Avista (AVA) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Avista in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "reduce" AVA shares.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Avista's stock. Their AVA share price forecasts range from $33.00 to $33.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $33.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.9% from the stock's current price.
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Avista's stock was trading at $44.34 at the start of the year. Since then, AVA stock has decreased by 27.0% and is now trading at $32.37.
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Avista saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,050,000 shares, an increase of 64.0% from the August 15th total of 1,250,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 874,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 7th 2023.
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Avista Co. (NYSE:AVA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.08. The utilities provider earned $379.94 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $398.20 million. Avista had a net margin of 8.38% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.18%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.16 earnings per share.

Avista declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.46 per share on Friday, September 15th. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 17th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Avista (NYSE:AVA) stock in their portfolio include Timothy Plan Market Neutral ETF (TPMN), Invesco S&P SmallCap Utilities & Communication Services ETF (PSCU), Clough Long/Short Equity ETF (CBLS), Clough Select Equity ETF (CBSE), KFA Value Line Dynamic Core Equity Index ETF (KVLE), Invesco S&P SmallCap High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (XSHD), Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF (PEY) and VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (CSB).

Avista (NYSE:AVA) pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.68%. AVA has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 21 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 95.34%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, AVA will have a dividend payout ratio of 75.41% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Avista issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.27-$2.47 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.33.

9 employees have rated Avista Chief Executive Officer Scott L. Morris on Glassdoor.com. Scott L. Morris has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Scott L. Morris in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Avista investors own include AT&T (T), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), Verizon Communications (VZ), Energy Transfer (ET), IDACORP (IDA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Coca-Cola (KO), Southern (SO) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

Avista trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AVA."

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One share of AVA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.37.

Avista (NYSE:AVA) has a market capitalization of $2.48 billion and generates $1.71 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $155.18 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.93 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,767 workers across the globe.

Avista's mailing address is 1411 E MISSION AVE, SPOKANE WA, 99202. The official website for the company is www.avistacorp.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (509) 489-0500, via email at john.wilcox@avistacorp.com, or via fax at 509-777-5075.