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Price | Value | Flags | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 → 2026-07-16 | Hand Joseph Thomas 30 purchases with a 63-day result · median -3.0% | CEO | 1,292 | $28.62 avg | $37.0K | ||
| 2026-04-16 | Hand Joseph Thomas | 103 | $29.13 | $3.0K | SEC filing for Hand Joseph Thomas (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-04-16 | Hand Joseph Thomas | 1,052 | $28.50 | $30.0K | SEC filing for Hand Joseph Thomas (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-06-19 | Hand Joseph Thomas | 25 | $29.53 | $738 | SEC filing for Hand Joseph Thomas (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-07-16 | Hand Joseph Thomas | 112 | $29.11 | $3.3K | SEC filing for Hand Joseph Thomas (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-04-16 → 2026-07-16 | Scarpato Matthew J history of Scarpato Matthew J's purchases | COO | 915 | $29.26 avg | $26.8K | ||
| 2026-04-16 | Scarpato Matthew J | 103 | $29.13 | $3.0K | SEC filing for Scarpato Matthew J (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-05-08 | Scarpato Matthew J | 700 | $29.30 | $20.5K | SEC filing for Scarpato Matthew J (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-07-16 | Scarpato Matthew J | 112 | $29.11 | $3.3K | SEC filing for Scarpato Matthew J (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-05-20 | Yanavitch William T. II history of Yanavitch William T. II's purchases | Director | 256 | $29.35 | $7.5K | SEC filing for Yanavitch William T. II (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-04-16 → 2026-07-16 | Poff Matthew E history of Poff Matthew E's purchases | CFO | 184 | $28.53 avg | $5.2K | ||
| 2026-04-16 | Poff Matthew E | 4 | $29.13 | $120 | SEC filing for Poff Matthew E (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-04-16 | Poff Matthew E | 175 | $28.50 | $5.0K | SEC filing for Poff Matthew E (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-07-16 | Poff Matthew E | 4 | $29.11 | $130 | SEC filing for Poff Matthew E (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-04-16 → 2026-07-16 | Chiaruttini Alexandra C 4 purchases with a 63-day result · median +1.8% | Other C-suite | 86 | $29.12 avg | $2.5K | ||
| 2026-04-16 | Chiaruttini Alexandra C | 41 | $29.13 | $1.2K | SEC filing for Chiaruttini Alexandra C (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-07-16 | Chiaruttini Alexandra C | 45 | $29.11 | $1.3K | SEC filing for Chiaruttini Alexandra C (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-04-16 → 2026-07-16 | Becker Suzanne M history of Becker Suzanne M's purchases | VP | 86 | $29.12 avg | $2.5K | ||
| 2026-04-16 | Becker Suzanne M | 41 | $29.13 | $1.2K | SEC filing for Becker Suzanne M (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-07-16 | Becker Suzanne M | 45 | $29.11 | $1.3K | SEC filing for Becker Suzanne M (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-07-20 | Brossman Douglas S history of Brossman Douglas S's purchases | Director | 32 | $30.99 | $1.0K | SEC filing for Brossman Douglas S (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-04-16 → 2026-07-16 | Snyder Mark S history of Snyder Mark S's purchases | VP | 21 | $29.12 avg | $625 | ||
| 2026-04-16 | Snyder Mark S | 10 | $29.13 | $300 | SEC filing for Snyder Mark S (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-07-16 | Snyder Mark S | 11 | $29.11 | $325 | SEC filing for Snyder Mark S (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2026-04-16 | Grimm Ashley M history of Grimm Ashley M's purchases | VP | 12 | $29.13 | $360 | SEC filing for Grimm Ashley M (opens in a new tab) | |
| Total | $83.5K | ||||||
Other buying runs at YORW
A run ends after a pause in the buying, so one company can have several. Returns are the stock's return minus its benchmark's (IWM for small companies, SPY otherwise), from the first open after the run became a cluster. Past results, not a forecast.
After this run became a cluster: 21 days -5.4%63 days -4.5%126 days +3.0%
| Window | Insiders | Total | Score | 21 days | 63 days | 126 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 → 2026-01-16 | 8 | $16.5K | 38 | -4.0% | -16.2% | -19.6% | closed |
| 2025-09-09 → 2025-11-13 | 7 | $21.3K | 32 | +1.5% | -4.1% | -17.6% | closed |
| 2025-06-18 → 2025-07-16 | 6 | $13.7K | 33 | -3.4% | -9.1% | -9.1% | closed |
| 2025-03-28 → 2025-04-16 | 6 | $13.6K | 33 | -18.1% | -31.4% | -42.8% | closed |
| 2024-09-20 → 2025-01-16 | 7 | $29.1K | 27 | -6.7% | -18.6% | +13.3% | closed |
| 2024-06-12 → 2024-08-20 | 6 | $24.9K | 33 | -1.6% | -9.4% | -25.2% | closed |
| 2023-05-22 → 2024-05-20 | 9 | $80.1K | 8 | +4.4% | -0.6% | -11.0% | closed |
| 2023-02-21 → 2023-04-20 | 8 | $31.4K | 36 | -1.5% | -8.0% | -13.2% | closed |
| 2022-11-21 → 2023-01-20 | 9 | $26.3K | 40 | -5.8% | -0.4% | -13.1% | closed |
| 2022-02-22 → 2022-10-20 | 16 | $194.5K | 33 | +3.0% | +7.7% | +1.5% | closed |
| 2021-11-22 → 2022-01-20 | 16 | $47.9K | 47 | -2.2% | -1.9% | +5.5% | closed |
| 2021-09-20 → 2021-10-20 | 16 | $45.2K | 51 | -1.5% | +4.2% | +2.1% | closed |