Avista Corp (AVA) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $36.54, with 0.46 million shares of worth about $16.97 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 6.50% during that period and on January 08, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 1.39%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 79.18M shares, out of which, 78.40M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -0.25% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -1.91%. Year-to-date (YTD), AVA shares are showing a performance of -0.25% which increased to 0.03% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $31.91 but also hit the highest price of $39.99 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Avista Corp shares is 498.51K. The stock is currently trading 0.33% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -1.97% for SMA50 and it goes to -1.15% lower than SMA200.
Avista Corp (NYSE: AVA) currently have 79.18M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 87.20% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $2.89B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.48. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 14.52, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.52 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.71 and has Quick Ratio of 0.48 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for AVA, volatility over the week remained 2.35% while standing at 1.97% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 3.59% while it is estimated to increase by 7.13% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 5.36% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 1.58% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Jefferies on December 09, 2024 offering a Hold rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $40 to it. Coverage by BofA Securities stated Avista Corp (AVA) stock as an Underperform in their note to investors on September 12, 2024, suggesting a price target of $37 for the stock. On May 03, 2024, Mizuho Upgrade their recommendations, while on January 22, 2024, Guggenheim Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $34. Stock get a Sector weight rating from KeyBanc Capital Markets on August 25, 2023.
