NYSE:SRSpire Stock Price, Forecast & News

Spire's stock was trading at $73.68 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SR stock has increased by 1.3% and is now trading at $74.62. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

10 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 3 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 Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Spire.

Spire Inc (NYSE:SR) issued its earnings results on Friday, May, 8th. The utilities provider reported $2.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.95 by $0.20. The utilities provider had revenue of $715.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $783.62 million. Spire had a return on equity of 8.35% and a net margin of 8.83%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.90 earnings per share. View Spire's earnings history.

Spire declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.6225 per share on Thursday, July 2nd. This represents a $2.49 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.34%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 10th. View Spire's dividend history.

10 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Spire's stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $89.00. On average, they anticipate Spire's stock price to reach $80.78 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Spire.

Press coverage about SR stock has been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Spire earned a news impact score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutSpire.

Spire saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 777,700 shares, a decline of 23.0% from the April 30th total of 1,010,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 327,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.6% of the company's stock 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), Ultrapar Participacoes (UGP), National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Jersey Resources (NJR), South Jersey Industries (SJI), New Fortress Energy (NFE), Northwest Natural (NWN) and Just Energy Group (JE). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Spire investors own include Starbucks (SBUX), Walt Disney (DIS), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Intel (INTC), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AbbVie (ABBV), Dominion Energy (D) and Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET).

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 BlackRock Inc. (11.71%), State Street Corp (3.55%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.04%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.78%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (1.54%) and Invesco Ltd. (1.54%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, UBS Group AG, Invesco Ltd., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bessemer Group Inc., and First Trust Advisors LP. View insider buying and selling activity for Spire.

SR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FDx Advisors Inc., FDx Advisors Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Vident Investment Advisory LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, and State of Tennessee Treasury Department. 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 $74.62.

Spire has a market capitalization of $3.82 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.

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]