Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Avista Corp shares valued at $69,151 were sold by Manuel Wayne O on Dec 16 ’25. At $38.74 per share, Manuel Wayne O sold 1,785 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 9,883 shares worth approximately $0.4 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Manuel Wayne O purchased 1,785 shares, netting a total of over 69,240 in proceeds.
Before that, Widmann Janet D. had sold 7,400 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $285,875, the Director traded Avista Corp shares for $38.63 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 7,400 shares, worth approximately $0.77 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Wells Fargo on October 28, 2025, Avista Corp [AVA] has been an Equal weight and the price target has been revised to $38. Analysts at Jefferies started covering the stock with ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in early December. Earlier on May 03, 2024, Mizuho upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for AVA stock which previously was a “an Underperform”.
Analyzing AVA Stock Performance
On last trading session, Avista Corp [NYSE: AVA] rose 1.24% to $40.09. The stock’s lowest price that day was $39.625, but it reached a high of $40.21 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.30%. Over the course of the year, Avista Corp shares have jumped approximately 11.55%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Avista Corp (AVA)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 64.57 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Avista Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Avista Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.52 million shares to 2.9 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 3.42 million shares. A decline of -17.95% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.56 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.56.
Which companies own the most shares of Avista Corp (AVA)?
In terms of Avista Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 41 in the next 12 months, up nearly 3.54% from the previous closing price of $39.6. Analysts anticipate Avista Corp stock to reach 42 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 38. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked Avista Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On January 22, 2024, Guggenheim assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $34.
