A share price of Avista Corp [AVA] is currently trading at $38.2, up 1.81%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The AVA shares have gain 3.58% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.42%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Avista Corp [NYSE: AVA] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 09, 2024, when Jefferies initiated its Hold rating and assigned the stock a price target of $40. On May 03, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Neutral but maintained its price target of $36 on the stock. Guggenheim upgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $34 on January 22, 2024. KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded its rating to a Sector Weight. Mizuho downgraded its rating to Underperform for this stock on February 09, 2023, and downed its price target to $38. In a note dated November 02, 2022, Mizuho downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and revised its target price from $44 to $40.
Avista Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $34.80 and $43.09. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $38.2 within the next 12 months. Avista Corp [NYSE: AVA] shares were valued at $38.2 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the AVA fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Avista Corp [NYSE:AVA] were 1.95B which represents 1.24% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.33% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.17%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.1%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.05. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.15.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Avista Corp [NYSE:AVA] is 0.93. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.64, and the Cash Ratio is 0.02. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.58, the price to book ratio is 1.16 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.27.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Kinney Scott J, Vice President, that happened on Jun 12 ’25 when 1024.0 shares were sold. Senior Vice President, Cox Bryan Alden completed a deal on Mar 13 ’25 to sell 3322.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Cox Bryan Alden bought 3322.0 shares on Mar 13 ’25.
