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Spire sells natural gas to homes and businesses across the United States.
Spire is a natural gas company. It sells gas to families, businesses, and factories, and it also owns the local pipes that carry that gas into people's homes and buildings.
Most of its money comes from regulated utilities, meaning state regulators approve the prices it can charge customers. That makes the business steady and predictable, but it also caps how much profit it can earn. Spire serves customers in several states, including Missouri and Alabama, and it also has a smaller business that sells gas to large industrial users. The company used to be called The Laclede Group, a name tied to St. Louis, where it is headquartered. It changed its name to Spire in 2016 to reflect its growing footprint beyond its home state. Spire is not a flashy growth story; it is the kind of business that quietly keeps the heat on for millions of people, and its biggest risks are weather, regulation, and the long-term push to electrify heating.
Spire spends heavily on maintaining and upgrading its pipes and infrastructure, and it pays a dividend to shareholders. The core bet is simple: as long as homes and businesses need gas for heat and cooking, the pipes and the customers will be there.
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