NYSE:AVAAvista Stock Price, Forecast & News

Avista's stock was trading at $48.01 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AVA stock has decreased by 25.9% and is now trading at $35.59. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Avista is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Avista.

Avista Corp (NYSE:AVA) posted its earnings results on Friday, May, 8th. The utilities provider reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.06. The utilities provider earned $377.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $404.97 million. Avista had a return on equity of 6.75% and a net margin of 9.68%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.76 earnings per share. View Avista's earnings history.

Avista announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 11th. Investors of record on Friday, May 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.405 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $1.62 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 28th. View Avista's dividend history.

Avista updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.75-1.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.99.

4 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Avista's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Avista's share price to reach $42.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Avista.

Media stories about AVA stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Avista earned a news sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Avista.

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

Avista's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.38%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.10%). Company insiders that own Avista stock include Broomfield Robert, David J Meyer, Heidi B Stanley, James M Kensok, Jason R Thackston, Karen S Feltes, Kevin J Christie, Marian M Durkin, Mcgeever Michael, R John Taylor and Scott L Morris. View institutional ownership trends for Avista.

AVA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Reinhart Partners Inc., and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $35.59.

Avista has a market capitalization of $2.39 billion and generates $1.35 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $196.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.74 on an earnings per share basis. Avista employs 1,796 workers across the globe.

The official website for Avista is 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]