NYSE:SR - Spire Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Spire declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be given a dividend of $0.6225 per share on Thursday, April 2nd. This represents a $2.49 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 10th. This is a boost from Spire's previous quarterly dividend of $0.59. View Spire's Dividend History.

Spire Inc (NYSE:SR) released its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 5th. The utilities provider reported $1.33 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.26 by $0.07. The utilities provider had revenue of $566.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $588.22 million. Spire had a return on equity of 7.85% and a net margin of 9.53%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.30 EPS. View Spire's Earnings History.

Spire is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Spire.

9 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Spire's shares. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $89.00. On average, they expect Spire's stock price to reach $85.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Spire.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Spire in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Spire.

News headlines about SR stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Spire earned a news sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Spire.

Spire saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,260,000 shares, a decrease of 11.3% from the January 15th total of 1,420,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 254,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.0 days. Approximately 2.6% 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), 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 AT&T (T), Starbucks (SBUX), Verizon Communications (VZ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Walt Disney (DIS), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Pfizer (PFE), Intel (INTC), Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Altria Group (MO).

Spire's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.50%), FMR LLC (2.12%), Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (1.88%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.78%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (1.53%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.41%). 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 Franklin Resources Inc., Bessemer Group Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, AQR Capital Management LLC, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Spire.

SR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Principal Financial Group Inc., State Street Corp, Barclays PLC, Prudential Financial Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, OLD Republic International Corp, UBS Group AG and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. 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 $87.18.

Spire has a market capitalization of $4.45 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.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]