NYSE:AVA - Avista Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Avista announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 21st will be given a dividend of $0.387 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.55 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 20th. View Avista's Dividend History.

Avista Corp (NYSE:AVA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.07. The utilities provider had revenue of $283.77 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $295.10 million. Avista had a return on equity of 5.96% and a net margin of 14.19%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.15 earnings per share. View Avista's Earnings History.

Avista is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Avista.

Avista issued an update on its FY 2019 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.83-3.03 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.92.

4 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Avista's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $43.00. On average, they expect Avista's stock price to reach $41.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Avista.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Avista in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Avista.

Press coverage about AVA stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news 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 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Avista.

Some companies that are related to Avista include Dominion Energy (D), Sempra Energy (SRE), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Consolidated Edison (ED), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Alliant Energy (LNT), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), NiSource (NI), PG&E (PCG), Mdu Resources Group (MDU), Black Hills (BKH) and NorthWestern (NWE).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Avista investors own include AT&T (T), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), AbbVie (ABBV), Verizon Communications (VZ), Ford Motor (F), IDACORP (IDA), Pfizer (PFE), Chevron (CVX), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and The Coca-Cola (KO).

Avista's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.16%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.08%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), 6 Meridian (0.03%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.01%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc. and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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, Marian M Durkin, 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 Ballentine Partners LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, 6 Meridian, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Huntington National Bank. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AVA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.60.

Avista has a market capitalization of $3.31 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.View Additional Information About Avista.

The official website for Avista is http://www.myavista.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]