# Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Utilities / Multi-Utilities. Price $89.79, market value $3.8 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 19.4×** (5-yr avg 11.3×, 3-yr avg 11.2×). Otter Tail Corporation trades at 19.4× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 11.3×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Utilities median in the September 2026 study was 21.2×. Forward P/E is 16.9×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 2.9×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 2.9×.
- **Price / book: 2.0×**. The shares trade at 2.0× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 12.8×**. Enterprise value is 12.8× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -2.1%** (5-yr avg 4.3%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.
- **Earnings yield: 5.2%**. The inverse of the P/E: 5.2% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 17.1%**. 17.1% of revenue is left after running the business, a healthy level in most sectors.
- **Net margin: 21.2%**. 21.2% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 14.8%**. 14.8% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on invested capital: 7.1%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 7.1%.
- **Return on assets: 4.9%**. Each dollar of assets produces 4.9% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -2.0%** (3-yr -3.7%/yr, 5-yr 8.1%/yr). Revenue fell 2.0% over the last year, against 8.1% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -8.6%** (3-yr -1.1%/yr, 5-yr 22.9%/yr). Earnings per share fell 8.6%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -23.4%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -23.4% a year over three years, lagging earnings: check whether profits are turning into cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.56**. Debt is 0.56 times equity, moderate leverage.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 1.9×**. It would take 1.9 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 2.51%** ($2.21 per share, trailing). Otter Tail Corporation yields 2.51%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 32%**. 32% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 12**. 12 straight years of increases, a record that survived at least one recession.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 7.2%/yr** (1-yr 12.2%). The dividend has grown 7.2% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 8.4%** (YTD 12.6%, 3-mo 3.5%). The shares are up 8.4% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -5.6%** (21.1% above the low). Trading 6% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 44**. An RSI of 44 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.19** (volatility 21%). Beta of 0.19 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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