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AVA vs. LNT, AEE, BKH, CMS, DTE, IDA, NJR, NWE, OGE, and POR

Should you be buying Avista stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avista include Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), Black Hills (BKH), CMS Energy (CMS), DTE Energy (DTE), IDACORP (IDA), NewJersey Resources (NJR), NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE), OGE Energy (OGE), and Portland General Electric (POR). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

Avista vs. Its Competitors

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) and Avista (NYSE:AVA) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Alliant Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Avista. Avista is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliant Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alliant Energy$3.98B4.39$690M$3.2421.01
Avista$1.94B1.61$180M$2.2217.31

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 20.07% compared to Avista's net margin of 9.13%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 12.25% beat Avista's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alliant Energy20.07% 12.25% 3.75%
Avista 9.13%6.86%2.25%

79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Avista shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Avista shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Avista pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Alliant Energy pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avista pays out 88.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliant Energy has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Avista has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years. Avista is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Alliant Energy currently has a consensus target price of $68.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.10%. Avista has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.51%. Given Avista's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avista is more favorable than Alliant Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alliant Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Avista
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avista has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Avista. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Alliant Energy and 14 mentions for Avista. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Avista's score of 1.03 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alliant Energy
12 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Avista
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Alliant Energy beats Avista on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AVA vs. The Competition

MetricAvistaUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.12B$26.84B$17.22B$21.84B
Dividend Yield5.10%3.43%4.59%3.62%
P/E Ratio17.3119.7258.1632.43
Price / Sales1.614.5132.5160.22
Price / Cash6.689.4119.3324.21
Price / Book1.172.412.294.59
Net Income$180M$1.43B$748.50M$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.69%3.20%1.35%1.31%
1 Month Performance5.40%6.53%8.88%-1.47%
1 Year Performance1.15%17.08%55.06%9.54%

Avista Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVA
Avista
4.1636 of 5 stars
$38.42
+0.1%
$39.00
+1.5%
+1.4%$3.12B$1.94B17.311,950News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.0547 of 5 stars
$67.66
-0.1%
$66.78
-1.3%
+9.8%$17.41B$3.98B20.162,998News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
AEE
Ameren
4.2166 of 5 stars
$103.55
-0.1%
$105.75
+2.1%
+19.4%$28.03B$7.62B21.968,981Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
BKH
Black Hills
3.8516 of 5 stars
$60.06
-0.6%
$66.00
+9.9%
+2.0%$4.40B$2.13B15.222,841Positive News
CMS
CMS Energy
4.3571 of 5 stars
$73.51
-0.8%
$77.36
+5.2%
+5.2%$22.18B$7.52B21.548,324Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DTE
DTE Energy
4.6969 of 5 stars
$140.12
-0.2%
$145.25
+3.7%
+10.5%$29.16B$12.46B19.539,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
IDA
IDACORP
3.9867 of 5 stars
$134.03
-0.3%
$123.29
-8.0%
+30.9%$7.27B$1.83B23.672,141News Coverage
Dividend Increase
NJR
NewJersey Resources
3.474 of 5 stars
$45.17
-1.2%
$51.43
+13.9%
-0.7%$4.59B$1.80B11.431,372
NWE
NorthWestern Energy Group
2.6561 of 5 stars
$57.33
-0.7%
$59.80
+4.3%
+5.0%$3.52B$1.53B15.711,573Analyst Revision
OGE
OGE Energy
4.0359 of 5 stars
$45.94
+0.3%
$47.00
+2.3%
+14.5%$9.22B$2.99B18.772,291News Coverage
Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
1.831 of 5 stars
$43.20
-0.9%
$45.40
+5.1%
-7.5%$4.77B$3.44B15.512,915Positive News
Analyst Revision

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