Spire - SR Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Spire in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" SR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in SR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Spire's stock. Their SR share price forecasts range from $71.00 to $78.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $73.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.0%.
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Spire's stock was trading at $65.22 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SR shares have increased by 13.6% and is now trading at $74.10.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 1st 2023.
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Spire Inc. (NYSE:SR) announced its earnings results on Monday, November, 22nd. The utilities provider reported ($0.32) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.69) by $0.37. The utilities provider earned $290.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $254.89 million. Spire had a net margin of 10.04% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.48%. Spire's revenue was up 15.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted ($0.37) earnings per share.

Spire announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Wednesday, January 4th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 9th.
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Spire (NYSE:SR) pays an annual dividend of $2.74 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.75%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 18 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 68.84%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SR will have a dividend payout ratio of 60.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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27 employees have rated Spire Chief Executive Officer Suzanne Sitherwood on Glassdoor.com. Suzanne Sitherwood has an approval rating of 64% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Spire investors own include AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), Starbucks (SBUX), Walt Disney (DIS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Coca-Cola (KO), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Home Depot (HD).

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

Spire's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.96%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.31%), State Street Corp (4.48%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.38%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.87%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.78%). Insiders that own company stock include Adam W Woodard, John P Stupp Jr and Steven P Rasche.
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One share of SR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $74.10.

Spire (NYSE:SR) has a market capitalization of $3.89 billion and generates $2.20 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $220.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.98 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,584 workers across the globe.

Spire's mailing address is 700 MARKET STREET, ST LOUIS MO, 63101. The official website for the company is www.spireenergy.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (314) 342-0500, via email at scott.dudley@spireenergy.com, or via fax at 314-421-1979.