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

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

Spire declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 2nd. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 3.12%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 8th. View Spire's Dividend History.

Spire Inc (NYSE:SR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $2.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.48 by $0.35. The utilities provider had revenue of $813.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $685.12 million. Spire had a return on equity of 9.99% and a net margin of 11.37%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 22.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.38 earnings per share. 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 issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.65-$3.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.73.

9 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Spire's shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate Spire's stock price to reach $71.8571 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.3%. 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).

News stories about SR stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Spire earned a media sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the utilities provider an impact score of 46.07 out of 100, indicating 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 a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC (1.41%), Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (1.02%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.05%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.03%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Spire.

SR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 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 $72.05.

Spire has a market capitalization of $3.45 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]