Avista Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Avista in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Avista stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AVA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Avista's shares. Their AVA stock forecasts range from $44.00 to $44.00. On average, they anticipate Avista's share price to reach $44.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.0%.
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Avista's stock was trading at $42.49 at the start of the year. Since then, AVA stock has increased by 5.7% and is now trading at $44.90.
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Avista is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 3rd 2022.
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Avista Co. (NYSE:AVA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.06. The utilities provider had revenue of $448.87 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $427.01 million. Avista had a net margin of 10.23% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.05%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.98 EPS.
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Avista announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 12th. Investors of record on Friday, May 27th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Wednesday, June 15th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.92%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 26th.
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Avista(NYSE:AVA) pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.11%. AVA has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. Avista has been increasing its dividend for 21 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Avista is 83.81%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Avista will have a dividend payout ratio of 72.13% next year. This indicates that Avista will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Avista issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.93-$2.13 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.00. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

9 employees have rated Avista CEO Scott L. Morris on Glassdoor.com. Scott L. Morris has an approval rating of 100% among Avista's employees. This puts Scott L. Morris in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Avista include Dominion Energy (D), Sempra (SRE), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), PG&E (PCG), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), NiSource (NI), MDU Resources Group (MDU) and Black Hills (BKH).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Avista investors own include AT&T (T), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), Verizon Communications (VZ), Energy Transfer (ET), IDACORP (IDA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Coca-Cola (KO), Southern (SO) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

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

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One share of AVA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.90.

Avista (NYSE:AVA) has a market capitalization of $3.25 billion and generates $1.44 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $147.33 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.10 on an earnings per share basis.

Avista employs 1,809 workers across the globe.

Avista's mailing address is 1411 E MISSION AVE, SPOKANE WA, 99202. The official website for Avista is www.avistacorp.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (509) 489-0500, via email at [email protected], or via fax at 509-777-5075.