Spire (SR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Spire in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" SR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in SR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Spire's shares. Their SR share price targets range from $55.00 to $68.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $62.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.0% from the stock's current price.
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Spire's stock was trading at $62.34 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SR shares have decreased by 2.1% and is now trading at $61.03.
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Spire saw a drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,450,000 shares, a drop of 25.6% from the February 29th total of 1,950,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 540,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2024.
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Spire will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 1st at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 412-317-0088 with passcode "8194130".

Spire Inc. (NYSE:SR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 1st. The utilities provider reported $1.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.37 by $0.10. The utilities provider earned $756.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $688.88 million. Spire had a net margin of 8.11% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.27%. The company's revenue was down 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.55 earnings per share.

Spire declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 11th will be given a dividend of $0.755 per share on Tuesday, April 2nd. This represents a $3.02 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 8th.
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Spire (NYSE:SR) pays an annual dividend of $3.02 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.19%. SR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 21 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 81.40%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, SR will have a dividend payout ratio of 66.23% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Spire issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 1st. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.250-4.450 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 4.340. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

27 employees have rated Spire Chief Executive Officer Suzanne Sitherwood on Glassdoor.com. Suzanne Sitherwood has an approval rating of 64% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Spire investors own include AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), Starbucks (SBUX), Walt Disney (DIS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Coca-Cola (KO), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Home Depot (HD).

Spire's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.11%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.11%), Cardinal Capital Management (0.06%), CWM LLC (0.03%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.03%) and State of Michigan Retirement System (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Adam W Woodard, Brenda D Newberry, John P Stupp Jr, Joseph B Hampton, Paul D Koonce and Steven P Rasche.
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