NYSE:AVA - Avista Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Avista announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.3875 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a $1.55 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.75%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 21st. This is a boost from Avista's previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. View Avista's Dividend History.

Avista Corp (NYSE:AVA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 8th. The utilities provider reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.05. Avista had a net margin of 8.31% and a return on equity of 7.38%. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.42 EPS. View Avista's Earnings History.

Avista issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 8th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.78-2.98 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.19.

2 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Avista's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect Avista's share price to reach $39.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Avista.

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

Media stories about AVA stock have been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Avista earned a news impact score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Avista investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), AT&T (T), IDACORP (IDA), AbbVie (ABBV), General Electric (GE), Ford Motor (F), Pfizer (PFE), Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (CLM), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF) and CBL & Associates Properties (CBL).

Avista's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (17.64%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.04%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (1.62%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.44%), Citigroup Inc. (1.28%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.28%). Company insiders that own Avista stock include Akiko Levinson, B Matthew Hornor, David J Meyer, Gerald Patrick Mccarvill, Heidi B Stanley, 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 GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS INC., Gabelli Funds LLC, Havens Advisors LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, SG Americas Securities LLC, Paloma Partners Management Co, New York State Teachers Retirement System and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL. Company insiders that have sold Avista company stock in the last year include David J Meyer, Heidi B Stanley, James M Kensok, Jason R Thackston, Karen S Feltes, Kevin J Christie and R John Taylor. View Insider Buying and Selling for Avista.

AVA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Syquant Capital Sas, BlackRock Inc., Hsbc Holdings PLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Peregrine Capital Management LLC, OLD Republic International Corp and Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC. 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 $41.37.

Avista has a market capitalization of $2.72 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.

The official website for Avista is http://www.avistacorp.com.

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]