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 Friday, May 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.3875 per share on Friday, June 14th. This represents a $1.55 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.46%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 22nd. View Avista's Dividend History.

Avista Corp (NYSE:AVA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.83 by $0.31. The utilities provider earned $377.70 million during the quarter. Avista had a return on equity of 6.48% and a net margin of 14.26%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 2.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.83 EPS. View Avista's Earnings History.

Avista is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Avista.

Avista issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.77-1.97 for the period.

4 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Avista's shares. Their predictions range from $35.00 to $43.00. On average, they anticipate Avista's stock price to reach $39.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.3%. 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 2 sell ratings and 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Avista.

Media coverage about AVA stock has been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Avista earned a media sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Avista.

Some companies that are related to Avista include NiSource (NI), United Utilities Group (UUGRY), SCANA (SCG), ALLETE (ALE), NorthWestern (NWE), Innergex Renewable Energy (INGXF), Unitil (UTL), Spark Energy (SPKE), Genie Energy (GNE), Endesa (ELE) and EuroSite Power (EUSP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Avista investors own include AT&T (T), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), IDACORP (IDA), Ford Motor (F), Verizon Communications (VZ), AbbVie (ABBV), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), General Electric (GE) and The Coca-Cola (KO).

Avista's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (19.05%), CNH Partners LLC (2.55%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.53%), Citigroup Inc. (1.12%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.09%) and OLD Republic International Corp (1.03%). Company insiders that own Avista stock include Akiko Levinson, B Matthew Hornor, David J Meyer, Gerald Patrick Mccarvill, Heidi B Stanley, James M Kensok, Jason R Thackston, Joness Lang, Karen S Feltes, Kevin J Christie, Marian M Durkin, 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 CNH Partners LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., FMR LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Syquant Capital Sas, Citigroup Inc. and Gabelli Funds 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, 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 Acadian Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., OLD Republic International Corp, Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, SG Americas Securities LLC and Chartwell Investment Partners LLC. 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 $44.77.

Avista has a market capitalization of $2.94 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.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]