Spire Stock Forecast, Price & News

Spire's stock was trading at $73.68 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SR stock has decreased by 17.1% and is now trading at $61.09.
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11 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Spire in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Spire stock.
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6,978 employees have rated Spire CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among Spire's employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Spire is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 4th 2021.
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Spire will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Spire Inc. (NYSE:SR) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 17th. The utilities provider reported ($0.37) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.41) by $0.04. The utilities provider earned $251.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $242.53 million. Spire had a return on equity of 8.88% and a net margin of 4.76%.
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Spire declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 11th will be given a dividend of $0.65 per share on Tuesday, January 5th. This represents a $2.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.26%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 10th. This is a boost from Spire's previous quarterly dividend of $0.62.
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Spire pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.28%. SR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. Spire does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Spire is 69.15%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Spire will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.91% next year. This indicates that Spire will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Spire updated its FY 2021 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 4.00-4.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.04.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Spire's shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $78.00. On average, they expect Spire's stock price to reach $71.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.8% from the stock's current price.
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Spire saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 976,700 shares, an increase of 19.8% from the December 15th total of 815,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 305,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days.
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Some companies that are related to Spire include Atmos Energy (ATO), New Fortress Energy (NFE), ENAGAS S A/ADR (ENGGY), Ultrapar Participações (UGP), National Fuel Gas (NFG), ONE Gas (OGS), New Jersey Resources (NJR), South Jersey Industries (SJI), Northwest Natural (NWN), Just Energy Group (JE) and Stabilis Solutions (SLNG).
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Spire trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SR."

Spire's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.01%), Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.01%) and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Spire stock include Edward L Glotzbach and Steven P Rasche.
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SR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pacer Advisors Inc., Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., and State of Alaska Department of Revenue.
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SR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Exchange Traded Concepts LLC. Company insiders that have bought Spire stock in the last two years include Edward L Glotzbach, and Steven P Rasche.
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Shares of SR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of SR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.09.

Spire has a market capitalization of $3.16 billion and generates $1.86 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $88.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.76 on an earnings per share basis. Spire employs 3,583 workers across the globe.

The official website for Spire is www.spireenergy.com.

Spire's mailing address is 700 MARKET STREET, ST LOUIS MO, 63101. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 314-342-0500 or via email at [email protected]