BofA Securities Upgrades Spire (SR) to Neutral

BofA Securities analyst Ross Fowler upgraded Spire (NYSE: SR) from Underperform to Neutral with a price target of $89.00 (from $76.00).

The analyst comments "We are upgrading Spire to Neutral from Underperform as the risk/reward profile has normalized, in our view. We believe Spire is entering a rebasing phase for earnings driven by a more constructive regulatory environment in Missouri (following the passage of SB6) and the anticipated closing of the Tennessee gas LDC acquisition. Our $89 PO is up from $76 and is based on a sum-of-the-parts analysis. Our PO indicates 1% price upside and ~4% total shareholder potential return. Consistently across our coverage universe we apply the peer gas 2027E P/E multiple of 17.4x up from 16.0x prior. Overall, shares are modestly inexpensive relative to peers (5% discount) and reasonable given improving fundamentals. We expect SR to perform in line with peers as execution risk moderates."

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Shares of Spire closed at $88.11 yesterday.

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