Spire (SR) reported $762.2 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 13.9%. EPS of $1.77 for the same period compares to $1.34 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $712.35 million, representing a surprise of +7%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +9.43%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.62.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Spire performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Operating Revenues- Gas Utility: $693.3 million compared to the $635.67 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +13% year over year.
- Operating Revenues- Gas Marketing: $41.1 million versus $33.32 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +24.6% change.
- Operating Revenues- Other: $5.6 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $4.86 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +19.2%.
- Operating Revenues- Eliminations: $-16.8 million versus $-15.48 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +7.7% change.
- Operating Revenues- Midstream: $39 million versus $38.59 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +16.4% change.
- Operating Income- Gas Marketing: $-3.9 million versus $4.07 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Operating Income- Other: $-5.6 million compared to the $3 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Operating Income- Midstream: $21.4 million versus $20.15 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Operating Income- Gas Utility: $161.6 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $151.31 million.
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Shares of Spire have returned +3.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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