NYSE:AVAAvista Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Avista Corp Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $38.10 -0.16 (-0.42 %) (As of 08/10/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$37.91Now: $38.10▼$38.6150-Day Range$33.77MA: $36.49▼$38.2652-Week Range$32.09Now: $38.10▼$53.00Volume398,355 shsAverage Volume478,872 shsMarket Capitalization$2.59 billionP/E Ratio20.93Dividend Yield4.23%Beta0.41 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial Media Avista Corporation operates as an electric and natural gas utility company. It operates through two segments, Avista Utilities and AEL&P. The Avista Utilities segment provides electric distribution and transmission, and natural gas distribution services in parts of eastern Washington and northern Idaho; and natural gas distribution services in parts of northeastern and southwestern Oregon, as well as generates electricity in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana. This segment also engages in the wholesale purchase and sale of electricity and natural gas. The AEL&P segment offers electric services to approximately 17,000 customers in the city and borough of Juneau, Alaska. The company generates electricity through hydro, thermal, and wind facilities. As of February 8, 2019, it provided electric service to 388,000 customers and natural gas to 355,000 customers. In addition, the company engages in sheet metal fabrication, venture fund investments, real estate investments, and other investments. Avista Corporation was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Spokane, Washington.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 2.0 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingAvista has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $42.00, Avista has a potential upside of 10.2% from its current price of $38.10.Amount of Analyst CoverageAvista has received no research coverage in the past 90 days. Previous Next 1.9 Community Rank Outperform VotesAvista has received 222 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesAvista has received 376 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentAvista has received 62.88% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Avista and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe AVA will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe AVA will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 3.3 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipAvista is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.23%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthAvista has been increasing its dividend for 17 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Avista is 93.10%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.Dividend SustainabilityBased on EPS estimates, Avista will have a dividend payout ratio of 77.14% in the coming year. This indicates that Avista may not be able to sustain their current dividend. Previous Next 1.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Avista insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $19,570.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 0.98% of the stock of Avista is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions79.32% of the stock of Avista is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 0.6 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Avista are expected to grow by 9.95% in the coming year, from $1.91 to $2.10 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Avista is 20.93, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.82.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Avista is 20.93, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 18.43.Price to Earnings Growth RatioAvista has a PEG Ratio of 3.87. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioAvista has a P/B Ratio of 1.31. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 2.0Community Rank: 1.9Dividend Strength: 3.3Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 0.6 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.77 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Electric & other services combined Sub-IndustryMulti-Utilities SectorUtilities Current SymbolNYSE:AVA Previous Symbol CUSIP05379B10 CIK104918 Webwww.avistacorp.com Phone509-489-0500Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.96 Current Ratio0.54 Quick Ratio0.43Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio20.93 Forward P/E Ratio19.95 P/E Growth3.87 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$1.35 billion Price / Sales1.92 Cash Flow$4.86 per share Price / Cash Flow7.84 Book Value$29.07 per share Price / Book1.31Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.74 Net Income$196.98 million Net Margins9.24% Return on Equity6.27% Return on Assets1.99%Miscellaneous Employees1,796 Outstanding Shares67,915,000Market Cap$2.59 billion Next Earnings Date11/5/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable $38.10 -0.16 (-0.42 %) (As of 08/10/2020 04:00 PM ET) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive AVA News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for AVA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Avista (NYSE:AVA) Frequently Asked Questions How has Avista's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Avista's stock was trading at $48.01 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AVA shares have decreased by 20.6% and is now trading at $38.10. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Avista? 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. When is Avista's next earnings date? Avista is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Avista. How were Avista's earnings last quarter? Avista Corp (NYSE:AVA) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 5th. The utilities provider reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.06. The utilities provider had revenue of $268.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $317.74 million. Avista had a net margin of 9.24% and a return on equity of 6.27%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.38 earnings per share. View Avista's earnings history. How often does Avista pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Avista? Avista announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 6th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 20th will be given a dividend of $0.405 per share on Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $1.62 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 19th. View Avista's dividend history. What guidance has Avista issued on next quarter's earnings? Avista issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 5th. 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 $1.92. What price target have analysts set for AVA? 4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Avista's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Avista's stock price to reach $42.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Avista. Has Avista been receiving favorable news coverage? Media headlines about AVA stock have been trending somewhat negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Avista earned a daily sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Avista. Are investors shorting Avista? Avista saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,150,000 shares, an increase of 45.3% from the December 15th total of 1,480,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 319,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.7 days. View Avista's Short Interest. Who are some of Avista's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Avista include Dominion Energy (D), Sempra Energy (SRE), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), PG&E (PCG), Alliant Energy (LNT), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), NiSource (NI), Mdu Resources Group (MDU), Black Hills (BKH) and NorthWestern (NWE). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Avista own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Avista investors own include AT&T (T), AbbVie (ABBV), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Verizon Communications (VZ), IDACORP (IDA), Pfizer (PFE), Ford Motor (F), Coca-Cola (KO), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Abbott Laboratories (ABT). Who are Avista's key executives? Avista's management team includes the following people: Mr. Scott L. Morris, Chairman & CEO (Age 61)Mr. Dennis P. Vermillion, Pres & Director (Age 57)Mr. Mark T. Thies, Sr. VP, CFO & Treasurer (Age 55)Ms. Marian M. Durkin, Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Corp. Sec. (Age 65)Ms. Karen S. Feltes, Sr. VP & Chief HR Officer (Age 63) What is Avista's stock symbol? Avista trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AVA." Who are Avista's major shareholders? Avista's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include First Trust Advisors LP (2.01%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (1.09%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.76%), Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.38%), Chartwell Investment Partners LLC (0.33%) and ProShare Advisors LLC (0.29%). 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. Which major investors are selling Avista stock? AVA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including WINTON GROUP Ltd, SG Americas Securities LLC, Strs Ohio, 6 Meridian, ProShare Advisors LLC, Virtus ETF Advisers LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, and Amalgamated Bank. 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. View insider buying and selling activity for Avista. Which major investors are buying Avista stock? AVA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Reinhart Partners Inc., Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, Swiss National Bank, Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc., and Alpha Windward LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Avista. How do I buy shares of 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. What is Avista's stock price today? One share of AVA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.10. How big of a company is Avista? Avista has a market capitalization of $2.59 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. What is Avista's official website? The official website for Avista is www.avistacorp.com. How can I contact Avista? Avista's mailing address is 1411 E MISSION AVE, SPOKANE WA, 99202. 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