Avista Corp. is an energy company involved in the production, transmission and distribution of energy as well as other energy-related businesses. Its segment includes Avista Utilities and AEL&P. The Avista Utilities segment comprises of the regulated utility operations in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana. The Avista Utilities segment provides electric distribution and transmission, and natural gas distribution services in parts of eastern Washington and northern Idaho. The segment also provides natural gas distribution service in parts of northeastern and southwestern Oregon. The segment also supplies electricity to a small number of customers in Montana. We show 59 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our AVA shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute AVA market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing AVA market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing AVA's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of AVA versus a peer is one thing; comparing
AVA market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like AVA can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching AVA by allowing them to research the AVA market cap history. |
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