Spire (SR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Spire in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" SR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in SR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Spire's stock. Their SR share price targets range from $55.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $62.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.1% from the stock's current price.
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Spire's stock was trading at $62.34 at the start of the year. Since then, SR shares have decreased by 1.2% and is now trading at $61.60.
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Spire saw a decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,450,000 shares, a decrease of 25.6% from the February 29th total of 1,950,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 540,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2024.
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Spire will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 1st at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 412-317-0088 with passcode "8194130".

Spire Inc. (NYSE:SR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 1st. The utilities provider reported $1.47 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.37 by $0.10. The utilities provider earned $756.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $688.88 million. Spire had a net margin of 8.11% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.27%. The company's revenue was down 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.55 EPS.

Spire announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 26th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 11th will be given a dividend of $0.755 per share on Tuesday, April 2nd. This represents a $3.02 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.90%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 8th.
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Spire (NYSE:SR) pays an annual dividend of $3.02 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.94%. SR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 21 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 81.40%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, SR will have a dividend payout ratio of 66.23% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Spire updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.250-4.450 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 4.340. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

27 employees have rated Spire Chief Executive Officer Suzanne Sitherwood on Glassdoor.com. Suzanne Sitherwood has an approval rating of 64% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Spire investors own include AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), Starbucks (SBUX), Walt Disney (DIS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Coca-Cola (KO), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Home Depot (HD).

Spire's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Leeward Investments LLC MA (0.21%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.11%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.11%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.10%), Maryland State Retirement & Pension System (0.09%) and Cardinal Capital Management (0.06%). Insiders that own company stock include Adam W Woodard, Brenda D Newberry, John P Stupp Jr, Joseph B Hampton, Paul D Koonce and Steven P Rasche.
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Shares of SR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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