NYSE:AVA - Avista Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Avista declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 21st will be given a dividend of $0.405 per share on Friday, March 13th. This represents a $1.62 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.11%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. This is a positive change from Avista's previous quarterly dividend of $0.39. View Avista's Dividend History.

Avista Corp (NYSE:AVA) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.08 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.07. The utilities provider had revenue of $283.77 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $295.10 million. Avista had a net margin of 14.19% and a return on equity of 5.96%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.15 earnings per share. View Avista's Earnings History.

Avista is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Avista.

Avista will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26th 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 issued an update on its FY 2019 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.83-3.03 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.92.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Avista's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $43.00. On average, they anticipate Avista's stock price to reach $42.33 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 18.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Avista.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Avista in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Avista.

News stories about AVA stock have trended neutral this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Avista earned a daily sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Avista.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Avista investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), AT&T (T), AbbVie (ABBV), IDACORP (IDA), Verizon Communications (VZ), Ford Motor (F), Pfizer (PFE), Chevron (CVX), The Coca-Cola (KO) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

Avista's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.57%), State Street Corp (3.46%), Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp (2.75%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.74%), Citigroup Inc. (2.15%) and Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.78%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Credit Suisse AG, Bank of America Corp DE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Arizona State Retirement System, AQR Capital Management LLC, 361 Capital LLC and Guggenheim Capital LLC. 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, Marian M Durkin, R John Taylor and Scott L Morris. View Insider Buying and Selling for Avista.

AVA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Citigroup Inc., Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, State Street Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, First Trust Advisors LP, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp and OLD Republic International Corp. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AVA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $52.01.

Avista has a market capitalization of $3.47 billion and generates $1.40 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $136.42 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.11 on an earnings per share basis. Avista employs 1,766 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Avista.