AVA (Avista) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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AVA Avista Corp AVA
70 GF Score
Price $36.10
GF Value $36.41
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Avista Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Avista's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $226 Mil. Avista's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $3,125 Mil. Avista's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $504 Mil. Avista's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 6.65.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Avista's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

AVA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.99   Med: 5.1   Max: 5.76
Current: 5.02

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Avista was 5.76. The lowest was 3.99. And the median was 5.10.

AVA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
62.17% of 452 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 4.065 vs AVA: 5.02

Avista  (NYSE:AVA) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Avista Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Avista Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Avista's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Avista Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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AVA vs UTL, AES, SRE: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, Avista's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Avista Debt-to-EBITDA vs Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Avista's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Avista's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


AVA
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Avista Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Avista's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(397 + 2898) / 654
=5.04

Avista's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(226 + 3125) / 504
=6.65

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Avista (AVA) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Avista stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $36.10 is trading 0.9% below its estimated GF Value™ of $36.41. GuruFocus considers Avista to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for AVA:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $36.41 vs. price of $36.10 (0.9% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 70/100 with 11 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the AVA stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Avista Business Description

Other Exchanges AV6:Germany
Address 1411 East Mission Avenue, Spokane, WA, USA, 99202-2600
Avista Corp is an electric and natural gas utility company. The company has two business segments including Avista Utilities, which provides electric distribution and transmission, and natural gas distribution services in parts of eastern Washington and northern Idaho, and also provides natural gas distribution service in parts of northeastern and southwestern Oregon. Avista Utilities has electric generating facilities in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana. AEL&P segment is a regulated utility providing electric services in Juneau, Alaska that is a wholly-owned subsidiary and the primary operating subsidiary of AERC.
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