profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Otter Tail
$75.95+0.86% today
-10.7% in 1 year
1-year low $75.301-year high $94.28
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $11.56 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Otter Tail sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.46 billion in 2022 to $1.30 billion in 2025, with $276 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Otter Tail handed back 93% of the cash it generated last year.
$88M
Free cash flow 2025$98M
Bought back its own shares$3M
Paid as dividends$88M
Cash vs. debt$386M vs. $1.1B
Otter Tail vs. similar companies
Otter Tail grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Tail | 11.6× · Cheap | ||
 Hitachi | 35.8× · Expensive | ||
 Mitsubishi | 20.8× · Fair price | ||
 Itochu | 18.9× · Fair price | ||
 3M | 29.2× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Otter Tail's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,460 | 1,349 | 1,331 | 1,304 | |
| 570 | 565 | 583 | 563 | |
| 390 | 378 | 380 | 346 | |
| 486 | 499 | 516 | 488 | |
| 284 | 294 | 302 | 276 | |
| 6.78 | 7.00 | 7.17 | 6.55 | |
| 39.1% | 41.9% | 43.8% | 43.2% | |
| 26.7% | 28.0% | 28.6% | 26.5% | |
| 19.5% | 21.8% | 22.7% | 21.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,902 | 3,243 | 3,652 | 3,964 |
| Cash | 119 | 230 | 295 | 386 |
| Total debt | 832 | 905 | 1,013 | 1,104 |
| Total liabilities | 1,684 | 1,800 | 1,984 | 2,103 |
| 1,217 | 1,443 | 1,668 | 1,862 | |
| 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | |
| 15.2% | 13.5% | 12.0% | 9.8% | |
| 23.3% | 20.4% | 18.1% | 14.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 389 | 404 | 453 | 386 | |
| 171 | 287 | 359 | 288 | |
| 218 | 117 | 94 | 98 | |
| Dividends paid | 69 | 73 | 78 | 88 |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
Valuation
- 11.6×
- 13.7×
- –
- 1.7×
- 2.4×
- 32.6×
- 8.0×
- 3.1%
- 8.7%
- 2.5%
Profitability
- 43.2%
- 26.5%
- 21.2%
- 36.4%
- 10.1%
- 13.0%
- 15.2%
- 6.8%
- 9.2%
- –
Growth
- −3.7%
- −1.1%
- +4.1%
- +7.2%
- +0.1%
Financial health
- 1.5×
- 0.59
- 29.2%
- 7.8×
- 2.28
- 1.64
- 0.32
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 35%of 978
Top 5%of 985
Top 13%of 866
Bottom 8%of 984
Bottom 43%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $81.00
- Range
- $81.00 – $81.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | 1.73 | 1.42 | +21.8% |
| Feb 16, 2026 | 1.23 | 1.16 | +6.0% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 1.86 | 1.80 | +3.3% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 1.85 | 1.71 | +8.2% |
| May 5, 2025 | 1.62 | 1.53 | +5.9% |
| Feb 17, 2025 | 1.30 | 1.26 | +3.2% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 2.03 | 1.98 | +2.5% |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 2.07 | 1.69 | +22.5% |
2.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$25a year at today's yield, before tax
+7.2%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.23 in 2015 → $2.10 in 2025
How safe it looks
31.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 89.9%
News
Otter Tail GAAP EPS of $1.41 misses by $0.11, revenue of $320.51M misses by $7.49MSeeking Alpha · Nov 2, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
60Pass
Benjamin Graham
81Pass
Philip Fisher
55No pass
Peter Lynch
32No pass
Joel Greenblatt
51No pass
Charlie Munger
56No pass
Terry Smith
41No pass
Questions about Otter Tail
Is Otter Tail a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Otter Tail AI analysis
What does Otter Tail do?
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. It is in Conglomerates, based in Fergus Falls, MN, United States, with 2,198 employees.
Does Otter Tail pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.5% a year, about 32% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $88.1 million in dividends.
Is Otter Tail stock halal?
No. Otter Tail does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 35% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Otter Tail stock done over the past year?
Down 10.7% over the past twelve months, to $75.95. It traded between $75.30 and $94.28 and is 19.4% below its high.
Who are Otter Tail's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Itochu and 3M. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Otter Tail's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.