Avista (NYSE:AVA) Issues FY 2024 Earnings Guidance

Avista (NYSE:AVA) updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.360-2.560 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.390. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Avista also updated its FY24 guidance to $2.36-2.56 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently issued reports on AVA shares. StockNews.com downgraded Avista from a hold rating to a sell rating in a report on Thursday. Guggenheim raised Avista from a sell rating to a neutral rating and set a $34.00 price target on the stock in a report on Monday, January 22nd. Finally, Mizuho raised Avista from an underperform rating to a neutral rating and raised their price target for the stock from $32.00 to $36.00 in a report on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and three have assigned a hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of Hold and an average price target of $35.00.

Avista Price Performance

Shares of AVA traded up $0.51 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $37.30. The stock had a trading volume of 514,268 shares, compared to its average volume of 466,379. Avista has a 52 week low of $30.53 and a 52 week high of $44.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05, a current ratio of 0.97 and a quick ratio of 0.65. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $34.47 and its 200-day moving average price is $34.35. The company has a market capitalization of $2.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.48 and a beta of 0.48.

Avista (NYSE:AVA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 1st. The utilities provider reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.00 by ($0.09). The firm had revenue of $594.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $469.34 million. Avista had a return on equity of 7.65% and a net margin of 9.96%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 29.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.73 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Avista will post 2.46 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Avista Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 23rd will be issued a $0.475 dividend. This represents a $1.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 22nd. Avista’s payout ratio is 78.84%.

About Avista

Avista Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an electric and natural gas utility company. It operates in two segments, Avista Utilities and AEL&P. The Avista Utilities segment provides electric distribution and transmission, and natural gas distribution services in parts of eastern Washington and northern Idaho; and natural gas distribution services in parts of northeastern and southwestern Oregon, as well as generates electricity in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana.