Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE:SPIR) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE:SPIR) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the six analysts that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $14.6667.

A number of research firms recently commented on SPIR. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on Spire Global from $14.00 to $16.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 19th. Canaccord Genuity Group set a $22.00 price target on Spire Global and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 10th. Wall Street Zen raised Spire Global from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday. Weiss Ratings raised Spire Global from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Friday, March 20th. Finally, HC Wainwright reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $19.00 price target (up from $14.00) on shares of Spire Global in a report on Friday, January 23rd.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, COO Perez Celia Pelez sold 19,134 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.53, for a total value of $163,213.02. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer directly owned 267,776 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,284,129.28. The trade was a 6.67% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Theresa Condor sold 41,712 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.53, for a total value of $355,803.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,116,581 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,524,435.93. This represents a 3.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 138,033 shares of company stock valued at $1,219,760 in the last 90 days. 13.04% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Spire Global

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Lane Generational LLC increased its stake in Spire Global by 40.4% in the 4th quarter. Lane Generational LLC now owns 745,217 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,589,000 after acquiring an additional 214,532 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its stake in Spire Global by 1.4% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 528,164 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,961,000 after acquiring an additional 7,253 shares during the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp increased its stake in Spire Global by 32.9% in the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 524,579 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,934,000 after acquiring an additional 129,990 shares during the last quarter. AWM Investment Company Inc. increased its stake in Spire Global by 25.7% in the 4th quarter. AWM Investment Company Inc. now owns 418,287 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,137,000 after acquiring an additional 85,492 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP increased its stake in Spire Global by 58.0% in the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 269,401 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,206,000 after acquiring an additional 98,925 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 19.97% of the company’s stock.

Spire Global Stock Down 0.1%

SPIR stock opened at $16.50 on Monday. Spire Global has a twelve month low of $6.60 and a twelve month high of $23.59. The stock has a market cap of $553.11 million, a P/E ratio of 10.44 and a beta of 2.23. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $13.35 and its 200-day moving average price is $11.09.

About Spire Global

Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR) is a space-to-cloud data and analytics company that operates a constellation of low Earth orbit nanosatellites to collect radio occultation, maritime Automatic Identification System (AIS), and aviation tracking data. By leveraging proprietary satellite hardware and ground infrastructure, Spire captures precise, near-real-time observations of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and surface traffic to power downstream analytics for weather forecasting, fleet optimization, and safety monitoring.

The company’s core offerings include weather and climate intelligence derived from GPS radio occultation, which enhances numerical weather prediction models; maritime domain awareness services that track vessel movements and supply chain dynamics; and aviation analytics that monitor air traffic for efficiency and security applications.