Avista Corporation (AVA): Price and Financial Metrics

Avista Corporation (AVA): $32.90

0.26 (+0.80%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

C

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

D

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Industry: Utilities - Domestic

Industry

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AVA Price/Volume Stats

Current price $32.90 52-week high $45.13
Prev. close $32.64 52-week low $30.53
Day low $32.43 Volume 723,700
Day high $32.93 Avg. volume 670,870
50-day MA $34.82 Dividend yield 5.56%
200-day MA $36.44 Market Cap 2.55B

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AVA POWR Grades

  • Value is the dimension where AVA ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 56.92% of US stocks.
  • AVA's strongest trending metric is Value; it's been moving up over the last 26 weeks.
  • AVA ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 19th percentile.

AVA Stock Summary

  • AVISTA CORP's stock had its IPO on November 16, 1987, making it an older stock than 90.84% of US equities in our set.
  • For AVA, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 79.37% of US equities we're observing.
  • Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for AVA comes in at -6.47% -- higher than that of 25.42% of stocks in our set.
  • Stocks that are quantitatively similar to AVA, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are OGS, RGCO, UONE, KEX, and NEWT.
  • AVA's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit AVISTA CORP's official web site, go to www.avistacorp.com.

AVA Valuation Summary

  • In comparison to the median Utilities stock, AVA's EV/EBIT ratio is 1.29% higher, now standing at 19.7.
  • AVA's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 9.6 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for AVA.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
AVA 2023-12-27 1.6 1.1 16.7 19.7
AVA 2023-12-26 1.6 1.2 16.9 19.8
AVA 2023-12-22 1.6 1.2 16.9 19.8
AVA 2023-12-21 1.6 1.1 16.7 19.7
AVA 2023-12-20 1.5 1.1 16.3 19.4
AVA 2023-12-19 1.6 1.1 16.7 19.7

AVA Growth Metrics

    Its 3 year price growth rate is now at -1.28%.
  • Its 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -8.53%.
  • Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at 10.68%.
Over the past 67 months, AVA's revenue has gone up $171,082,000.

The table below shows AVA's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30 1,631.862 248.836 128.097
2022-06-30 1,568.423 283.218 148.261
2022-03-31 1,488.112 284.1 150.882
2021-12-31 1,438.936 267.34 147.334
2021-09-30 1,387.555 277.392 155.192
2021-06-30 1,364.194 321.179 145.702

AVA's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • AVA has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 30.23% of graded US stocks.
  • AVA's asset turnover comes in at 0.212 -- ranking 55th of 105 Utilities stocks.
  • AQN, MSEX, and SJW are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with AVA.

The table below shows AVA's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-09-30 0.212 0.597 0.034
2021-06-30 0.212 0.609 0.034
2021-03-31 0.212 0.620 0.033
2020-12-31 0.210 0.618 0.031
2020-09-30 0.210 0.618 0.030
2020-06-30 0.215 0.607 0.030

AVA Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of AVA, see our AVA price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $41.50 Average Broker Recommendation 2.1 (Hold)

Avista Corporation (AVA) Company Bio


Avista Corporation generates, transmits, and distributes electricity; and distributes natural gas in the United States and Canada. The company was founded in 1889 and is based in Spokane, Washington.


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Latest AVA News From Around the Web

Below are the latest news stories about AVISTA CORP that investors may wish to consider to help them evaluate AVA as an investment opportunity.

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AVA Price Returns

1-mo -9.14%
3-mo -0.37%
6-mo -6.98%
1-year -14.86%
3-year -2.08%
5-year -1.42%
YTD -7.95%
2023 -15.31%
2022 8.79%
2021 10.28%
2020 -13.10%
2019 17.27%

AVA Dividends

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