NYSE:AVAAvista Stock Price, Forecast & News

Avista's stock was trading at $48.01 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AVA shares have decreased by 23.5% and is now trading at $36.75.
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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."
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Avista is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020.
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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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 8th. The utilities provider reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.66 by $0.06. The utilities provider had revenue of $377.20 million for 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 business's revenue for the quarter was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.76 earnings per share.
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Avista announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.405 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $1.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 28th.
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Avista issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.75-1.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.99.

4 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Avista's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $42.00. On average, they expect Avista's stock price to reach $42.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.3% from the stock's current price.
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Media coverage about AVA stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Avista earned a daily sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Avista investors own include AT&T (T), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), AbbVie (ABBV), IDACORP (IDA), Verizon Communications (VZ), Pfizer (PFE), Ford Motor (F), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Coca-Cola (KO).

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

Avista's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include First Trust Advisors LP (2.01%), Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.38%), Chartwell Investment Partners LLC (0.33%), ProShare Advisors LLC (0.29%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.19%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.15%). 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.
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AVA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC, Strs Ohio, 6 Meridian, ProShare Advisors LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, UBS Group AG, Trust Co. of Vermont, and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Avista company stock in the last year include James M Kensok, Jason R Thackston, Marian M Durkin, R John Taylor, and Scott L Morris.
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AVA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Reinhart Partners Inc., Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc., Alpha Windward LLC, Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, and ARP Americas LP.
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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 $36.75.

Avista has a market capitalization of $2.47 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]