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

Spire Inc. (NYSE:SR) – Research analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for Spire in a research note issued on Monday, February 24th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will earn ($0.46) per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of ($0.49). The consensus estimate for Spire’s current full-year earnings is $4.50 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Spire’s Q2 2026 earnings at $3.96 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at ($0.10) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.48) EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $1.56 EPS.

Spire (NYSE:SR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The utilities provider reported $1.34 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.42 by ($0.08). Spire had a net margin of 9.70% and a return on equity of 7.88%.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on SR. Mizuho raised Spire from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $65.00 to $76.00 in a research report on Friday, December 20th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on Spire from $70.00 to $69.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. UBS Group lifted their price objective on Spire from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Bank of America began coverage on shares of Spire in a research note on Friday, December 13th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $70.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott started coverage on shares of Spire in a research note on Tuesday, December 17th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $73.00 price target for the company. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Spire has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $71.50.

Spire Trading Down 0.3 %

NYSE:SR opened at $75.65 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $4.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.32, a PEG ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a quick ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 0.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $69.77 and its 200-day moving average price is $67.68. Spire has a 52 week low of $57.27 and a 52 week high of $76.41.

Spire Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 11th will be given a $0.785 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 11th. This represents a $3.14 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.15%. Spire’s payout ratio is presently 76.03%.

Insider Transactions at Spire

In other Spire news, Treasurer Adam W. Woodard sold 1,150 shares of Spire stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $67.47, for a total transaction of $77,590.50. Following the transaction, the treasurer now owns 2,587 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $174,544.89. The trade was a 30.77 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Paul D. Koonce acquired 1,000 shares of Spire stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $73.61 per share, with a total value of $73,610.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now owns 2,425 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $178,504.25. This represents a 70.18 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Corporate insiders own 2.33% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Spire during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $42,432,000. Captrust Financial Advisors bought a new position in shares of Spire during the third quarter worth $39,228,000. Zimmer Partners LP purchased a new position in Spire during the fourth quarter valued at $30,083,000. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its holdings in Spire by 29.0% in the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,022,870 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $69,381,000 after acquiring an additional 229,662 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sourcerock Group LLC purchased a new stake in Spire in the 4th quarter worth $12,567,000. Institutional investors own 87.36% of the company’s stock.

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.