Shares of Spire Inc. (NYSE:SR – Get Free Report) have received an average rating of “Hold” from the eight ratings firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have given a hold recommendation and one has given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $64.94.
Several brokerages have recently weighed in on SR. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of Spire from $64.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 1st. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Spire from $70.00 to $76.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 25th.
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Insider Activity at Spire
Institutional Trading of Spire
Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in SR. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Spire by 1.2% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,626,863 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $345,321,000 after buying an additional 65,486 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its position in shares of Spire by 8.3% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 944,387 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $57,351,000 after acquiring an additional 72,119 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Spire by 11.0% in the 2nd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 698,819 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $42,439,000 after acquiring an additional 69,020 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lifted its position in Spire by 1.7% in the 2nd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 644,525 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $39,142,000 after purchasing an additional 10,562 shares during the last quarter. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its stake in Spire by 0.5% during the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 501,852 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $30,477,000 after purchasing an additional 2,598 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 87.36% of the company’s stock.
Spire Trading Down 0.7 %
NYSE:SR opened at $63.90 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $65.46 and its two-hundred day moving average is $62.69. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.69 billion, a PE ratio of 16.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.17 and a beta of 0.52. Spire has a 12 month low of $54.15 and a 12 month high of $68.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 0.48 and a quick ratio of 0.35.
Spire (NYSE:SR – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 31st. The utilities provider reported ($0.14) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.18) by $0.04. Spire had a return on equity of 8.10% and a net margin of 9.40%. The business had revenue of $414.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $313.86 million. During the same period last year, the business posted ($0.42) EPS. The company’s revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts predict that Spire will post 4.23 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Spire Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 11th were paid a $0.755 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, September 11th. This represents a $3.02 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.73%. Spire’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 76.26%.
About Spire
Spire Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the purchase, retail distribution, and sale of natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and other end-users of natural gas in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Gas Utility, Gas Marketing, and Midstream. It is also involved in the marketing of natural gas and related services; and transportation and storage of natural gas.
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