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Profile - Avista Corporation (NYSE:AVA)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1411 East Mission Avenue
Spokane, WA 99202
Phone: (509) 489-0500
Fax: (509) 482-4184
Email: karen.eastwood@avistacorp.com
Employees (last reported count): 2,260
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 ·Sector: Utilities
 ·Industry: Electric Utilities
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 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 7%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 3 insider buys; 1,000  shares
·Institutional: 46% (50% of float)
(217 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 823.0K shares (+3.60%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Avista Corporation is an energy, information and technology company with utility and subsidiary operations that are organized into four lines of business: Avista Utilities, Energy Trading and Marketing, Information and Technology and Avista Ventures. Avista Utilities represents the regulated utility operations that are responsible for retail electric and natural gas distribution, electric transmission services and electric generation and production. Avista Utilities also engages in electric wholesale sales and purchases of capacity and energy. Avista Capital owns all of the subsidiary companies engaged in the other lines of business. The Energy Trading and Marketing line of business includes Avista Energy, Inc, Avista Power, LLC and Avista-STEAG, LLC. The Information and Technology line of business includes Avista Advantage, Inc., Avista Labs, Inc. and Avista Communications, Inc. The Avista Ventures line of business includes Avista Ventures, Inc. and several other minor subsidiaries.
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Financial Summary
AVA is an electric and natural gas utility, providing retail electric and natural gas distribution and transmission services and electric and natural gas commodity trading and wholesale marketing. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 31% to $3.59 billion. Net income applicable to Common totalled $50.9 million, vs. a loss of $33.5 million. Revenues reflect increased prices of electricty and natural gas. Net income also reflects the absense of exit costs and restructuring charges.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Gary Ely, 53
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$333K
Jon Eliassen, 53
Sr. VP & CFO
264K
David Meyer, 47
Sr. VP & Gen. Counsel
253K
Scott Morris, 43
VP, Pres, Avista Utilities
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Ronald Peterson, 48
VP and Treasurer
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:AVAAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 1-Mar-2001
$15.00 
Recent Price$16.27 
52-Week High
on 13-Sep-2000
$30.438
Beta0.28 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)185.0K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)160.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-10.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+20.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$772.4M
Shares Outstanding47.5M
Float44.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.48 
Dividend Yield2.95%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 10-Nov-1993
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$16.25 
Earnings (ttm)$3.22 
Earnings (mrq)$0.47 
Sales (ttm)$185.30 
Cash (mrq)$5.34 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.00 
Price/Earnings (ttm)5.05 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.09 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$8.77B
EBITDA (ttm)$393.5M
Income available to common (ttm)$152.3M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)3.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.72%
Return on Equity (ttm)21.52%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.07 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.42 
Total Cash (mrq)$253.7M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.53M
Percent of Float3.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.50M
Short Ratio9.21 
Daily Volume166.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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