NYSE:SR - Spire Stock Price, Price Target & More

Spire trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SR."

Spire announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.5625 per share on Tuesday, July 3rd. This represents a $2.25 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 8th. View Spire's Dividend History.

Spire Inc (NYSE:SR) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $2.83 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.48 by $0.35. The utilities provider earned $813.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $685.12 million. Spire had a net margin of 11.37% and a return on equity of 9.99%. The company's revenue was up 22.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.38 EPS. View Spire's Earnings History.

Spire is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 31st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Spire.

Spire updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.65-$3.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.73.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Spire's stock. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Spire's stock price to reach $71.8571 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.5%. View Analyst Ratings for Spire.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Spire in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Some companies that are related to Spire include Atmos Energy (ATO), Ultrapar Participacoes (UGP), National Fuel Gas (NFG), WGL (WGL), New Jersey Resources (NJR), ONE Gas (OGS), South Jersey Industries (SJI), Northwest Natural Gas (NWN) and Just Energy Group (JE).

Media stories about SR stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty 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. Spire earned a daily sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the utilities provider an impact score of 49.55 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Spire's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC (1.41%), Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (1.02%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.49%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.05%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Spire.

SR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hennessy Advisors Inc., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY. View Insider Buying and Selling for Spire.

SR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for Spire.

Shares of SR 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 SR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $72.20.

Spire has a market capitalization of $3.49 billion and generates $1.74 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $161.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.56 on an earnings per share basis. Spire employs 3,279 workers across the globe.

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]