NYSE:AVAAvista Stock Price, Forecast & News

Avista's stock was trading at $48.01 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AVA shares have decreased by 25.7% and is now trading at $35.67. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Avista is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Avista.

Avista will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 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 Corp (NYSE:AVA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 8th. The utilities provider reported $0.72 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.06. The utilities provider earned $377.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $404.97 million. Avista had a net margin of 9.68% and a return on equity of 6.75%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.76 EPS. View Avista's earnings history.

Avista announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 29th will be given a dividend of $0.405 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $1.62 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.54%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 28th. View Avista's dividend history.

Avista issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.75-1.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.99.

4 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Avista's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $42.00. On average, they expect Avista's share price to reach $42.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Avista.

News stories about AVA stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Avista earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Avista.

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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 shareholders include Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.38%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.10%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%). Company insiders that own Avista stock include Broomfield Robert, David J Meyer, Heidi B Stanley, James M Kensok, Jason R Thackston, Karen S Feltes, Kevin J Christie, Marian M Durkin, Mcgeever Michael, R John Taylor and Scott L Morris. View institutional ownership trends for Avista.

AVA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Reinhart Partners Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View insider buying and selling activity for Avista.

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One share of AVA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.67.

Avista has a market capitalization of $2.40 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 1,796 workers across the globe.

The official website for Avista is 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]