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Spire (SR) Competitors

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SR vs. EBR, LNT, EVRG, WES, SBS, KEP, TLN, DTM, WTRG, and ELPC

Should you be buying Spire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spire include Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (EBR), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp (SBS), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Talen Energy (TLN), DT Midstream (DTM), Essential Utilities (WTRG), and Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (ELPC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Spire vs. Its Competitors

Spire (NYSE:SR) and Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (NYSE:EBR) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

Spire currently has a consensus price target of $77.40, indicating a potential upside of 5.54%. Given Spire's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Spire is more favorable than Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Spire
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras has higher revenue and earnings than Spire. Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras 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 Ratio
Spire$2.59B1.67$250.90M$4.0618.06
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras$7.45B2.23$1.92B$0.769.72

87.4% of Spire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Spire shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Spire pays an annual dividend of $3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras 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 El�tricas Brasileiras 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.

Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras has a net margin of 23.69% compared to Spire's net margin of 10.22%. Spire's return on equity of 8.49% beat Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Spire10.22% 8.49% 2.39%
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras 23.69%8.14%3.46%

Spire has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Spire had 3 more articles in the media than Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Spire and 0 mentions for Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras. Spire's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras' score of 0.00 indicating that Spire is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Spire Neutral
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras Neutral

Summary

Spire beats Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SR vs. The Competition

MetricSpireUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.32B$9.29B$15.86B$20.43B
Dividend Yield4.30%3.61%5.59%3.76%
P/E Ratio18.0510.9420.3927.62
Price / Sales1.672.2928.7836.40
Price / Cash8.029.1419.1021.79
Price / Book1.421.532.164.52
Net Income$250.90M$531.39M$751.09M$984.47M
7 Day Performance0.53%0.87%1.38%2.61%
1 Month Performance-1.72%6.55%3.30%4.99%
1 Year Performance21.04%21.26%17.18%13.53%

Spire Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SR
Spire
3.1943 of 5 stars
$73.76
+0.3%
$77.40
+4.9%
+22.1%$4.35B$2.59B18.163,475
EBR
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras
1.3937 of 5 stars
$7.27
+0.6%
N/A+14.5%$16.32B$7.45B9.567,710
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.3463 of 5 stars
$61.34
+1.3%
$63.95
+4.3%
+20.9%$15.76B$3.98B21.152,998Positive News
EVRG
Evergy
4.1287 of 5 stars
$68.47
+1.9%
$73.19
+6.9%
+31.8%$15.75B$5.89B18.024,731Analyst Revision
WES
Western Midstream Partners
2.1023 of 5 stars
$38.68
+0.3%
$39.83
+3.0%
-5.0%$14.75B$3.61B11.551,511
SBS
Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp
1.4669 of 5 stars
$20.61
-0.7%
N/A+60.2%$14.08B$6.70B7.6910,552
KEP
Korea Electric Power
1.4595 of 5 stars
$10.36
-3.4%
N/A+94.1%$13.30B$68.46B5.1848,440High Trading Volume
TLN
Talen Energy
0.7459 of 5 stars
$291.59
+1.0%
$246.33
-15.5%
+141.4%$13.27B$2.12B30.281,894Positive News
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DTM
DT Midstream
2.8921 of 5 stars
$106.39
+0.1%
$109.27
+2.7%
+49.4%$10.81B$981M28.99360Positive News
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.7221 of 5 stars
$38.03
+1.8%
$43.50
+14.4%
+1.6%$10.66B$2.09B17.053,291
ELPC
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel
N/A$8.43
+0.3%
N/A+46.5%$9.01B$4.20B12.046,320

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This page (NYSE:SR) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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