Zacks Research Weighs in on Spire’s Q4 Earnings (NYSE:SR)

Spire Inc. (NYSE:SR) – Research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Spire in a report released on Tuesday, November 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings of ($0.40) per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of ($0.37). The consensus estimate for Spire’s current full-year earnings is $4.51 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Spire’s Q2 2026 earnings at $3.69 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.85 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. LADENBURG THALM/SH SH cut shares of Spire from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $65.50 to $60.50 in a report on Thursday, October 17th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on shares of Spire from $77.00 to $75.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Friday. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Spire from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. StockNews.com cut shares of Spire from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Spire from $70.00 to $69.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Spire currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $68.06.

Spire Stock Up 2.7 %

Shares of Spire stock opened at $72.55 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.24, a quick ratio of 0.35 and a current ratio of 0.45. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.19 billion, a PE ratio of 16.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.13 and a beta of 0.52. Spire has a 52-week low of $56.36 and a 52-week high of $72.71. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $65.87 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $63.84.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Spire

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of SR. Meeder Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Spire in the third quarter worth approximately $25,000. International Assets Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Spire during the second quarter worth $31,000. LRI Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of Spire during the first quarter worth $35,000. Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Spire by 1,318.4% during the third quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 539 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 501 shares during the last quarter. Finally, EntryPoint Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Spire during the first quarter worth $47,000. 87.36% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Spire Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 11th will be issued a dividend of $3.14 per share. This is a boost from Spire’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.76. This represents a $12.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 17.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 11th. Spire’s dividend payout ratio is currently 70.07%.

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.