Avista Corporation

AVA Utilities Utilities Diversified

Avista Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.0 billion, up 1.34% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.47%
EPS
+62.5%
Free cash flow
−237.8%
Total debt
+8.83%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

40.63 0.46 +1.15%
Market cap
$3.4B
P/E
13.6×
Fwd P/E
14.2×
Dividend yield
4.84%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
0.84
Beneish M
−2.57
Dividend safety
32/100

Avista Corporation (AVA) Operating margin

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Avista Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 18.9%, up 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (18.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.1% (fiscal 2022) to 20.8% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is in line with the Utilities Diversified industry median of 18.6% and in line with the Utilities sector median of 18.7%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 18.0% 2.23
FY2024 15.8% 1.06
FY2023 14.7% 3.62
FY2022 11.1% (4.75)
FY2021 15.9% (1.74)
FY2020 17.6% 1.96
FY2019 15.6% (3.05)
FY2018 18.7% (1.52)
FY2017 20.2% (0.58)
FY2016 20.8% 3.74

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 15.7% 2.60
Jun 2026 13.1% (10.43)
Mar 2026 23.5% 2.50
Dec 2025 21.0% 6.12
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 11.1% High 20.8%
Ten-year median 17.1%
Current reading's percentile 79

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP compare 24.8%
AVA Avista Corporation 18.9%
UTL Unitil Corporation compare 18.6%
AES The AES Corporation compare 7.35%
SRE Sempra compare 0.00%
ELPC Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel Unsponsored ADR compare —
Utilities Diversified industry median 18.6%
Utilities sector median 18.7%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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