Avista Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Avista in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Avista stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AVA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Avista's shares. Their AVA stock forecasts range from $47.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect Avista's stock price to reach $47.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.4% from the stock's current price.
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Avista's stock was trading at $42.49 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, AVA stock has decreased by 2.4% and is now trading at $41.45.
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Avista is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 3rd 2022.
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Avista Co. (NYSE:AVA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.06. The utilities provider had revenue of $448.87 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $427.01 million. Avista had a net margin of 10.23% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.05%. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.98 earnings per share.
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Avista declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.44 per share on Wednesday, June 15th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 26th.
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Avista(NYSE:AVA) pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.29%. AVA has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. Avista has been increasing its dividend for 21 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Avista is 83.81%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Avista will have a dividend payout ratio of 72.13% next year. This indicates that Avista will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Avista updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.93-$2.13 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.00. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

9 employees have rated Avista CEO Scott L. Morris on Glassdoor.com. Scott L. Morris has an approval rating of 100% among Avista's employees. This puts Scott L. Morris in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Avista's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (18.27%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.56%), State Street Corp (4.57%), Nuance Investments LLC (4.24%), Invesco Ltd. (2.70%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.53%). Company insiders that own Avista stock include Broomfield Robert, Bryan Alden Cox, David J Meyer, David J Meyer, Heidi B Stanley, James M Kensok, James M Kensok, Jason R Thackston, Kevin J Christie, Kristianne Blake, Marian M Durkin, Mcgeever Michael, R John Taylor, Scott L Morris and Sena M Kwawu.
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AVA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, UBS Group AG, BlackRock Inc., Westwood Holdings Group Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, and Walleye Capital LLC. Company insiders that have sold Avista company stock in the last two years include Bryan Alden Cox, David J Meyer, Heidi B Stanley, James M Kensok, Jason R Thackston, Kevin J Christie, Kristianne Blake, R John Taylor, and Scott L Morris.
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AVA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Nuance Investments LLC, American Century Companies Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, and Engineers Gate Manager LP.
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One share of AVA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.45.

Avista (NYSE:AVA) has a market capitalization of $3.00 billion and generates $1.44 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $147.33 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.10 on an earnings per share basis.

Avista employs 1,809 workers across the globe.

Avista's mailing address is 1411 E MISSION AVE, SPOKANE WA, 99202. The official website for Avista is www.avistacorp.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (509) 489-0500, via email at [email protected], or via fax at 509-777-5075.