NASDAQ:SPKE - Spark Energy Stock Price, Price Target & More

Spark Energy trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SPKE."

Spark Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.1813 per share on Thursday, June 14th. This represents a $0.73 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 30th. View Spark Energy's Dividend History.

Shares of Spark Energy split on Monday, June 19th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, May 23rd 2017. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, June 16th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of Spark Energy stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Spark Energy declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $50,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 19.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Spark Energy Inc (NASDAQ:SPKE) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 9th. The utilities provider reported ($1.08) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.20 by $1.28. The utilities provider earned $286.69 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $213.53 million. Spark Energy had a return on equity of 3.35% and a net margin of 0.48%. View Spark Energy's Earnings History.

4 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Spark Energy's stock. Their predictions range from $13.00 to $24.00. On average, they expect Spark Energy's share price to reach $18.3333 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Spark Energy.

Some companies that are related to Spark Energy include Duke Energy (DUK), Exelon (EXC), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), PG&E (PCG), E.ON SE Sponsored ADR (Germany) (EONGY), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), Westar Energy (WR), United Utilities Group (UUGRY), SCANA (SCG) and ALLETE (ALE).

News stories about SPKE stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Spark Energy earned a media sentiment score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the utilities provider an impact score of 45.58 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Spark Energy's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.23%), BlackRock Inc. (2.72%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.59%), Heartland Advisors Inc. (1.18%), Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (1.04%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.01%). Company insiders that own Spark Energy stock include Gil Melman, James G Jones II, Jason K Garrett, Nathan Kroeker, Robert Lawrence Lane and W Keith Maxwell III. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Spark Energy.

SPKE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American Century Companies Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Spark Investment Management LLC, Trexquant Investment LP, BlackRock Inc., Bard Associates Inc. and Stifel Financial Corp. Company insiders that have sold Spark Energy company stock in the last year include Gil Melman and W Keith Maxwell III. View Insider Buying and Selling for Spark Energy.

SPKE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc., GSA Capital Partners LLP, Heartland Advisors Inc., Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Seizert Capital Partners LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc. and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. Company insiders that have bought Spark Energy stock in the last two years include Gil Melman, James G Jones II, Jason K Garrett, Nathan Kroeker, Robert Lawrence Lane and W Keith Maxwell III. View Insider Buying and Selling for Spark Energy.

Shares of SPKE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SPKE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $10.05.

Spark Energy has a market capitalization of $344.53 million and generates $798.05 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $18.85 million in net income (profit) each year or ($0.48) on an earnings per share basis. Spark Energy employs 176 workers across the globe.

Spark Energy's mailing address is 12140 Wickchester Ln Suite 100, Houston TX, 77079. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 713-600-2600 or via email at [email protected]