secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SPIRE INC (SR)
CIK:        0001126956
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-23-012198
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Spire Q2 FY23 net economic earnings $3.70/share, up from $3.42; guidance narrowed to $4.20-$4.30
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- Net economic earnings $199.2M ($3.70/diluted) vs $181.0M ($3.42) prior year; net income $179.2M ($3.33) vs $173.6M ($3.27).
- Gas Utility NEE $183.9M (+$14.7M) on new rates offset by warmer weather; Gas Marketing NEE $21.8M (+$7.4M) on favorable market.
- FY23 NEE guidance narrowed to $4.20-$4.30 per share from original midpoint $4.15; capex plan remains $700M for FY23.
- Quarterly common dividend of $0.72/share declared, payable July 5, 2023; marks 20th consecutive annual dividend increase.
- In Feb-Mar 2023, issued $400M of 4.80% Spire MO first mortgage bonds and $150M of 5.80% senior notes.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774923012198/0001437749-23-012198-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774923012198/spre20230306_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-012198

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