Utilities
Otter Tail Corporation(OTTR)
Live Price
Offline$87.50
+0.89% today
1Y Change
+11.29%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
- Market Cap
- $3.81B
- Revenue Growth
- -2.0%
- EPS Growth
- -8.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.4%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR) is a Utilities stock with a market cap of $3.81B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $87.50 and up 11.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -2.0%, EPS growth of -8.7%, a dividend yield of 2.4%. What stands out right now is revenue -2.0%, EPS -8.7%, free cash flow +4.1% with operating margin 26.5% and ROIC 7.9%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.4%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 13.8 and price/sales 2.9. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines OTTR price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Utilities peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-2.0% vs +6.1% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+26.5% vs +21.0% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
13.8 vs 19.5 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 4, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -2.0% and EPS is at -8.7%, with operating margin around 26.5%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.4%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +1.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 4, 2026 | โ | -2.0% | -2.5% | -5.3% |
2026 Feb 16, 2026 | +6.0% | +0.1% | -0.6% | +0.8% |
2025 Nov 3, 2025 | +3.3% | +5.2% | +8.6% | +4.4% |
Benchmark Edge
OTTR vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
OTTR
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
OTTR Max Drawdown
-12.70%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for OTTR and SPY.
Company Overview
Otter Tail Corporation
NASDAQ Global Select
Otter Tail Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in electric utility, manufacturing, and plastic pipe businesses in the United States. The company's Electric segment produces, transmits, distributes, and sells electric energy in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota; and operates as a participant in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. markets. This segment generates electricity through coal, wind and hydro, and natural gas. It serves approximately 133,000 residential, industrial, and other commercial customers. Its Manufacturing segment engages in the contract machining, metal parts stamping, fabrication and painting, and production of plastic thermoformed horticultural containers, life science and industrial packaging, and material handling components, and extruded raw material stock for recreational vehicle, agricultural, construction, lawn and garden, and industrial and energy equipment industries. It also manufactures clamshell packing, blister packs, returnable pallets, and handling trays for shipping and storing odd-shaped or difficult-to-handle parts for customers in the horticulture, medical and life sciences, industrial, recreation, and electronics industries. The company's Plastics segment manufactures polyvinyl chloride pipes for municipal water, rural water, wastewater, storm drainage and water reclamation system, and other uses. This segment markets its products to wholesalers and distributors through independent sales representatives, company salespersons, and customer service representatives. The company was formerly known as Otter Tail Power Company and changed its name to Otter Tail Corporation in 2001. Otter Tail Corporation was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
- Leadership
- Charles S. MacFarlane
- IPO Date
- Mar 26, 1990
- Employees
- 2.1k
- Street Address
- 215 South Cascade Street
- Mailing
- Fergus Falls, MN, 56538-0496
- Region
- Fergus Falls, MN, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 866 410 8780
- Last Updated
- May 3, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 13.8
- EV/EBITDA
- 9.4
- Price/Sales
- 2.9
- Price/Book
- 2.0
Growth
- Revenue
- -2.0%
- EPS
- -8.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- +4.1%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 38.9%
- Operating Margin
- 26.5%
- Net Margin
- 21.2%
- ROE
- 15.4%
- ROIC
- 7.9%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.59
- Current Ratio
- 2.28
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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