ST LOUIS (AP) — ST LOUIS (AP) — Spire Inc. (SR) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $204 million.

The St. Louis-based company said it had profit of $3.58 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were $3.45 per share.

The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $3.86 per share.

The natural gas distributor posted revenue of $1.13 billion in the period, which topped Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.04 billion.

Spire expects full-year earnings in the range of $4.25 to $4.45 per share.

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