Company Performance - Spire reported quarterly earnings of 3.60pershare,missingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof3.70 per share, but showing an increase from 3.45pershareayearago,resultinginanearningssurpriseof−2.701.05 billion for the quarter ended March 2025, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.97%, and down from 1.13billionyear−over−year[2]−Overthelastfourquarters,SpirehassurpassedconsensusEPSestimatesonlyonceandhasnotbeatenconsensusrevenueestimatesduringthesameperiod[2]StockOutlook−Spireshareshaveincreasedapproximately13.60.13 on revenues of 412.11million,andforthecurrentfiscalyear,itis4.50 on revenues of $2.53 billion [7] Industry Context - The Utility - Gas Distribution industry, to which Spire belongs, is currently ranked in the top 12% of over 250 Zacks industries, indicating a favorable outlook for stocks in this sector [8] - Empirical research suggests a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions, which can be tracked by investors or through tools like the Zacks Rank [5][6]