Avista 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 "hold" Avista stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AVA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Avista saw a decline in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,860,000 shares, a decline of 14.6% from the February 28th total of 3,350,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 448,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.4 days.
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Avista is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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Avista will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Avista Co. (NYSE:AVA) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 23rd. The utilities provider reported $0.85 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.79 by $0.06. The utilities provider had revenue of $380.42 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $376.60 million. Avista had a net margin of 9.31% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.19%.
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Avista's stock was trading at $48.01 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AVA stock has decreased by 2.1% and is now trading at $47.02.
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Avista declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.423 per share on Monday, March 15th. This represents a $1.69 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.60%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 18th. This is a boost from Avista's previous quarterly dividend of $0.41.
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Avista pays an annual dividend of $1.69 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.60%. Avista does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Avista is 97.13%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, Avista will have a dividend payout ratio of 82.44% in the coming year. This indicates that Avista may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Avista updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 24th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.96-$2.16 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.06.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Avista's shares. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $48.00. On average, they anticipate Avista's share price to reach $42.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.6%.
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9 employees have rated Avista CEO Scott L. Morris on Glassdoor.com. Scott L. Morris has an approval rating of 100% among Avista's employees. This puts Scott L. Morris in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Avista's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.67%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.18%), Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd (0.10%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.04%) and Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Avista stock include Broomfield Robert, Bryan Alden Cox, David J Meyer, Heidi B Stanley, James M Kensok, Jason R Thackston, Kevin J Christie, Marian M Durkin, Mcgeever Michael, R John Taylor and Scott L Morris.
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AVA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, New York State Teachers Retirement System, HGK Asset Management Inc., and Trust Co. of Vermont. Company insiders that have sold Avista company stock in the last year include Bryan Alden Cox, David J Meyer, James M Kensok, Jason R Thackston, Kevin J Christie, R John Taylor, and Scott L Morris.
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AVA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, Everence Capital Management Inc., Reinhart Partners Inc., 6 Meridian, Bennicas & Associates Inc., Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC, and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund.
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One share of AVA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.02.

Avista has a market capitalization of $3.26 billion and generates $1.35 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $196.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.74 on an earnings per share basis.

Avista employs 1,920 workers across the globe.

The official website for Avista is www.avistacorp.com.

Avista is headquartered at 1411 E MISSION AVE, SPOKANE WA, 99202.

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]