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Otter Tail Corp OTTR
Otter Tail Corp (OTTR) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 2.31% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $1.3B at a 21.2% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-03 | Maxim Group | Hold (down) |
| 2021-12-16 | Sidoti & Co. | Neutral (down) |
| 2020-08-05 | Sidoti & Co. | Buy (up) |
| 2020-03-13 | Keybanc | Sector Weight (down) |
| 2020-02-19 | Sidoti & Co. | Neutral (main) |
| 2020-01-17 | Keybanc | Overweight (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
How it ranks in Transportation & Utilities · percentile among 348 companies
Percentile vs other Transportation & Utilities companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.113 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.307 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.087 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.885 |
Sector peers · similar-size Transportation & Utilities companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTTR | Otter Tail Corp | 5/9 | 3.26 | 13.8 | -2% |
| XIFR | XPLR Infrastructure, LP | 4/9 | — | — | -3.4% |
| CWEN | Clearway Energy, Inc. | 4/9 | 0.73 | 45.8 | +4.2% |
| ORA | ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 4/9 | 1.3 | 57.6 | +12.5% |
| IDA | IDACORP INC | 5/9 | 1.49 | 26.2 | -1.2% |
| HNRG | HALLADOR ENERGY CO | 7/9 | 0.86 | 19.7 | +16.2% |
| TXNM | TXNM ENERGY INC | 3/9 | 0.65 | — | +9.9% |
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About Otter Tail Corp
Otter Tail Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in electric utility, manufacturing, and plastic pipe businesses in the United States. It operates through three segments: Electric, Manufacturing, and Plastics. The Electric segment generates, purchases, transmissions, distributes, and sells electric energy in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota; and operates as a participant in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator markets. This segment generates electricity through coal, fuel oil, solar, wind, and natural gas for residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Its Manufacturing segment engages in metal fabrication services for custom machine parts and metal components and manufacturing thermoformed plastic products for use in the agriculture, construction, horticulture, industrial, lawn and garden, recreational vehicle, and other end markets. These businesses have manufacturing facilities in Georgia, Illinois, and Minnesota and sell products primarily in the United States. The Plastics segment manufactures polyvinyl chloride pipes for municipal water, rural water, wastewater, storm drainage and water reclamation system, and other uses for customers in the horticulture, medical and life sciences, industrial, recreation, and electronics industries. This segment markets its products through independent sales representatives, company salespersons, and customer service representatives. Otter Tail Corporation was incorporated in 1907 and is headquartered in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
FAQ
Is OTTR financially healthy?
Otter Tail Corp's Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does OTTR pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Otter Tail Corp pays a dividend yielding about 2.31% with a 31.9% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is OTTR?
In FY2025, Otter Tail Corp had a net margin of 21.2% and a return on equity of 14.8%.
Is OTTR overvalued or undervalued?
Otter Tail Corp trades at about 14.1× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 9.5×–24.7×, median 17.0×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for OTTR?
The average Wall-Street price target for Otter Tail Corp is $90.50, about 1.8% below the recent price, from 2 analysts (consensus: hold).
Is OTTR a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Otter Tail Corp: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 13.8×, a dividend yield of 2.31%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.