SR Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Chesapeake Utilities has a net margin of 19.91% compared to Spire's net margin of 17.04%. Spire's return on equity of 7.51% beat Chesapeake Utilities's return on equity of 9.13%.

Spire has a consensus price target of $78.89, signalling upside risk potential of 9.51%. On the other hand Chesapeake Utilities has an analysts' consensus of $136.67 which suggests that it could grow by 14.84%. Given that Chesapeake Utilities has higher upside potential than Spire, analysts believe Chesapeake Utilities is more attractive than Spire.

Spire has a beta of 0.634, which suggesting that the stock is 36.613% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Chesapeake Utilities has a beta of 0.662, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 33.768%.

Spire has a quarterly dividend of $0.79 per share corresponding to a yield of 4.32%. Chesapeake Utilities offers a yield of 2.19% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.69 per share. Spire pays 72.5% of its earnings as a dividend. Chesapeake Utilities pays out 45.7% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Spire quarterly revenues are $1.1B, which are larger than Chesapeake Utilities quarterly revenues of $298.7M. Spire's net income of $209.3M is higher than Chesapeake Utilities's net income of $50.9M. Notably, Spire's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.74x while Chesapeake Utilities's PE ratio is 22.00x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Spire is 1.72x versus 3.22x for Chesapeake Utilities. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

ONE Gas has a net margin of 19.91% compared to Spire's net margin of 12.77%. Spire's return on equity of 7.51% beat ONE Gas's return on equity of 8.23%.

Spire has a consensus price target of $78.89, signalling upside risk potential of 9.51%. On the other hand ONE Gas has an analysts' consensus of $77.50 which suggests that it could grow by 8.01%. Given that Spire has higher upside potential than ONE Gas, analysts believe Spire is more attractive than ONE Gas.

Spire has a beta of 0.634, which suggesting that the stock is 36.613% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison ONE Gas has a beta of 0.816, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 18.398%.

Spire has a quarterly dividend of $0.79 per share corresponding to a yield of 4.32%. ONE Gas offers a yield of 3.71% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.67 per share. Spire pays 72.5% of its earnings as a dividend. ONE Gas pays out 67.07% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Spire quarterly revenues are $1.1B, which are larger than ONE Gas quarterly revenues of $935.2M. Spire's net income of $209.3M is higher than ONE Gas's net income of $119.4M. Notably, Spire's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.74x while ONE Gas's PE ratio is 17.33x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Spire is 1.72x versus 1.84x for ONE Gas. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a net margin of 19.91% compared to Spire's net margin of 8.78%. Spire's return on equity of 7.51% beat Southwest Gas Holdings's return on equity of 6.21%.

Spire has a consensus price target of $78.89, signalling upside risk potential of 9.51%. On the other hand Southwest Gas Holdings has an analysts' consensus of $78.14 which suggests that it could grow by 8.04%. Given that Spire has higher upside potential than Southwest Gas Holdings, analysts believe Spire is more attractive than Southwest Gas Holdings.

Spire has a beta of 0.634, which suggesting that the stock is 36.613% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Southwest Gas Holdings has a beta of 0.469, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 53.081%.

Spire has a quarterly dividend of $0.79 per share corresponding to a yield of 4.32%. Southwest Gas Holdings offers a yield of 3.43% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share. Spire pays 72.5% of its earnings as a dividend. Southwest Gas Holdings pays out 89.41% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Spire quarterly revenues are $1.1B, which are smaller than Southwest Gas Holdings quarterly revenues of $1.3B. Spire's net income of $209.3M is higher than Southwest Gas Holdings's net income of $113.9M. Notably, Spire's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.74x while Southwest Gas Holdings's PE ratio is 23.23x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Spire is 1.72x versus 1.08x for Southwest Gas Holdings. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

UGI has a net margin of 19.91% compared to Spire's net margin of 17.97%. Spire's return on equity of 7.51% beat UGI's return on equity of 11.35%.

Spire has a consensus price target of $78.89, signalling upside risk potential of 9.51%. On the other hand UGI has an analysts' consensus of $39.00 which suggests that it could grow by 8.64%. Given that Spire has higher upside potential than UGI, analysts believe Spire is more attractive than UGI.

Spire has a beta of 0.634, which suggesting that the stock is 36.613% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison UGI has a beta of 1.062, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 6.2%.

Spire has a quarterly dividend of $0.79 per share corresponding to a yield of 4.32%. UGI offers a yield of 4.18% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.38 per share. Spire pays 72.5% of its earnings as a dividend. UGI pays out 118.22% of its earnings as a dividend. Spire's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but UGI's is not.

Spire quarterly revenues are $1.1B, which are smaller than UGI quarterly revenues of $2.7B. Spire's net income of $209.3M is lower than UGI's net income of $479M. Notably, Spire's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.74x while UGI's PE ratio is 14.77x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Spire is 1.72x versus 1.06x for UGI. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.