Avista (AVA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Avista Corporation is an energy company headquartered in Spokane, Washington. Through its Avista Utilities subsidiary, the company generates, transmits and distributes electricity and provides natural gas service to residential, commercial and industrial customers.

Avista Utilities serves communities in eastern Washington and northern Idaho, with natural gas operations also extending into parts of Oregon. The company’s energy portfolio includes hydroelectric, thermal and renewable generation resources, supported by transmission and distribution infrastructure.

Avista also operates Alaska Electric Light & Power Company, which provides electric service to customers in Juneau, Alaska. The company traces its origins to Washington Water Power, founded in 1889, and adopted the Avista name in 1999. Its activities are focused primarily on regulated utility operations and the delivery of reliable energy services across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $35.18 to $35.82
• 50-Day Range: $34.81 to $41.93
• 52-Week Range: $34.46 to $43.50
• Volume: 559,936 shs
• Average Volume: 671,143 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.96 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.74
• Dividend Yield: 5.58%
• Price Target: $39.25
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Avista Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Avista scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 51st out of 96 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Avista has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.14, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Avista has a consensus price target of $39.25, representing about 11.2% upside from its current price of $35.30.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Avista has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.47%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Avista are expected to grow by 5.47% in the coming year, from $2.56 to $2.70 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Avista is 12.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Avista is 12.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 23.86.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Avista has a PEG Ratio of 3.34. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Avista has a P/B Ratio of 1.06. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.99% of the float of Avista has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Avista has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.61.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Avista has recently decreased by 4.43%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Avista is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.58%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Avista has been increasing its dividend for 23 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Avista is 71.12%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Avista will have a dividend payout ratio of 72.96% next year. This indicates that Avista will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.83

News Sentiment

Avista has a news sentiment score of -0.83. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.56 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Avista this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

12 people have searched for AVA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Avista to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Avista insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $174,097.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.78% of the stock of Avista is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

85.24% of the stock of Avista is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/31/2026
• Record date for 9/14 Dividend: 8/18/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/14 Dividend: 8/18/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/14/2026
• Today: 10/04/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Multi - Utilities
• Sub-Industry: Multi-Utilities
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AVA
• CIK: 104918
• Web: www.avistacorp.com
• Phone: (509) 489-0500
• Fax: 509-777-5075
• Employees: 1,929
• Year Founded: 1889

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Avista: $39.25
• High Price Target: $42.00
• Low Price Target: $37.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.14
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.77
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.74
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.79
• P/E Growth: 3.34
• Net Income: $193 million
• Net Margins: 11.83%
• Pretax Margin: 11.88%
• Return on Equity: 7.85%
• Return on Assets: 2.57%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.08
• Current Ratio: 1.10
• Quick Ratio: 0.69

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.96 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.51
• Cash Flow: $6.13 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.76
• Book Value: $33.29 per share
• Price / Book: 1.06

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 83,750,000
• Free Float: 83,100,000
• Market Cap: $2.96 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.23