Spire (NYSE:SR) Updates FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Spire (NYSE:SR) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 5.250-5.450 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 5.180. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Spire also updated its FY 2027 guidance to 5.650-5.850 EPS.

Spire Stock Down 1.6%

Shares of Spire stock opened at $89.13 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $83.01 and a 200 day moving average price of $77.69. The company has a current ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 0.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08. Spire has a twelve month low of $64.44 and a twelve month high of $91.11. The stock has a market cap of $5.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.50 and a beta of 0.72.

Spire (NYSE:SR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, November 14th. The utilities provider reported ($0.47) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.44) by ($0.03). The company had revenue of $334.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $439.56 million. Spire had a return on equity of 8.66% and a net margin of 11.56%. Spire has set its FY 2027 guidance at 5.650-5.850 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 5.250-5.450 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Spire will post 4.5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Spire Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, January 5th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 11th will be given a dividend of $0.825 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 11th. This is an increase from Spire’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.79. This represents a $3.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.7%. Spire’s dividend payout ratio is presently 67.82%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SR has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Mizuho raised their price target on shares of Spire from $83.00 to $93.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. UBS Group raised their price target on shares of Spire from $80.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 13th. BTIG Research raised shares of Spire to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Morgan Stanley set a $91.00 price objective on shares of Spire and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of Spire from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $76.00 to $89.00 in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have given a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $86.08.

Institutional Trading of Spire

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new position in shares of Spire in the 2nd quarter valued at about $38,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in Spire by 1,031.5% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 611 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $45,000 after acquiring an additional 557 shares during the period. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. bought a new position in Spire in the second quarter worth about $48,000. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Spire by 24.2% in the third quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 975 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $80,000 after acquiring an additional 190 shares during the period. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Spire by 66.9% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,699 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $124,000 after acquiring an additional 681 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 87.36% of the company’s stock.

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.