Nov 21, 2011 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) --& When Avista (AVA) reported earnings two weeks ago on November 2nd, 2011, analysts, on average, expected the company to report earnings of $0.17 on sales of $378.0 million. Avista actually reported earnings of $0.18 per share on sales of $343.7 million, beating EPS estimates by $0.01 and missing revenue estimates by $34.3 million. Since the company's report, shares of Avista have risen from $24.23 to $24.61, representing a gain of 1.6% in the past 19 days.&

Avista share prices have moved between a 52-week high of $26.53 and a 52-week low of $21.13 and are now trading 16% above that low price at $24.61 per share. Over the past week, the 200-day moving average (MA) has gone up 0.2% while the 50-day MA has advanced 0.2%.&

SmarTrend is tracking the current trend status for Avista and will alert subscribers who have AVA in their portfolio or watchlist when shares have changed trend direction.&

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