Spire Inc. (SR): Price and Financial Metrics

SR POWR Grades

• Growth is the dimension where SR ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 71.68% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SR is in Stability, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• SR's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 7.44% of US stocks).

SR Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of SPIRE INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 0.35% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• For SR, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 96.53% of US equities we're observing.
• The volatility of SPIRE INC's share price is greater than that of merely 0.65% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to SPIRE INC, a group of peers worth examining would be NJR, ARTNA, BKH, LNT, and CWEN.
• SR's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit SPIRE INC's official web site, go to www.spireenergy.com.

SR Valuation Summary

• SR's price/sales ratio is 1.3; this is 43.48% lower than that of the median Utilities stock.
• Over the past 243 months, SR's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 5.3.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SR.

SR Growth Metrics

Its year over year price growth rate is now at -2.56%.
• Its 3 year price growth rate is now at -13.04%.
• The 5 year revenue growth rate now stands at 8.43%.

SR's revenue has moved up $492,100,000 over the prior 52 months.

The table below shows SR's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	2,457.1	114.1	241
2022-09-30	2,198.5	55	205.7
2022-06-30	2,174.5	233.7	203
2022-03-31	2,054.3	245.7	209.6
2021-12-31	2,278.3	12.3	223.3
2021-09-30	2,235.5	249.8	256.5

SR's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• SR has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 13.87% of graded US stocks.
• SR's asset turnover comes in at 0.254 -- ranking 36th of 105 Utilities stocks.
• OKE, DTE, and IDA are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SR.

The table below shows SR's key quality metrics over time.