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 yield of 3.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 29th. View Avista's Dividend History.

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

Avista is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 8th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Avista.

Avista will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 8th at 10:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8887714371.

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

2 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Avista's stock. Their predictions range from $40.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect Avista's share price to reach $40.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.2%. 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 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Avista.

Media stories about AVA stock have trended very positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Avista earned a media sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

Avista saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 14th, there was short interest totalling 2,299,013 shares, a drop of 59.8% from the November 30th total of 5,718,926 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,228,145 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.0 days. Approximately 3.5% of the company's shares are sold short. View Avista's Current Options Chain.

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

Avista's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.28%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.17%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.09%), Havens Advisors LLC (0.06%), American Investment Services Inc. (0.04%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.04%). 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 Havens Advisors LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and American Investment Services Inc.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC, First Hawaiian Bank and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $41.01.

Avista has a market capitalization of $2.71 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]