Spire (SR) Competitors $77.48 -0.04 (-0.06%) Closing price 04/17/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$77.60 +0.12 (+0.15%) As of 04/17/2025 04:08 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock SR vs. EBR, LNT, EVRG, WES, SBS, WTRG, KEP, DTM, TLN, and ELPCShould you be buying Spire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spire include Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Korea Electric Power (KEP), DT Midstream (DTM), Talen Energy (TLN), and Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry. Spire vs. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás Alliant Energy Evergy Western Midstream Partners Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP Essential Utilities Korea Electric Power DT Midstream Talen Energy Companhia Paranaense de Energia Spire (NYSE:SR) and Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking. Do analysts rate SR or EBR? Spire currently has a consensus target price of $76.70, indicating a potential downside of 1.00%. Given Spire's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Spire is more favorable than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Spire 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 4.00 Which has better valuation & earnings, SR or EBR? Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has higher revenue and earnings than Spire. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSpire$2.51B1.80$250.90M$4.1318.76Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás$40.18B0.40$977.82M$0.828.82 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SR or EBR? 87.4% of Spire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Spire shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is SR or EBR a better dividend stock? Spire pays an annual dividend of $3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Spire pays out 76.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spire has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Is SR or EBR more profitable? Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a net margin of 26.50% compared to Spire's net margin of 9.70%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' return on equity of 9.00% beat Spire's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Spire9.70% 7.88% 2.22% Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás 26.50%9.00%3.82% Does the media favor SR or EBR? In the previous week, Spire had 7 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Spire and 2 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Spire's score of 1.49 indicating that Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Spire 7 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Which has more volatility & risk, SR or EBR? Spire has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SR or EBR? Spire received 249 more outperform votes than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.70% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote while only 57.40% of users gave Spire an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSpireOutperform Votes41157.40% Underperform Votes30542.60% Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - EletrobrásOutperform Votes16258.70% Underperform Votes11441.30% SummaryCentrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás beats Spire on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Spire News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSpireNatural gas distribution IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$4.52B$12.59B$15.72B$18.43BDividend Yield4.18%3.01%5.94%4.22%P/E Ratio18.7611.6915.4731.10Price / Sales1.802.3621.3526.38Price / Cash8.129.0618.5317.54Price / Book1.471.861.984.30Net Income$250.90M$1.29B$667.57M$1.02B7 Day Performance3.79%4.91%3.17%2.90%1 Month Performance1.60%-6.04%1.65%-7.77%1 Year Performance33.12%10.06%11.78%2.31% Spire Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SRSpire3.8996 of 5 stars$77.48-0.1%$76.70-1.0%+33.1%$4.52B$2.51B18.763,710Short Interest ↓Positive NewsEBRCentrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás2.695 of 5 stars$7.21+1.4%N/A-0.5%$16.19B$40.18B8.7912,100Positive NewsLNTAlliant Energy3.472 of 5 stars$61.81+2.0%$63.55+2.8%+25.6%$15.88B$3.98B22.983,130Positive NewsEVRGEvergy2.5837 of 5 stars$67.59+1.6%$69.08+2.2%+35.3%$15.55B$5.85B18.274,510News CoveragePositive NewsWESWestern Midstream Partners1.8753 of 5 stars$37.60+2.6%$38.43+2.2%+10.6%$14.34B$3.61B9.591,220SBSCompanhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP2.6398 of 5 stars$18.55+1.5%N/A+20.4%$12.68B$26.17B7.3012,500Short Interest ↓Positive NewsWTRGEssential Utilities4.0411 of 5 stars$40.13+1.9%$43.50+8.4%+17.4%$11.06B$2.09B20.073,210Positive NewsKEPKorea Electric Power1.4172 of 5 stars$8.25+1.1%N/A+19.3%$10.59B$93.40T3.8248,800DTMDT Midstream3.6876 of 5 stars$94.28+1.6%$104.67+11.0%+54.9%$9.58B$981M22.94360Positive NewsGap UpTLNTalen Energy2.5402 of 5 stars$200.23+1.1%$240.18+20.0%+118.8%$9.11B$2.07B10.724,981Positive NewsGap UpELPCCompanhia Paranaense de EnergiaN/A$6.73+3.4%N/A+7.0%$7.20B$22.65B9.616,320Dividend Cut Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás Competitors Alliant Energy Competitors Evergy Competitors Western Midstream Partners Competitors Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP Competitors Essential Utilities Competitors Korea Electric Power Competitors DT Midstream Competitors Talen Energy Competitors Companhia Paranaense de Energia Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:SR) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Reveals Why There Soon Won’t Be Any Money For Social SecurityElon Musk's Near-Death Experience Sparks Dire Warning for Americans After cheating death twice—once in a te...Colonial Metals | SponsoredThey Won’t Tell You This About GoldInflation, digital currency, and government policy are quietly eating away at your savings — and most people w...American Alternative | Sponsored🥾⛏️👷♂️ What I Learned From Numerous Mine Visits...Twenty years ago, I made a decision that changed my life. 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