NYSE:SR - Spire Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Spire announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 30th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.592 per share on Wednesday, October 2nd. This represents a $2.37 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 10th. View Spire's Dividend History.

Spire Inc (NYSE:SR) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The utilities provider reported $0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.03. The utilities provider had revenue of $321.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $333.14 million. Spire had a net margin of 9.74% and a return on equity of 7.56%. Spire's revenue for the quarter was down 8.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.31 earnings per share. View Spire's Earnings History.

Spire is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 21st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Spire.

Spire issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.70-3.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.75.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Spire's stock. Their predictions range from $72.00 to $89.00. On average, they expect Spire's share price to reach $79.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Spire.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Spire in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings and 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Spire.

Media headlines about SR stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Spire earned a news sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Spire.

Some companies that are related to Spire include Atmos Energy (ATO), ENAGAS S A/ADR (ENGGY), Ultrapar Participacoes (UGP), ONE Gas (OGS), National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Jersey Resources (NJR), 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), Marathon Oil (MRO), Alphabet (GOOG), Texas Instruments (TXN), Walt Disney (DIS), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Home Depot (HD), Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Mondi (MNDI).

Spire's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.75%), BlackRock Inc. (11.75%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.47%), Northern Trust Corp (2.26%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.04%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.86%). 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 Bessemer Group Inc., Susquehanna International Group LLP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Royal Bank of Canada, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc. and Vanguard Group Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Spire.

SR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Man Group plc, Citadel Advisors LLC, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, First Trust Advisors LP and Prudential Financial Inc.. 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 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 $86.74.

Spire has a market capitalization of $4.40 billion and generates $1.97 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $214.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.72 on an earnings per share basis. Spire employs 3,366 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]