NYSE:SRSpire Stock Price, Forecast & News

Spire's stock was trading at $73.68 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SR stock has increased by 7.7% and is now trading at $79.34. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Spire is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Spire.

Spire Inc (NYSE:SR) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 5th. The utilities provider reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.26 by $0.07. The utilities provider earned $566.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $588.22 million. Spire had a net margin of 9.53% and a return on equity of 7.85%. Spire's revenue was down 5.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.30 earnings per share. View Spire's earnings history.

Spire announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.6225 per share on Thursday, April 2nd. This represents a $2.49 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.14%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 10th. This is a boost from Spire's previous quarterly dividend of $0.59. View Spire's dividend history.

9 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Spire's stock. Their forecasts range from $74.00 to $89.00. On average, they expect Spire's stock price to reach $83.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Spire.

Media stories about SR stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Spire earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutSpire.

Spire saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 1,414,600 shares, an increase of 47.9% from the February 27th total of 956,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 270,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.2 days. Approximately 2.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Spire's Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Spire investors own include Starbucks (SBUX), AT&T (T), Walt Disney (DIS), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Altria Group (MO), Verizon Communications (VZ), PepsiCo (PEP), Home Depot (HD), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA).

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 shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own Spire stock include Edward L Glotzbach, Sharon Osberg and Steven P Rasche. View institutional ownership trends for Spire.

SR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Spire stock in the last two years include Edward L Glotzbach, Sharon Osberg, and Steven P Rasche. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of SR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $79.34.

Spire has a market capitalization of $4.05 billion and generates $1.95 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $184.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.73 on an earnings per share basis. Spire employs 3,536 workers across the globe. View additional information about Spire.

The official website for Spire is http://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]