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 Monday, November 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 30th will be given a dividend of $0.373 per share on Friday, December 14th. This represents a $1.49 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.30%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 29th. View Avista's Dividend History.

Avista Corp (NYSE:AVA) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.04. The utilities provider had revenue of $296 million for the quarter. Avista had a return on equity of 7.38% and a net margin of 8.31%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.07 EPS. View Avista's Earnings History.

Avista is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 20th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Avista.

Avista issued an update on its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 7th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.80-2.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.05.

2 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Avista's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate Avista's share price to reach $40.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Avista.

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

Media stories about AVA stock have trended very positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Avista earned a media sentiment score of 3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Avista saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 5,718,926 shares, an increase of 45.0% from the November 15th total of 3,943,533 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 622,746 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.2 days. Currently, 8.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Avista's Current Options Chain.

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

Avista's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (17.07%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.67%), Pentwater Capital Management LP (2.08%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.79%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.79%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.53%). Company insiders that own Avista stock include Akiko Levinson, B Matthew Hornor, David J Meyer, D'exploration Miniã Sociétãƒâ©, Gerald Patrick Mccarvill, Heidi B Stanley, James M Kensok, Jason R Thackston, Joness Lang, Karen S Feltes, Kevin J Christie, Marian M Durkin and R John Taylor. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Avista.

AVA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sandell Asset Management Corp., LSV Asset Management, Deutsche Bank AG, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC and Chartwell Investment 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 and Kevin J Christie. View Insider Buying and Selling for Avista.

AVA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Pentwater Capital Management LP, GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS INC., Gabelli Funds LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Morgan Stanley, Vanguard Group Inc. and First Trust Advisors LP. 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 $45.26.

Avista has a market capitalization of $2.88 billion and generates $1.45 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $115.91 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.95 on an earnings per share basis. Avista employs 1,744 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]