Spire (NYSE:SR) Updates FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Spire (NYSE:SR) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 5.250-5.450 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 5.230. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Spire also updated its FY 2027 guidance to 5.650-5.850 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SR has been the subject of several research reports. Mizuho increased their price objective on shares of Spire from $93.00 to $96.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Bank of America raised Spire from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their price target for the company from $76.00 to $89.00 in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. UBS Group increased their target price on Spire from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $93.00 price objective on shares of Spire in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, BTIG Research raised shares of Spire to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Two investment 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 company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $89.36.

Spire Stock Performance

SR stock opened at $85.21 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $5.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.37, a PEG ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 0.67. Spire has a twelve month low of $68.48 and a twelve month high of $91.11. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $83.66 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $81.64. The company has a quick ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 0.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07.

Spire (NYSE:SR) last issued its earnings results on Friday, November 14th. The utilities provider reported ($0.47) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.46) by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $334.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $439.56 million. Spire had a return on equity of 8.78% and a net margin of 10.96%.The business’s revenue was up 13.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted ($0.54) earnings per share. Spire has set its FY 2027 guidance at 5.650-5.850 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 5.250-5.450 EPS. Analysts predict that Spire will post 4.5 earnings per share for the current year.

Spire Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be issued a $0.825 dividend. This represents a $3.30 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. Spire’s payout ratio is presently 75.00%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Spire

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Private Advisor Group LLC grew its stake in Spire by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 7,402 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $603,000 after purchasing an additional 176 shares during the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Spire by 24.2% during the 3rd quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 975 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $80,000 after purchasing an additional 190 shares during the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Spire by 5.0% in the 2nd quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 6,870 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $501,000 after purchasing an additional 329 shares during the last quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC lifted its position in Spire by 12.0% in the third quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 3,236 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $264,000 after buying an additional 346 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in Spire during the 2nd quarter valued at about $38,000. Institutional investors own 87.36% of the company’s stock.

Spire Company Profile

Spire Inc (NYSE: SR), formerly known as The Laclede Group, is a regulated natural gas distribution company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Through its three operating divisions—Spire Missouri, Spire Alabama and Spire Mississippi—the company delivers natural gas to more than 1.7 million residential, commercial and industrial customers. Spire’s service territory spans key markets in the central and southern United States, including metropolitan St. Louis, central Alabama and central Mississippi.

Founded in 1857 as the Laclede Gas Light Company, the business has grown through strategic acquisitions, notably Alabama Gas Corporation in 2013 and Mississippi Gas in 2016.