Spire (SR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Spire in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 7 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research 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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8 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Spire's shares. Their SR share price forecasts range from $61.00 to $78.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $70.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.9% from the stock's current price.
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Spire's stock was trading at $68.86 at the start of the year. Since then, SR shares have decreased by 1.2% and is now trading at $68.01.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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Spire Inc. (NYSE:SR) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The utilities provider reported $3.70 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.49 by $0.21. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $887.98 million. Spire had a net margin of 9.69% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.75%. The company's revenue was up 27.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.42 EPS.

Spire declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, June 12th will be given a dividend of $0.72 per share on Wednesday, July 5th. This represents a $2.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.23%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 9th.
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Spire (NYSE:SR) pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.40%. 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 19 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 61.41%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SR will have a dividend payout ratio of 66.21% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Spire updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.20-$4.30 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $4.25. 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.

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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 investors include American Century Companies Inc. (13.95%), BlackRock Inc. (12.84%), State Street Corp (3.94%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.25%), First Trust Advisors LP (2.19%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.90%). Insiders that own company stock include Adam W Woodard, John P Stupp Jr and Steven P Rasche.
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One share of SR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $68.01.

Spire (NYSE:SR) has a market capitalization of $3.58 billion and generates $2.20 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $220.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.69 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,584 workers across the globe.

Spire's mailing address is 700 MARKET STREET, ST LOUIS MO, 63101. The official website for the company is www.spireenergy.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (314) 342-0500, via email at scott.dudley@spireenergy.com, or via fax at 314-421-1979.