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 (WHO). Since then, SR stock has decreased by 9.9% and is now trading at $66.35. 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 2 sell ratings, 5 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) posted 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 business's quarterly revenue was down 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.90 earnings per share. View Spire's earnings history.

Spire declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 11th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 3.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 10th. View Spire's dividend history.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Spire's stock. Their forecasts range from $67.00 to $89.00. On average, they anticipate Spire's stock price to reach $76.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Spire.

Headlines about SR stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Spire earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage 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 several days. View the latest news about Spire.

Spire saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 454,100 shares, a decrease of 20.3% from the June 15th total of 569,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 307,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 0.9% 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.01%), Diversified Trust Co (0.01%) and Ellevest Inc. (0.00%). 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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Spire.

SR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diversified Trust Co, and Ellevest 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 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 $66.35.

Spire has a market capitalization of $3.40 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]