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It doesn't matter your age or experience: taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals for all investors.
While you may have an investing style you rely on, finding great stocks is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores. These are complementary indicators that rate stocks based on value, growth, and/or momentum characteristics.
Why Investors Should Pay Attention to This Value Stock
Finding good stocks at good prices, and discovering which companies are trading under their true value, are what value investors like to focus on. So, the Value Style Score takes into account ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, and Price/Cash Flow to highlight the most attractive and discounted stocks.
Spire (SR)
Spire Inc. is a natural gas company efficiently serving more than 1.7 million customers in the United States. It was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. The company continues to expand business organically via making systematic investments to expand infrastructure and advance through innovation. More than 90% of its profits come from regulated operations, which provide a clear idea about future earnings. The company operates more than 60,000 miles of pipelines. Its natural gas-related businesses include Spire Marketing, Spire STL Pipeline and Spire Storage. The company operates via segments, namely Gas Utility, Gas Marketing and Midstream.
SR boasts a Value Style Score of B and VGM Score of A, and holds a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) rating. Shares of Spire are trading at a forward earnings multiple of 16.9X, as well as a PEG Ratio of 2.6, a Price/Cash Flow ratio of 8.4X, and a Price/Sales ratio of 1.9X.
A company's earnings performance is important for value investors as well. For fiscal 2025, one analyst revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for SR, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.00 to $4.50 per share. SR also holds an average earnings surprise of 2.5%.
Investors should take the time to consider SR for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Ranks, notable earnings and valuation metrics, and impressive Value and VGM Style Scores.
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