Avista Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:AVA)

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

Avista announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 8th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.387 per share on Friday, September 13th. This represents a $1.55 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 21st. View Avista's Dividend History.

Avista Corp (NYSE:AVA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.03. The utilities provider earned $300.81 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $315.08 million. Avista had a return on equity of 6.35% and a net margin of 14.43%. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.39 EPS. View Avista's Earnings History.

Avista is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Avista.

Avista will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, November 7th 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 updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 7th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.83-3.03 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.91.

4 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Avista's shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $43.00. On average, they anticipate Avista's stock price to reach $39.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 17.7%. 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 3 sell ratings and 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Avista.

News coverage about AVA stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Avista earned a coverage optimism score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories 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 near future. View News Stories for Avista.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Avista investors own include AT&T (T), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Ford Motor (F), IDACORP (IDA), AbbVie (ABBV), Verizon Communications (VZ), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Chevron (CVX), Pfizer (PFE) and SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP).

Avista's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.27%), Crow Point Partners LLC (0.19%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.17%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.08%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.06%). Company insiders that own Avista stock include Akiko Levinson, David J Meyer, Gerald Patrick Mccarvill, 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 Institutional Ownership Trends for Avista.

AVA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc. and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . 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 Crow Point Partners LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, NEXT Financial Group Inc, Meeder Asset Management Inc. and Signaturefd LLC. Company insiders that have bought Avista stock in the last two years include Akiko Levinson and Gerald Patrick Mccarvill. 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 $48.00.

Avista has a market capitalization of $3.17 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.

The official website for Avista is http://www.myavista.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]