Avista Corporation (AVA): Price and Financial Metrics

AVA POWR Grades

• AVA scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 75.59% of US stocks.
• AVA's strongest trending metric is Momentum; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• AVA ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 30th percentile.

AVA Stock Summary

• AVA's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 222.69 -- higher than 88.82% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• Avista Corp's stock had its IPO on November 16, 1987, making it an older stock than 90.6% of US equities in our set.
• The volatility of Avista Corp's share price is greater than that of only 7.47% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Avista Corp are TIGO, AGO, GWRS, IHRT, and RGCO.
• 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 price/earnings ratio is 10.22% lower, now standing at 20.2.
• AVA's price/sales ratio has moved up 2.1 over the prior 243 months.
• Over the past 243 months, AVA's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 14.3.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for AVA.

AVA Growth Metrics

The 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -27.99%.
• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at 0.39%.
• The 5 year price growth rate now stands at -4.11%.

Over the past 70 months, AVA's revenue has gone down $17,523,000.

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
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
2021-03-31	1,344.531	340.82	149.081
2020-12-31	1,321.891	331.004	129.488
2020-09-30	1,306.027	340.249	121.529

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.