AVISTA CORP
boothcheck covers AVISTA CORP (AVA) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed July 25, 2026.
• A rate order, not a sales team, set this year's earnings: an approved 11.6% increase in electric base revenue, worth $68.9 million, took effect at the start of 2026 alongside a 2.8% natural gas increase [Source: Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission order concluding Avista's 2024 general rate cases]. • The return actually earned on shareholder capital, around 7.4%, sits below the roughly 9.3% cost of that capital, which is why book-value-based methods put a lower figure on the equ
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389 institutional managers reported holding AVA in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 86% of the company; the top 10 hold 51%. 42 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, State Street, among others. On the short side, 3.0M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 4% of shares outstanding (3.3 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
AVA's share count grew 18.6% over the past five years. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (17 and counting), raised 16 years straight; the current rate is $1.96 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $420.98M in dividends.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at AVA over the trailing three years: 2023: 2 buys totaling $100k; 2025: 1 buy totaling $131k. 23 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
AVA's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-03 | +0.6% | -16.0% |
| 2023-11-02 | +8.4% | +5.4% |
| 2024-02-22 | +0.1% | +4.8% |
| 2024-05-02 | +2.2% | -7.9% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
AVA's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-19 (items 5.03); 2026-08-03 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-08-03 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-07-02 (items 5.02); 2026-06-12 (items 8.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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