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Achieving those goals is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores, a unique set of guidelines that rates stocks based on popular investing methodologies, namely value, growth, and momentum. The Style Scores can help you narrow down which stocks are better for your portfolio and which ones can beat the market over the long-term.

Why This 1 Growth Stock Should Be On Your Watchlist

Growth investors build their portfolios around companies that are financially strong and have a bright future, and the Growth Style Score helps take projected and historical earnings, sales, and cash flow into account to uncover stocks that will see long-term, sustainable growth.

Spire (SR)

Spire Inc. is a natural gas company efficiently serving more than 1.7 million customers in the United States. It was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. The company continues to expand business organically via making systematic investments to expand infrastructure and advance through innovation. More than 90% of its profits come from regulated operations, which provide a clear idea about future earnings. The company operates more than 60,000 miles of pipelines. Its natural gas-related businesses include Spire Marketing, Spire STL Pipeline and Spire Storage. The company operates via segments, namely Gas Utility, Gas Marketing and Midstream.

SR sits at a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), holds a Growth Style Score of B, and has a VGM Score of A. Earnings and sales are forecasted to increase 9% and 4.9% year-over-year, respectively.

One analyst revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0 to $4.50 per share for 2025. SR boasts an average earnings surprise of 2.5%.

Looking at cash flow, Spire is expected to report cash flow growth of 8.9% this year; SR has generated cash flow growth of 6.9% over the past three to five years.

With solid fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and top-tier Growth and VGM Style Scores, SR should be on investors' short lists.

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