NYSE:AVA - Avista Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Avista declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.3875 per share on Friday, June 14th. This represents a $1.55 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 22nd. View Avista's Dividend History.

Avista Corp (NYSE:AVA) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.31. The utilities provider had revenue of $377.70 million for the quarter. Avista had a return on equity of 6.48% and a net margin of 14.26%. The firm's revenue was down 2.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.83 EPS. View Avista's Earnings History.

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

Avista issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 20th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.77-1.97 for the period.

3 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Avista's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $43.00. On average, they anticipate Avista's share price to reach $40.6667 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for Avista.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Avista in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Avista.

Media coverage about AVA stock has been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. 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 media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Avista investors own include AT&T (T), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), IDACORP (IDA), Ford Motor (F), Verizon Communications (VZ), AbbVie (ABBV), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), General Electric (GE) and The Coca-Cola (KO).

Avista's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (19.05%), CNH Partners LLC (2.55%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.06%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.00%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.53%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.29%). Company insiders that own Avista stock include Akiko Levinson, B Matthew Hornor, David J Meyer, Gerald Patrick Mccarvill, Heidi B Stanley, James M Kensok, Jason R Thackston, Joness Lang, Karen S Feltes, Kevin J Christie, 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 CNH Partners LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., FMR LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec and Syquant Capital Sas. 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, R John Taylor and Scott L Morris. View Insider Buying and Selling for Avista.

AVA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Acadian Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Man Group plc, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC and OLD Republic International Corp. Company insiders that have bought Avista stock in the last two years include Akiko Levinson, B Matthew Hornor, Gerald Patrick Mccarvill and Joness Lang. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AVA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.35.

Avista has a market capitalization of $2.78 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.

The official website for Avista is http://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]