)
)
Edge16 Oct 2026
Winner, Winner: The Chicken McNugget Story
How a 1940s breeding contest, a Cornell food scientist, and a hedge by Ray Dalio helped McDonald's turn the Chicken McNugget into a fast-food icon.
Avista
Avista (AVA) investor relations material
Avista Q3 2026 earnings summary
Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.Q3 2026 earnings summary4 Nov, 2026
Executive summary
Q3 GAAP net income rose to $49M from $29M; nine-month net income increased to $176M from $122M, supported by investment earnings and rate-case effects.
Strong execution and cost management supported reaffirmed 2026 utility earnings guidance, with results expected near the midpoint.
Spokane Complex wildfire facility damage was not material; community recovery and rebuilding may take multiple years.
Financial highlights
Q3 diluted EPS was $0.57 vs. $0.36; nine-month diluted EPS was $2.11 vs. $1.51.
Q3 non-GAAP utility EPS was $0.38 vs. $0.37; nine-month utility EPS was $1.76 vs. $1.67.
Q3 operating revenue was $421M vs. $403M and operating income was $66M vs. $60M; nine-month revenue was $1.404B vs. $1.431B and operating income was $254M vs. $242M.
Nine-month operating cash flow was $435M vs. $394M; utility capital expenditures were $511M vs. $379M.
Outlook and guidance
2026 non-GAAP utility EPS guidance was affirmed at $2.52–$2.72, with results expected near the midpoint; assumptions include normal weather, a 12% effective tax rate and $615M of capital expenditures.
Guidance includes a $0.09-per-share negative ERM impact within the 90% customer/10% utility sharing band.
Long-term utility earnings growth expectation is 4%–6%; expected utility ROE is ~9%, excluding ERM impact and reflecting ~60 bps of structural lag.
Washington’s four-year rate plan seeks electric base-revenue increases of $111M in 2027, $43M in 2028, $34M in 2029 and $28M in 2030; a WUTC decision was expected in December 2026.
AEL&P filed for 12.5% interim electric rate relief in June 2026 and seeks a further 12.6% permanent increase, potentially effective August 2027.
Partial view of Summaries dataset, powered by Quartr API
AI can get things wrong. Verify important information.Research faster. Power your platform.
Latest events from Avista
- Record revenue masked weather-driven utility weakness as national energy trading scaled rapidly.AVA
Q4 1998 - Trading losses cut EPS sharply, while utilities and growth affiliates supported the transformation.AVAQ4 1999
- Trading gains lifted EPS, but historic power prices crushed utility earnings.AVAQ4 2000
- Regulatory recovery and new generation aimed to reverse the cash strain from costly power purchases.AVAQ4 2001
- Utility gains and weaker trading margins shaped 2002; 2003 diluted EPS guidance is $0.80–$1.00.AVAQ4 2002
- Earnings improved, but lower cash flow and regulatory and market risks cloud the outlook.AVAQ4 2003
- Idaho write-offs and weaker energy trading reduced 2004 earnings as recovery plans continued.AVAQ4 2004
- Utility gains lifted earnings, offsetting energy-market losses and ongoing credit pressure.AVAQ4 2005
- FY06 earnings rebounded, but 2007 utility outlook and relicensing costs remain uncertain.AVAQ4 2006
- Lower utility margins and energy-trading losses cut 2007 earnings; rate relief targeted recovery.AVAQ4 2007
Next Avista earnings date
Q4 202624 Feb, 2027
Avista
Next Avista earnings date
Q4 202624 Feb, 2027
AI chat
Ask anything. Verify everything.
Ask across every event and document from public companies. Each answer links back to the exact line in the transcript, slide or filing it came from.Learn moreFind what matters
AI across all first-party IR material. Live calls, transcripts, slides, filings.)
Trust every finding
50m+ first-party documents. Every output traceable to its source.Find what matters
AI across all first-party IR material. Live calls, transcripts, slides, filings.Trust every finding
50m+ first-party documents. Every output traceable to its source.Automations
Zero in on what matters
Define the prompt once. It runs the moment a company publishes or on a schedule you set. Outputs map to the exact signals you choose.Learn more)
Event-triggered research
Runs when a company publishes new material. Trigger on the first published document for the earliest possible run, or wait for a specific one.)
Scheduled research
Runs on a recurring cadence you set. Daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly, for aggregate reads across a period rather than a single event.Event-triggered research
Runs when a company publishes new material. Trigger on the first published document for the earliest possible run, or wait for a specific one.Scheduled research
Runs on a recurring cadence you set. Daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly, for aggregate reads across a period rather than a single event.Live audio & transcripts
Be first
Join any earnings call live in one click, with no manual registration. Follow the transcript as it happens and jump straight to the moments that matter.Learn more)
Live earnings calls
Join any call in one click. The audio keeps playing while you work elsewhere in Quartr.)
Live transcripts
Speaker-by-speaker, in real time. Searchable across every live and historical call.Live earnings calls
Join any call in one click. The audio keeps playing while you work elsewhere in Quartr.Live transcripts
Speaker-by-speaker, in real time. Searchable across every live and historical call.Quartr MCP connects your AI environment to 17K+ public companies
Pull live transcripts, filings, and slides into Claude or Codex via MCP. Combine Quartr's global IR data with any other dataset. Run agentic research and monitoring.
Included with Quartr Pro at no extra cost.Learn more
Quartr's AI stands out because it only pulls clean, first-party data from public companies. In investing, that's everything.
Jamie Ross
Investment Manager, GAM Investments
GAM
GAM
Research that used to take hours now takes seconds with Quartr Pro. Tracking shifts in tone or extracting tables, it's as simple as typing a query.
Tom O'Hara
Investment Director
Ciena
Ciena
Before Quartr we spent hours manually compiling insights through the peer earnings cycle. Now, these tasks are done faster, with greater precision.
Gregg Lampf
VP of Investor Relations
Protean
Protean
Being able to ask specific questions across years of transcripts and reports and instantly get verified answers is a game-changer.
Pontus Dackmo
CEO & Investment Manager
)
)
Frequently asked questions
Avista Corporation is an energy company engaged in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity and natural gas. The company provides energy services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across parts of the Northwestern United States. Its operations include hydroelectric, natural gas, coal, and renewable energy generation. In addition to its utility business, Avista invests in energy-related ventures and emerging technologies. The company is headquartered in Spokane, Washington, and its shares are listed on the NYSE.