For the quarter ended March 2025, Spire (SR) reported revenue of $1.05 billion, down 6.8% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $3.60, compared to $3.45 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.09 billion, representing a surprise of -3.97%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -2.70%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $3.70.
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: $970.20 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $982.65 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -9.6%.
- Operating Revenues- Gas Marketing: $53.60 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $37.64 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +16.5%.
- Operating Revenues- Midstream: $38.40 million compared to the $28.36 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +78.6% year over year.
- Operating Revenues- Other: $4.90 million versus $4.07 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +19.5% change.
- Operating Revenues- Eliminations: -$15.80 million compared to the -$4.47 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of 0% year over year.
- Operating Income- Gas Marketing: $12.40 million compared to the $22.55 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Operating Income- Midstream: $21.80 million versus $15.54 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Operating Income- Gas Utility: $272 million compared to the $279.87 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Operating Income- Other: $0.20 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $15.26 million.
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Shares of Spire have returned -2.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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