NASDAQ:SPKESpark Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Spark Energy Inc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $7.52 -0.03 (-0.40 %) (As of 08/3/2020 11:09 AM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$7.39Now: $7.52▼$7.5550-Day Range$6.72MA: $7.22▼$7.7852-Week Range$5.25Now: $7.52▼$11.47Volume828 shsAverage Volume136,234 shsMarket Capitalization$265.53 millionP/E Ratio35.81Dividend Yield9.60%Beta0.54 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Spark Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an independent retail energy services company in the United States. It operates through two segments, Retail Electricity and Retail Natural Gas. The company engages in the retail distribution of electricity and natural gas to residential and commercial customers. As of December 31, 2018, it operated in 94 utility service territories across 19 states and the District of Columbia, and had approximately 908,000 residential customer equivalents. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 1.0 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingSpark Energy has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $8.00, Spark Energy has a potential upside of 6.0% from its current price of $7.55.Amount of Analyst CoverageSpark Energy has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 2.6 Community Rank Outperform VotesSpark Energy has received 398 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesSpark Energy has received 370 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentSpark Energy has received 51.82% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Spark Energy and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe SPKE will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe SPKE will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 1.7 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipSpark Energy is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 9.60%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthSpark Energy does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Spark Energy is 107.35%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Previous Next 1.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Spark Energy insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders66.93% of the stock of Spark Energy is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.Percentage Held by InstitutionsOnly 26.75% of the stock of Spark Energy is held by institutions. Previous Next 0.0 Earnings and Valuation Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Spark Energy is 35.95, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 14.65.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Spark Energy is 35.95, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 28.89.Price to Book Value per Share RatioSpark Energy has a P/B Ratio of 3.95. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 1.0Community Rank: 2.6Dividend Strength: 1.7Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 0.0 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.25 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NASDAQ Industry Electric & other services combined Sub-IndustryN/A SectorUtilities Current SymbolNASDAQ:SPKE Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIK1606268 Webwww.sparkenergy.com Phone713-600-2600Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.42 Current Ratio1.50 Quick Ratio1.50Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio35.81 Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$813.72 million Price / Sales0.33 Cash Flow$1.71 per share Price / Cash Flow4.40 Book Value$1.91 per share Price / Book3.94Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$0.68 Net Income$8.45 million Net Margins1.65% Return on Equity32.94% Return on Assets5.41%Miscellaneous Employees176 Outstanding Shares35,310,000Market Cap$265.53 million Next Earnings Date8/13/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable $7.52 -0.03 (-0.40 %) (As of 08/3/2020 11:09 AM ET) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive SPKE News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for SPKE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Spark Energy (NASDAQ:SPKE) Frequently Asked Questions How has Spark Energy's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Spark Energy's stock was trading at $8.19 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SPKE shares have decreased by 8.2% and is now trading at $7.52. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Spark Energy? 1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Spark Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Spark Energy. When is Spark Energy's next earnings date? Spark Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 13th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Spark Energy. How were Spark Energy's earnings last quarter? Spark Energy Inc (NASDAQ:SPKE) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The utilities provider reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.02 by $0.18. The utilities provider earned $166.68 million during the quarter. Spark Energy had a return on equity of 32.94% and a net margin of 1.65%. View Spark Energy's earnings history. How often does Spark Energy pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Spark Energy? Spark Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 17th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.181 per share on Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 9.63%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 31st. View Spark Energy's dividend history. When did Spark Energy's stock split? How did Spark Energy's stock split work? 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 issued to shareholders after the closing bell 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. What price target have analysts set for SPKE? 1 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Spark Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $8.00. On average, they anticipate Spark Energy's share price to reach $8.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Spark Energy. Has Spark Energy been receiving favorable news coverage? Media stories about SPKE stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Spark Energy earned a media sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Spark Energy. Who are some of Spark Energy's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Spark Energy include Duke Energy (DUK), Exelon (EXC), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), E.ON SE Sponsored ADR (Germany) (EONGY), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), PG&E (PCG), Evergy (EVRG), Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), United Utilities Group (UUGRY), ALLETE (ALE) and Innergex Renewable Energy (INGXF). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Spark Energy own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Spark Energy investors own include Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), AT&T (T), Apollo Global Management (APO), Bank of America (BAC), Intelsat (I), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Fossil Group (FOSL), Ring Energy (REI), Ring Energy (REI) and Two Harbors Investment (TWO). Who are Spark Energy's key executives? Spark Energy's management team includes the following people: Mr. Nathan G. Kroeker, Pres, CEO & Director (Age 45)Mr. Jason K. Garrett, Exec. VP of Retail (Age 50)Mr. Robert Lawrence Lane, VP & CFO (Age 47)Ms. C. Alexis Keene, Interim Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec.Mr. Michael Kuznar, Pres of Retailco What is Spark Energy's stock symbol? Spark Energy trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SPKE." Who are Spark Energy's major shareholders? Spark Energy's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (1.17%), Sanders Morris Harris LLC (0.73%), Belpointe Asset Management LLC (0.40%), Strs Ohio (0.19%), Triton Wealth Management PLLC (0.06%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Spark Energy stock include Gil Melman, James G Jones II, Jason K Garrett, Nathan Kroeker and W Keith Maxwell III. View institutional ownership trends for Spark Energy. Which institutional investors are selling Spark Energy stock? SPKE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sanders Morris Harris LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, and UBS Group AG. View insider buying and selling activity for Spark Energy. Which institutional investors are buying Spark Energy stock? SPKE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Belpointe Asset Management LLC, Triton Wealth Management PLLC, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, and Strs Ohio. Company insiders that have bought Spark Energy stock in the last two years include James G Jones II, Nathan Kroeker, and W Keith Maxwell III. View insider buying and selling activity for Spark Energy. How do I buy shares of 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. What is Spark Energy's stock price today? One share of SPKE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $7.52. How big of a company is Spark Energy? Spark Energy has a market capitalization of $265.53 million and generates $813.72 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $8.45 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.68 on an earnings per share basis. Spark Energy employs 176 workers across the globe. What is Spark Energy's official website? The official website for Spark Energy is www.sparkenergy.com. How can I contact Spark Energy? 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] This page was last updated on 8/3/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for $1.00 Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. 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