Spire Inc. ( SR ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 09, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.563 per share is scheduled to be paid on April 03, 2018. Shareholders who purchased SR prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 7.24% increase over prior dividend payment.
The previous trading day's last sale of SR was $67.75, representing a -18.23% decrease from the 52 week high of $82.85 and a 12.76% increase over the 52 week low of $60.09.
SR is a part of the Public Utilities sector, which includes companies such as Cheniere Energy Partners, LP ( CQP ) and Cheniere Energy, Inc. ( LNG ). SR's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $4.92. Zacks Investment Research reports SR's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 4.98%, compared to an industry average of 12.9%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the SR Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to SR through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have SR as a top-10 holding:
- PowerShares S&P SmallCap Utilities Portfolio ( PSCU )
- SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Value ETF (based on S&P SmallCap Value ( SLYV )
- iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value ETF ( IJS )
- Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF ( VIOV )
- Vanguard Utilities ETF ( VPU ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is IJS with an increase of 3.4% over the last 100 days. PSCU has the highest percent weighting of SR at 11.61%.
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The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.