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What is Zacks Research's Forecast for Spire Q3 Earnings?

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Spire Inc. (NYSE:SR - Free Report) - Analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Spire in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, May 21st. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the utilities provider will post earnings per share of ($0.11) for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of ($0.10). The consensus estimate for Spire's current full-year earnings is $4.50 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Spire's Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.34) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.51 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.79 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at ($0.08) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.33) EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $3.87 EPS.

SR has been the subject of a number of other reports. Guggenheim increased their price objective on shares of Spire from $67.00 to $72.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 1st. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of Spire from $75.00 to $82.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Spire from $75.00 to $78.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Thursday, March 20th. Mizuho increased their price objective on shares of Spire from $76.00 to $82.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Spire from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $77.20.

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Spire Price Performance

SR traded up $1.05 during trading on Monday, reaching $74.79. 170,757 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 430,854. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 0.37 and a current ratio of 0.50. Spire has a 12-month low of $57.77 and a 12-month high of $79.81. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $75.78 and a 200 day simple moving average of $72.69. The company has a market cap of $4.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.11, a PEG ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.65.

Spire (NYSE:SR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The utilities provider reported $3.60 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $3.70 by ($0.10). Spire had a return on equity of 7.88% and a net margin of 9.70%. The firm had revenue of $1.05 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $3.45 EPS. Spire's revenue was down 6.8% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Golden State Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Spire in the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. Lee Danner & Bass Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Spire in the fourth quarter valued at $32,000. R Squared Ltd purchased a new position in Spire during the fourth quarter worth $37,000. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC boosted its stake in Spire by 431.4% during the fourth quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 627 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 509 shares during the period. Finally, Quarry LP purchased a new position in Spire during the first quarter worth $50,000. 87.36% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Spire Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, April 11th will be issued a $0.785 dividend. This represents a $3.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.20%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 11th. Spire's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 77.34%.

Spire Company Profile

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Spire Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the purchase, retail distribution, and sale of natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and other end-users of natural gas in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Gas Utility, Gas Marketing, and Midstream. It is also involved in the marketing of natural gas and related services; and transportation and storage of natural gas.

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