Avista (AVA)

• Market cap: $3.36B
• 1 day: 0.07%
• 5 days: 5.12%
• 1 month: 4.96%
• 3 months: 15.27%
• 6 months: 8.41%
• Year to date: 15.27%
• 1 year: 20.75%
• 5 years: 6.10%
• 10 years: 22.69%
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Electric & Other Services Combined

About: Avista Corp is an electric and natural gas utility company. The company has two business segments including Avista Utilities, which provides electric distribution and transmission, and natural gas distribution services in parts of eastern Washington and northern Idaho, and also provides natural gas distribution service in parts of northeastern and southwestern Oregon. Avista Utilities has electric generating facilities in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana. AEL&P is a regulated utility providing electric services in Juneau, Alaska that is a wholly-owned subsidiary and the primary operating subsidiary of AERC.

Employees: 1,950

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

159% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.59M | Put options by funds: $615K

18% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 118 | Existing positions reduced: 100

11% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 49 | Existing positions closed: 44

1.45% more ownership

Funds ownership: 86.64% [Q3] → 88.09% (+1.45%) [Q4]

0% more funds holding

Funds holding: 328 [Q3] → 329 (+1) [Q4]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q3] → 1 (+0) [Q4]

3% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.62B [Q3] → $2.55B (-$70.3M) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $39 7% downside
• Avg. target: $39 7% downside
• High target: $39 7% downside

1 analyst rating

• positive: 0 0%
• neutral: 1 100%
• negative: 0 0%

Jefferies Julien Dumoulin-Smith 55% 1-year accuracy 84 / 152 met price target

7% downside $39

Hold Maintained

28 Jan 2025