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Spire (SR) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 5.28% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Spire Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Spire's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $9,601 Mil. Spire's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $507 Mil. Spire's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 5.28%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Spire's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

SR' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.8   Med: 5.33   Max: 6.48
Current: 5.39

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Spire was 6.48%. The lowest was 2.80%. And the median was 5.33%.

SR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
56.43% of 498 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 6.12 vs SR: 5.39

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Spire's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 6.03%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Spire Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Spire's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Spire Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Spire Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.38 6.31 5.13 5.59 5.79

Spire Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.82 6.02 5.79 5.54 5.28

Competitive Comparison of Spire's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Spire's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Spire's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Spire's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Spire's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.


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Spire Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Spires Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=510.7/8816.8975
=5.79 %

Spire's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $507 Mil.



Spire  (NYSE:SR) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Spire Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
700 Market Street, Saint Louis, MO, USA, 63101
Spire Inc is a public utility holding company with three reportable business segments: Gas Utility, Gas Marketing and Midstream. The Gas Utility segment includes the regulated operations of Laclede Gas, Alabama Gas Corporation ('Alagasco') changed its name to Spire Alabama Inc. effective September 1, 2017, and Laclede Gas Company changed its name to Spire Missouri Inc. effective August 30, 2017. The Gas Utility segment generates a majority of the company's revenue but is subject to seasonal fluctuations. The Gas Marketing segment includes Laclede Energy Resources, Inc, whose operations include the marketing of natural gas and related activities on a non-regulated basis and the Midstream segment includes transportation and storage of natural gas. Maximum revenue from residential area.
Executives
Adam W. Woodard officer: Treasurer 700 MARKET STREET, ST. LOUIS MO 63101
Joseph B. Hampton officer: President, AL & MS 700 MARKET STREET, ST. LOUIS MO 63101
Paul D Koonce director P O BOX 26532, RICHMOND VA 23261
Maria V. Fogarty director 700 MARKET STREET, ST. LOUIS MO 63101
Steven P Rasche officer: Executive Vice President 700 MARKET STREET, ST. LOUIS MO 63101
Stephen M Mills officer: Senior Vice President 700 MARKET STREET, ST. LOUIS MO 63101
Vincent J Ferrari director 12555 MANCHESTER ROAD, DES PERES MO 63131
Brenda D Newberry director 700 MARKET STREET, ST. LOUIS MO 63101
Carrie J Hightman director C/O NISOURCE INC., 801 E. 86TH AVENUE, MERRILLVILLE IN 46410
Stupp John P Jr director STUPP JOHN P JR, #18 ST. ANDREWS DR., ST LOUIS MO 63124
Scott B. Carter officer: SVP, COO of Distribution Ops 700 MARKET STREET, ST. LOUIS MO 63101
Stephen S Schwartz director 46897 BAYSIDE PARKWAY, FREMONT CA 94538
Rob L. Jones director 555 EAST AIRTEX DRIVE, HOUSTON TX 77073
Mark A Borer director
Edward L Glotzbach director C/O VISUAL NETWORKS INC, 2092 GAITHER ROAD, ROCKVILLE MD 20850

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