* Note: Prices are in Million (M) USD.
Description:
Spire Inc. engages in the purchase, retail distribution, and sale of natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and other end-users of natural gas in the United States. The company is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
These criteria used Company's Cash, EBITDA and Debt balance to determines its fair value:
Cash : $0 M
Debt : $0 M
EBITDA : $0 M
This criteria used industry in which company operates:
Sector: Utilities
Industry: Utilities - regulated gas
Based on industry, 3 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's Price To Earning (P/E) Ratio to determines its fair value:
Forward PE Ratio: 17.10
Since Forward PE Ratio is between 15 - 20, 3 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's ability to convert Sales into free cash flow to determine fair value:
Error: Invalid cash flow data provided.Using default values for calculation.
Based on default values, 1 points assigned.
This criteria used company's growth potential to calculate its fair value:
Error: Invalid income data provided.Using default values for calculation.
This criteria used Company's ability to buy back its own share:
Error: Invalid balance sheet data provided.Using default values for calculation.
Based on default values, 0 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's dividend payout ratio to determine its fair value:
Next Year Earnings Per Share (EPS): $5.50
Trailing 12-Month Earnings Per Share (EPS): $4.02
Average Earnings Per Share (EPS): $4.76
Dividend Per Share (DPS): $3
Payout Ratio: 69%
Dividend Yield: 4.04%
Since company Payout Ratio is greater than 50, 1 point assigned.
Since Dividend Yield is greater than 4, 4 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's Return On Equity (ROE%) to determine its fair value:
Error: Invalid income data provided.Skipping ROE-based PE.
This criteria used Company's current price to its 52 week low price to determines its fair value:
Current Price: $81.36
52-Week Low: $71.90
Threshold Price (15% Above 52-Week Low): $82.69
Since Current price is within 15% threshold, 5 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's Market Cap to determines its fair value:
Market Capitalization: $4,741 M
Since Market Cap is less than 10B, 1 point assigned.
% Exposure to Total Portfolio
Based on the market cap, we recommend do not exceed 2% exposure of Total Portfolio.
Warren Buffett's Owners' Earnings:
No positive free cash flow found (TTM or annual) to compute Owners' Earnings per share.
Note: Many fast-growing companies reinvest heavily, so Owners' Earnings may appear low.
Consider other factors in your valuation.
Value-Trade has assigned 19 points to above Spire Inc (SR) stock.
Fair Value PE
12, Industry Based PE
15, Risk-Free Anchored PE (25% MoS)
16.03. Based on these 3 values, average assigned is
14.34. Value-Trades has assined P/E value
14.34. An average (Current Year EPS + Next Year EPS) earning per share is
$4.7575.
Fair value using multiple P/Es (blended): $68.23 (PE 14.34 × EPS $4.76)
So the Final Fair Value is: $68.23
Understanding the Value-Trades P/E Blend (click to expand)
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What goes into the blended P/E?
- 20-Year Avg P/E — Long-run market baseline; conservative anchor.
- Fair Value P/E — Score-based (cash, debt, sector, etc.).
- Industry P/E — Peer group norm.
- Growth-Based P/E — Uses tapered growth rates, floored at 15.
- RCFC-Based P/E — Maps cash conversion efficiency.
- ROE-Based P/E — Higher ROE supports higher multiples.
- Risk-Free Anchored P/E — Macro floor tied to 10y yield w/ MoS.
How it works
- Extreme values are clamped/filtered (IQR method).
- Anchors (20y avg, RCFC/ROE, risk-free) are always kept if valid.
- Final fair value = min(Blended PE × EPS, Avg PE × EPS).
P/E Reference Summary
Using EPS: $4.76
| Source |
P/E Ratio |
Implied Fair Value |
| Value-Trades Assigned | 14.34 | $68.22 |
