Spire (SR) Competitors $73.69 -1.71 (-2.27%) Closing price 05/28/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$73.72 +0.03 (+0.03%) As of 05/28/2025 04:13 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours 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 Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) and Spire (NYSE:SR) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability. Is EBR or SR 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 Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás26.50% 9.00% 3.82% Spire 9.70%7.88%2.22% Do analysts recommend EBR or SR? Spire has a consensus price target of $77.20, indicating a potential upside of 4.76%. Given Spire's higher possible upside, 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 Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 4.00Spire 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 Does the media refer more to EBR or SR? In the previous week, Spire had 16 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Spire and 3 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Spire's score of 0.79 indicating that Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment 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 Spire 9 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is EBR or SR a better dividend stock? 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 an annual dividend of $3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. 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. Which has more volatility and risk, EBR or SR? Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spire has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EBR or SR? 2.6% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Spire shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Spire shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Does the MarketBeat Community favor EBR or SR? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCentrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - EletrobrásOutperform Votes16358.63% Underperform Votes11541.37% SpireOutperform Votes41357.28% Underperform Votes30842.72% Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EBR or SR? 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 RatioCentrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás$41.88B0.39$977.82M$0.769.62Spire$2.43B1.79$250.90M$4.0618.15 SummarySpire beats Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás on 11 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$4.35B$12.94B$16.19B$19.39BDividend Yield4.27%3.29%5.65%3.91%P/E Ratio17.8411.7220.5934.83Price / Sales1.792.7139.5042.55Price / Cash8.129.0618.6817.51Price / Book1.401.792.124.74Net Income$250.90M$1.29B$674.16M$1.02B7 Day Performance0.26%-0.68%1.67%1.20%1 Month Performance-4.36%-3.93%3.78%4.62%1 Year Performance24.64%10.60%11.09%6.90% Spire Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SRSpire3.9594 of 5 stars$73.69-2.3%$77.20+4.8%+24.2%$4.35B$2.43B17.843,710Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionEBRCentrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás2.2413 of 5 stars$7.47+1.6%N/A+4.4%$16.78B$40.18B9.8312,100Short Interest ↑LNTAlliant Energy3.7274 of 5 stars$63.09+1.0%$63.55+0.7%+23.0%$16.21B$4.08B23.453,130Positive NewsEVRGEvergy4.06 of 5 stars$67.12+0.3%$72.44+7.9%+23.6%$15.44B$5.89B18.144,510Positive NewsWESWestern Midstream Partners1.1989 of 5 stars$39.25-1.0%$38.33-2.3%+1.7%$14.97B$3.63B10.011,220Short Interest ↑SBSCompanhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP1.526 of 5 stars$20.64+0.6%N/A+43.0%$14.11B$36.15B8.1312,500Short Interest ↑KEPKorea Electric Power1.4543 of 5 stars$10.42+4.5%N/A+52.5%$13.38B$93.51T4.8248,800Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeWTRGEssential Utilities4.7947 of 5 stars$39.14+0.7%$43.50+11.1%+4.4%$10.97B$2.26B19.573,210Positive NewsShort Interest ↓TLNTalen Energy0.9479 of 5 stars$240.30-1.9%$240.180.0%+115.2%$10.94B$2.09B12.864,981Positive NewsDTMDT Midstream3.5562 of 5 stars$103.56-0.4%$108.27+4.6%+57.8%$10.52B$1.04B25.20360Positive NewsShort Interest ↑ELPCCompanhia Paranaense de EnergiaN/A$8.19+1.5%N/A+26.6%$8.76B$23.13B11.706,320News CoverageShort 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 5/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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