NYSE:AVA - Avista Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Avista declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 25th will be given a dividend of $0.3725 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $1.49 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.96%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 24th. View Avista's Dividend History.

Avista Corp (NYSE:AVA) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $0.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.05. The utilities provider had revenue of $388.75 million for the quarter. Avista had a return on equity of 7.25% and a net margin of 7.66%. Avista's revenue was down 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.96 earnings per share. View Avista's Earnings History.

Avista is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Avista.

Avista updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.90-$2.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.08.

3 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Avista's stock. Their predictions range from $40.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect Avista's share price to reach $46.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.7%. View Analyst Ratings for Avista.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Avista in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Some companies that are related to Avista include Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), Westar Energy (WR), United Utilities Group (UUGRY), SCANA (SCG), ALLETE (ALE), NorthWestern (NWE), Unitil (UTL), Spark Energy (SPKE), Genie Energy Ltd Class B (GNE) and EuroSite Power (EUSP).

News stories about AVA stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Avista earned a news impact score of 0.22 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the utilities provider an impact score of 45.56 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Avista's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Havens Advisors LLC (0.20%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.15%), Creative Planning (0.11%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.10%), Ronna Sue Cohen (0.06%) and Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. (0.06%). Company insiders that own Avista stock include Akiko Levinson, B Matthew Hornor, David J Meyer, D'exploration Miniã Sociétãƒâ©, Gerald Patrick Mccarvill, James M Kensok, Jason R Thackston, Joness Lang, Karen S Feltes, Kevin J Christie, Marian M Durkin and R John Taylor. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Avista.

AVA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Hennessy Advisors Inc., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Bank of Montreal Can, North Star Investment Management Corp., Creative Planning, Washington Trust Bank and Confluence Wealth Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Avista company stock in the last year include David J Meyer, James M Kensok, Jason R Thackston, Kevin J Christie and R John Taylor. View Insider Buying and Selling for Avista.

AVA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Havens Advisors LLC, Ronna Sue Cohen, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Avista stock in the last two years include Akiko Levinson, B Matthew Hornor, Gerald Patrick Mccarvill and Joness Lang. View Insider Buying and Selling for Avista.

Shares of AVA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AVA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.40.

Avista has a market capitalization of $3.31 billion and generates $1.45 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $115.91 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.95 on an earnings per share basis. Avista employs 1,744 workers across the globe.

Avista's mailing address is 1411 E MISSION AVE, SPOKANE WA, 99202. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 509-489-0500 or via email at [email protected]