Spire Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:SR)

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

Spire declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 30th. Investors 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 2.80%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 10th. View Spire's Dividend History.

Spire Inc (NYSE:SR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The utilities provider reported $0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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%. The business's revenue was down 8.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $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 updated 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 estimate of $3.75.

4 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Spire's shares. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $89.00. On average, they anticipate Spire's stock price to reach $81.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Spire.

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

News coverage about SR stock has been trending negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Spire earned a coverage optimism score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories 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 few days. View News Stories for Spire.

Spire saw a decline in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,550,000 shares, a decline of 8.8% from the August 30th total of 1,700,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 219,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.1 days. Approximately 3.1% of the company's shares are short sold. View Spire's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Spire include Atmos Energy (ATO), ENAGAS S A/ADR (ENGGY), Ultrapar Participacoes (UGP), ONE Gas (OGS), New Jersey Resources (NJR), National Fuel Gas (NFG), 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 Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.04%), Fruth Investment Management (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). 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 Pacer Advisors Inc. and Fruth Investment Management. View Insider Buying and Selling for Spire.

SR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $84.47.

Spire has a market capitalization of $4.29 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]