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

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

Avista declared 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 3.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 21st. View Avista's Dividend History.

Avista Corp (NYSE:AVA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.38 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.03. The utilities provider earned $300.81 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $315.08 million. Avista had a net margin of 14.43% and a return on equity of 6.35%. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.39 earnings per share. 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 issued an update on 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 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Avista's shares. Their predictions range from $38.00 to $43.00. On average, they anticipate Avista's share price to reach $41.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.7%. 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.

Media headlines about AVA stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Avista earned a news sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned 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 next few days. View News Stories for Avista.

Some companies that are related to Avista include Dominion Energy (D), Sempra Energy (SRE), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), Mdu Resources Group (MDU), Black Hills (BKH), PG&E (PCG) and NorthWestern (NWE).

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 a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Rhumbline Advisers (0.33%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.27%), Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.24%), Crow Point Partners LLC (0.19%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.17%) and State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.11%). Company insiders that own Avista stock include 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., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Foundry Partners 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Crow Point Partners LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Rhumbline Advisers, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and NEXT Financial Group Inc. 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 $48.05.

Avista has a market capitalization of $3.18 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]