AVA AVISTA CORP

Last updated: Mar 16, 2026

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Execution Consistency

Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?

Bought back stock in 2/4 quarters. Q3 2016: $0M, Q2 2016: $0M, Q1 2016: $3M, Q3 2015: $61M

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Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?

Latest quarter $0M vs trailing avg $21M (-100%)

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What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.

Negative FCF ($-571M), cannot compute buyback ratio

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How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.

Repurchased 560,200 shares = 0.7% of 80,039,000 outstanding (annualized)

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Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?

1 open-market purchase by Cox Bryan Alden

Cox Bryan Alden (Senior Vice President) bought 3,671 shares at $35.55 on 2025-09-16

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Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?

Insider buying coincided with company buybacks in 0 of 4 quarters

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Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?

Insiders bought $0M, sold $2M (net selling)

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Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.

Company buying back stock while insiders sold 11.7x more than bought. 9 C-suite officers among sellers