Compare Stocks: UTL, GNE, and AVA

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AVA Avista	$36.87 +2.1%	$36.74	$34.46 ▼ $43.50	$3.03B	0.23	670,383 shs	569,085 shs
GNE Genie Energy	$16.68 +0.3%	$15.79	$12.69 ▼ $17.11	$437.70M	0.16	71,027 shs	75,835 shs
UTL Unitil	$53.64 +1.3%	$52.81	$46.91 ▼ $57.26	$966M	0.26	137,473 shs	78,649 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AVA Avista	+2.09%	+1.85%	+1.85%	-12.62%	-5.50%
GNE Genie Energy	+0.11%	-1.15%	+4.28%	+15.27%	+5.37%
UTL Unitil	+1.06%	+0.31%	+3.51%	-2.99%	+7.51%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AVA Avista	$36.87 +2.1%	$36.74	$34.46 ▼ $43.50	$3.03B	0.23	670,383 shs	569,085 shs
GNE Genie Energy	$16.68 +0.3%	$15.79	$12.69 ▼ $17.11	$437.70M	0.16	71,027 shs	75,835 shs
UTL Unitil	$53.64 +1.3%	$52.81	$46.91 ▼ $57.26	$966M	0.26	137,473 shs	78,649 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AVA Avista	+2.09%	+1.85%	+1.85%	-12.62%	-5.50%
GNE Genie Energy	+0.11%	-1.15%	+4.28%	+15.27%	+5.37%
UTL Unitil	+1.06%	+0.31%	+3.51%	-2.99%	+7.51%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AVA Avista	2.00	Hold	$38.75	5.11% Upside
GNE Genie Energy	2.00	Hold	N/A	N/A
UTL Unitil	2.17	Hold	$58.67	9.38% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest UTL, GNE, and AVA Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/9/2026	AVA Avista	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
10/9/2026	AVA Avista	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$37.00 ➝ $35.00
9/14/2026	GNE Genie Energy	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
9/14/2026	UTL Unitil	Huntington Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$63.00
9/8/2026	AVA Avista	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
9/8/2026	UTL Unitil	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/17/2026	UTL Unitil	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/10/2026	GNE Genie Energy	Freedom Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/4/2026	AVA Avista	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$40.00 ➝ $37.00
7/23/2026	AVA Avista	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)

(Data available from 10/21/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AVA Avista	$1.96B	1.57	$6.26 per share	5.89	$33.29 per share	1.11
GNE Genie Energy	$501.97M	0.87	$1.14 per share	14.59	$9.23 per share	1.81
UTL Unitil	$536M	1.83	$8.03 per share	6.68	$34.02 per share	1.58

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AVA Avista	$193M	$2.77	13.73	13.65	3.37	11.83%	7.85%	2.57%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
GNE Genie Energy	$24.01M	$0.81	N/A	N/A	N/A	5.05%	12.80%	7.82%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
UTL Unitil	$50.20M	$3.17	16.92	15.28	N/A	9.49%	9.53%	2.80%	11/2/2026 (Estimated)

Latest UTL, GNE, and AVA Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/4/2026	Q3 2026	AVA Avista	$0.4210	N/A	N/A	N/A	$418.50 million	N/A
11/3/2026	Q3 2026	GNE Genie Energy	$0.39	N/A	N/A	N/A	$122.00 million	N/A
11/2/2026	Q3 2026	UTL Unitil	-$0.0533	N/A	N/A	N/A	$117.49 million	N/A
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	GNE Genie Energy	$0.25	$0.43	+$0.18	$0.43	$104.57 million	$100.40 million
8/3/2026	Q2 2026	UTL Unitil	$0.2633	$0.29	+$0.0267	$0.26	$113.19 million	$117.00 million
7/31/2026	Q2 2026	AVA Avista	$0.2294	$0.43	+$0.2006	$0.4179	$426.93 million	$413.00 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AVA Avista	$1.97	5.34%	+3.88%	71.12%	23 Years
GNE Genie Energy	$0.30	1.80%	-1.89%	37.04%	N/A
UTL Unitil	$1.90	3.54%	+3.71%	59.94%	12 Years

Latest UTL, GNE, and AVA Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/4/2026	AVA Avista	quarterly	$0.4925	5.12%	8/18/2026	8/18/2026	9/14/2026
7/28/2026	UTL Unitil	quarterly	$0.4750	3.53%	8/17/2026	8/17/2026	8/31/2026
8/3/2026	GNE Genie Energy	quarterly	$0.0750	2.07%	8/14/2026	8/14/2026	8/24/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AVA Avista	1.08	1.10	0.69
GNE Genie Energy	0.03	2.89	2.75
UTL Unitil	1.06	0.49	0.45

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AVA Avista	85.24%
GNE Genie Energy	49.15%
UTL Unitil	76.76%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AVA Avista	0.78%
GNE Genie Energy	18.50%
UTL Unitil	2.20%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AVA Avista	1,929	83.75 million	83.10 million	Optionable
GNE Genie Energy	139	26.32 million	21.45 million	Optionable
UTL Unitil	614	18.24 million	17.84 million	Optionable

UTL, GNE, and AVA Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Why Unitil (UTL) is a Top Dividend Stock for Your Portfolio

October 20 at 12:45 PM | zacks.com

Unitil Schedules Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call

October 20 at 8:08 AM | markets.businessinsider.com

Unitil Corporation Schedules Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call

October 20 at 6:51 AM | quiverquant.comQ

Unitil Schedules Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call

October 20 at 6:45 AM | globenewswire.com

Unitil Issues $60 Million in Long-Term Mortgage Bonds

October 19 at 5:11 PM | tipranks.com

Ellsworth Advisors LLC Makes New Investment in Unitil Corporation $UTL

October 16, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Unitil (NYSE:UTL) Stock Crosses Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - What's Next?

October 16, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Unitil Corporation (NYSE:UTL) Receives Average Recommendation of "Hold" from Brokerages

October 8, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Unitil Corp Director Justine Vogel Acquires 2,272 Shares as Part of Annual Retainer

October 4, 2026 | kalkinemedia.comK

Unitil (UTL) Could Be a Great Choice

October 1, 2026 | zacks.com

Unitil Issues Senior Notes to Strengthen Capital Structure

September 29, 2026 | tipranks.com

Bank of America Corp DE Acquires 100,857 Shares of Unitil Corporation $UTL

September 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Why Unitil (UTL) Could Deliver 5%-7% Annual EPS Growth

September 1, 2026 | insidermonkey.com

Why Unitil (UTL) is a Great Dividend Stock Right Now

August 27, 2026 | zacks.com

Why Unitil (UTL) is a Top Dividend Stock for Your Portfolio

August 11, 2026 | zacks.com

Unitil Earnings Call Highlights Margin Growth And Expansion

August 4, 2026 | tipranks.com

The Low Valuation For Unitil Corporation Seems To Fit Its Operations

August 4, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Unitil Corporation 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

August 4, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Unitil: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

August 3, 2026 | rutlandherald.comR

Unitil Reports 2026 Second Quarter Earnings

August 3, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Unitil Declares Common Stock Dividend

July 28, 2026 | globenewswire.com

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UTL, GNE, and AVA Company Descriptions

Avista NYSE:AVA

$36.86 +0.75 (+2.06%)

Closing price 10/20/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$36.85 -0.02 (-0.04%)

As of 04:00 AM Eastern

Avista Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an electric and natural gas utility company. It operates in two segments, Avista Utilities and AEL&P. The Avista Utilities segment provides electric distribution and transmission, and natural gas distribution services in parts of eastern Washington and northern Idaho; and natural gas distribution services in parts of northeastern and southwestern Oregon, as well as generates electricity in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana. This segment also engages in the supply of electricity to customers in Montana; and wholesale purchase and sale of electricity and natural gas. The AEL&P segment offers electric services in Juneau, Alaska. The company generates electricity through hydroelectric, thermal, wind, and solar generation facilities. As of December 31, 2023, it supplied retail electric services to approximately 416,000 customers; and retail natural gas services to approximately 381,000 customers. The company also operates five hydroelectric generation facilities with capacity of 102.7 MW; and four diesel generating facilities with a capacity of 107.5 MW. It also engages in venture fund investments, real estate investments, and other investments. Avista Corporation was incorporated in 1889 and is headquartered in Spokane, Washington.

Genie Energy NYSE:GNE

$16.68 +0.05 (+0.30%)

Closing price 10/20/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$16.63 -0.05 (-0.30%)

As of 04:01 AM Eastern

Genie Energy Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the supply of electricity and natural gas to residential and small business customers in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, GRE and Genie Renewables. The company also develops, constructs, and operates solar energy projects for commercial and industrial customers, as well as its own portfolio; provides energy brokerage and advisory services; markets community solar energy solutions; and manufactures and distributes solar panel, as well as engages in solar installation design and project management activities. Genie Energy Ltd. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.

Unitil NYSE:UTL

$53.64 +0.67 (+1.26%)

Closing price 10/20/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$53.70 +0.07 (+0.12%)

As of 04:50 AM Eastern

Unitil Corporation, a public utility holding company, engages in the distribution of electricity and natural gas. It operates through two segments, Utility Electric Operations, Utility Gas Operations. The company distributes electricity in the southeastern seacoast and state capital regions of New Hampshire, and the greater Fitchburg area of north central Massachusetts; and distributes natural gas in southeastern New Hampshire and portions of southern and central Maine, including the city of Portland and the Lewiston-Auburn area, as well as electricity and natural gas in the greater Fitchburg area of north central Massachusetts. It also operates 86 miles of interstate underground natural gas transmission pipeline that provides interstate natural gas pipeline access and transportation services primarily in Maine and New Hampshire. In addition, the company provides real estate management services. It serves approximately 108,100 electric customers and 87,500 natural gas customers. Unitil Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Hampton, New Hampshire.

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