Spire (SR) Competitors $75.07 +0.28 (+0.38%) As of 10:22 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock SR vs. EBR, LNT, EVRG, WES, SBS, KEP, WTRG, TLN, DTM, and ELPCShould you be buying Spire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spire include Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Talen Energy (TLN), DT Midstream (DTM), and Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry. Spire vs. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás Alliant Energy Evergy Western Midstream Partners Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP Korea Electric Power Essential Utilities Talen Energy DT Midstream Companhia Paranaense de Energia Spire (NYSE:SR) and Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends. Does the MarketBeat Community favor SR or EBR? Spire received 250 more outperform votes than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.63% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote while only 57.28% of users gave Spire an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSpireOutperform Votes41357.28% Underperform Votes30842.72% Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - EletrobrásOutperform Votes16358.63% Underperform Votes11541.37% Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SR or EBR? 87.4% of Spire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Spire shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is SR or EBR more profitable? Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a net margin of 26.50% compared to Spire's net margin of 9.70%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' return on equity of 9.00% beat Spire's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Spire9.70% 7.88% 2.22% Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás 26.50%9.00%3.82% Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SR or EBR? Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has higher revenue and earnings than Spire. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSpire$2.43B1.82$250.90M$4.0618.41Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás$41.88B0.40$977.82M$0.769.73 Do analysts rate SR or EBR? Spire currently has a consensus price target of $77.20, suggesting a potential upside of 3.31%. Given Spire's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Spire is more favorable than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Spire 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 4.00 Which has more volatility and risk, SR or EBR? Spire has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to SR or EBR? In the previous week, Spire had 15 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Spire and 3 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. Spire's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' score of 0.69 indicating that Spire is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Spire 8 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is SR or EBR a better dividend stock? Spire pays an annual dividend of $3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Spire pays out 77.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spire has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Spire is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. SummarySpire beats Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Spire News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSpireNatural gas distribution IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$4.41B$12.91B$16.24B$19.46BDividend Yield4.27%3.27%5.67%3.90%P/E Ratio18.0911.6820.7934.73Price / Sales1.822.7040.9041.78Price / Cash8.129.0618.6817.51Price / Book1.421.792.134.74Net Income$250.90M$1.29B$674.16M$1.02B7 Day Performance0.05%-1.90%0.86%1.52%1 Month Performance-2.48%-2.97%3.25%5.32%1 Year Performance24.65%9.65%9.59%6.34% Spire Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SRSpire3.8751 of 5 stars$75.07+0.4%$77.20+2.8%+26.4%$4.44B$2.43B18.213,710Analyst ForecastEBRCentrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás1.8028 of 5 stars$7.47+1.6%N/A+8.8%$16.78B$40.18B9.8312,100Positive NewsShort Interest ↑Gap DownLNTAlliant Energy3.776 of 5 stars$63.09+1.0%$63.55+0.7%+25.3%$16.21B$4.08B23.453,130Positive NewsEVRGEvergy3.4603 of 5 stars$67.12+0.3%$72.44+7.9%+26.0%$15.44B$5.89B18.144,510WESWestern Midstream Partners1.2164 of 5 stars$39.25-1.0%$38.33-2.3%+0.3%$14.97B$3.63B10.011,220Short Interest ↑SBSCompanhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP1.5244 of 5 stars$20.64+0.6%N/A+46.3%$14.11B$36.15B8.1312,500Short Interest ↑KEPKorea Electric Power1.483 of 5 stars$10.42+4.5%N/A+51.2%$13.38B$93.51T4.8248,800Positive NewsGap UpHigh Trading VolumeWTRGEssential Utilities4.8524 of 5 stars$39.14+0.7%$43.50+11.1%+6.6%$10.97B$2.26B19.573,210Positive NewsShort Interest ↓TLNTalen Energy0.7605 of 5 stars$240.30-1.9%$240.180.0%+113.9%$10.94B$2.09B12.864,981Positive NewsDTMDT Midstream3.4584 of 5 stars$103.56-0.4%$108.27+4.6%+58.4%$10.52B$1.04B25.20360Positive NewsShort Interest ↑ELPCCompanhia Paranaense de EnergiaN/A$8.19+1.5%N/A+30.5%$8.76B$23.13B11.706,320Short Interest ↓ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás Competitors Alliant Energy Competitors Evergy Competitors Western Midstream Partners Competitors Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP Competitors Korea Electric Power Competitors Essential Utilities Competitors Talen Energy Competitors DT Midstream Competitors Companhia Paranaense de Energia Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:SR) was last updated on 5/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBuffett’s Next Move Could Shock Wall StreetIn just a few weeks, a move decades in the making could be revealed — and when it is, it could ignite the next...Golden Portfolio | SponsoredElon Musk’s Frightening Warning Forces Trump’s HandElon Musk has avoided two major financial crises before. 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