Spire (SR) to Release Earnings on Wednesday

Spire (NYSE:SR) is expected to announce its Q2 2025 earnings results before the market opens on Wednesday, April 30th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $3.70 per share and revenue of $1.15 billion for the quarter. Spire has set its FY 2025 guidance at 4.400-4.600 EPS.

Spire (NYSE:SR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The utilities provider reported $1.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.42 by ($0.08). Spire had a net margin of 9.70% and a return on equity of 7.88%. On average, analysts expect Spire to post $5 EPS for the current fiscal year and $5 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Spire Trading Up 1.4 %

Shares of SR stock opened at $77.81 on Wednesday. Spire has a fifty-two week low of $57.77 and a fifty-two week high of $79.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 0.37 and a current ratio of 0.50. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $76.19 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $70.87. The company has a market cap of $4.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.84, a PEG ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.56.

Spire Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 11th were paid a $0.785 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 11th. This represents a $3.14 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.04%. Spire’s dividend payout ratio is currently 76.03%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently issued reports on SR. Guggenheim increased their target price on shares of Spire from $67.00 to $72.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 1st. StockNews.com upgraded Spire from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 3rd. LADENBURG THALM/SH SH raised Spire to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Spire from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $72.00 to $85.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 20th. Finally, Mizuho upped their target price on Spire from $76.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $76.70.

Spire Company Profile

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.