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Avista (Avista) PB Ratio

: 1.10 (As of Today)
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The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-19), Avista's share price is $35.08. Avista's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $31.83. Hence, Avista's PB Ratio of today is 1.10.

Good Sign:

Avista Corp stock PB Ratio (=1.08) is close to 10-year low of 1.01

The historical rank and industry rank for Avista's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

AVA' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.01   Med: 1.43   Max: 2.02
Current: 1.1

During the past 13 years, Avista's highest PB Ratio was 2.02. The lowest was 1.01. And the median was 1.43.

AVA's PB Ratio is ranked better than
63.21% of 511 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.38 vs AVA: 1.10

During the past 12 months, Avista's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Avista was 21.20% per year. The lowest was -13.10% per year. And the median was 3.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Avista PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avista's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Premium members only.

Array ( [0] => - [1] => - [2] => - [3] => - [4] => - [5] => 1.67 [6] => 1.37 [7] => 1.41 [8] => 1.42 [9] => 1.12 )
Avista Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.67 1.37 1.41 1.42 1.12

Avista Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.42 1.35 1.25 1.04 1.12

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, Avista's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Avista PB Ratio Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Avista's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Avista's PB Ratio falls into.



Avista PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Avista's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=35.08/31.833
=1.10

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Avista  (NYSE:AVA) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Avista (Avista) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1411 East Mission Avenue, Spokane, WA, USA, 99202-2600
Avista Corp is an electric and natural gas utility company headquartered in Spokane, Washington. Avista primarily operates in the Pacific Northwest of the United States along with some operations in Juneau, Alaska. The company has two major 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.
Executives
Donald C Burke director C/O BLACKROCK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, INC., 40 EAST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022
James M Kensok officer: Vice President & CIO 1411 E MISSION AVENUE, SPOKANE WA 99202
Scott L Morris officer: Sr. Vice President 1411 E MISSION AVE, SPOKANE WA 99202
David J Meyer officer: Sr. VP & General Counsel 1411 E MISSION AVE, SPOKANE WA 99202
Jason R Thackston officer: Vice President 1411 E MISSION AVENUE, SPOKANE WA 99202
Wayne O Manuel officer: Vice President 1411 E MISSION, SPOKANE WA 99202
Mark T Thies officer: Sr. Vice President & CFO 1411 E. MISSION AVENUE, SPOKANE WA 99202
Kevin B Jacobsen director, other: Incoming Board Member 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
Bryan Alden Cox officer: Vice President 1411 E MISSION AVENUE, SPOKANE WA 99202
Scott J Kinney officer: Vice President 1411 E MISSION AVE, SPOKANE WA 99202
Joshua D Diluciano officer: Vice President 1411 E MISSION AVE, SPOKANE WA 99202
Kevin J Christie officer: Vice President 1411 E MISSION AVE, SPOKANE WA 99202
Julie A. Bentz director, other: Incoming Board Member 1411 E MISSION AVE, SPOKANE WA 99202
Sena M Kwawu director, other: Incoming Board Member 1411 E MISSION AVENUE, SPOKANE WA 99202
Heidi B Stanley other: Director Nominee 1411 E MISSION AVE, SPOKANE WA 99220-3727