Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Nov 6, 2026: fair value (intrinsic value) of Otter Tail Corporation stock $75.52, price $78.44, that is 3.7% below the price, quality 47 out of 100. Rating: fairly valued. Calculated from audited financials with 12 of our 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year. As of Nov 6, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $46.84 – $94.95 · fair‑value band $40.79 – $116.18 · the $78.44 price screens above the $75.52 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). 1 fiscal year is left out: there the valuation rested on only a fraction of the usual models. As of Nov 6, 2026.
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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.
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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.
Stock analysis
Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR) currently trades at $78.44, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $75.52, so the stock looks roughly fairly valued today (gap 3.9%).
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Valuation
Bull case: the Earnings-Based group reads highest at a median of $116.55 per share, and 3 of the 12 models we run sit above the $78.44 price.
Bear case: the Asset-Based group reads lowest at $29.04, and 9 of the 12 models stay below the price. Data coverage for this calculation is high.
Scenario range: $40.79 (bear) to $116.18 (bull), the price of $78.44 sits inside it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 47/100 (below-average quality), in the Industrials sector.
Weak Growth: Revenue growth is inconsistent: the periods point in different directions, so there is no trend to rely on.
Otter Tail Corporation reported revenue of $1.3B in FY2025 versus $1.2B in FY2021, a compound +2.2%/yr. Reported net income was $276M in FY2025, compounding +11.8%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap $3.3B Mid · P/E ratio 18.8 · P/S ratio 2.52 · EPS (TTM) $4.18 · Dividend yield 2.9% · Net margin 13.5% · Return on equity 9.4% · Return on assets (EBIT) 10.7% (5-year average).
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 58 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 16% below its 52-week high and at its 52-week low, currently below its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Industrials peers we cover trades at 10% fair-value upside, at −4%, OTTR screens richer than that median.
Fair Value models
Bear$40.79Fair Value $75.52Bull$116.18
Price $78.44 · Downside -3.7%
Model ⓘEach model values the company its own way (discounted cash flow, earnings, assets, dividends). The fair value above starts from their evidence-weighted blend, not from a single model. In cyclical trough or peak years, after dilution or a stock split it is adjusted afterwards, so it can sit above or below the models. Based on fiscal year 2025 figures (about 10 months old). Earnings retained since then ($1.64 per share) are deliberately not added.Bear ⓘBear = the cautious scenario: the same model computed with conservative anchors (lower growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bull it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target.BaseBull ⓘBull = the optimistic scenario: the same model computed with favourable anchors (higher growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bear it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target. If a model's bull case is above four times its base value, the table shows that limit with a > sign (like the overall Bull above): beyond it no assumption holds.Coverage ⓘCoverage = how well-backed THIS model's estimate is for this stock (0–100): how complete and reliable its input data are, and how well the model fits the company. The final Fair Value is an evidence-weighted blend, so better-evidenced models count more. Green ≥70, amber 50–69, grey below 50.
In the last 6 months, one officer or director sold shares worth $394,044 and none bought.
SalePaul L KnutsonVP, Human Resources2× since Aug 7, 2026: 4,225 shares, avg. $93.26$394,044Aug 11, 2026
Plus one other filing such as a grant, option exercise or tax withholding. It is not a market purchase or sale.
Sales are often planned (taxes, diversification, 10b5-1 plans). Purchases with their own money are seen as the stronger sign. For information only: not part of the quality score or Fair Value.
Growth Quality ⓘGrowth is valuable only when reinvestment earns attractive returns (Aswath Damodaran): sustainable growth depends on return on capital, reinvestment and efficiency. Basis: total company revenue over the periods shown on the cards (3Y/5Y/all years), not per share, so a merger can show up as a growth jump; per-share earnings growth is in the value-creation card.40/100
Revenue growth is inconsistent: the periods point in different directions, so there is no trend to rely on.
Revenue growth 1 year
−2.0%
Revenue growth 3 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
−3.7%
Revenue growth 5 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+7.9%
Start year 2020 (pandemic). Over 10 years: +5.3% a year
Revenue growth 40 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+5.2%
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What shareholders gained per year (last 5 years) ⓘWhat the business itself delivers per year: earnings growth per share plus the dividend yield. This is what you get IF the market keeps valuing the stock the same way: it contains no assumption about the market changing its mind. Computed per share, so buybacks count and a merger does not pass as growth. For a company that pays no dividend it is pure earnings growth per share. Period: earnings growth per share as CAGR over the last 5 reported fiscal years (annual statements), plus the current dividend yield. The start value is the median of the three years around the start, so a single crisis year (a pandemic or a write-down) does not distort the rate.
+25.7%
Earnings growth per share plus dividend.
Earnings per share, growth per year+22.8%
Dividend (yield on the price)2.9%
Pace: 5 vs 10 years ⓘTwo data points, not a trend model: earnings growth per share over the last 5 fiscal years against the last 10. Labelled "steady" when both rates are within 3 percentage points of each other, otherwise picking up or flattening. Shown only when ten years of history exist.22.8% vs 15.3%, picking up
Profit margin 2020 to 2025 ⓘOperating margin then vs now, from reported annual statements. A falling margin after a boom year is the classic peak-earnings signal: the growth rate then leans on an inflated base.17% → 27%
Pace: the 5-year rate starts in 2020 (pandemic)
Growth Forecast
A lot of optimism in the price
The price assumes more growth than the company has delivered so far and more than analysts expect.
What the price assumes ⓘThis turns our valuation around: instead of asking what the share is worth, it asks what growth the current price requires. It uses the cash the company keeps after all spending (free cash flow), the same discount rate as our models, five years of growth, then slowing evenly to 2 % a year by year ten. Compared with the analysts' sales forecasts extended to the same five years (at least three analysts, for context only, it does not enter the Fair Value): within 3 percentage points counts as "in line" (amber), below that little optimism (green), above that a lot of optimism (red).
+19.2%
Yearly growth needed for the next five years to justify today's price.
What forecasts expect ⓘAnalysts publish sales forecasts for the next two fiscal years. For the years after that, growth slows evenly to 2 % a year by year ten (2 % is the long-run rate our models use). Projected years are marked as such.
+2.2%
Yearly sales growth analysts expect, extended to five years.
After inflation (USA: IMF forecast 2.4% a year to 2030, 3.1% from 2016 to 2025) that is about +16.4% a year for the price and −0.2% for the forecasts.
News mood ⓘNews mood, the average tone of recent news (98 articles), rated against how stocks are usually covered. 🚀 Hype = unusually upbeat · 🙂 Positive = above average · 😐 Neutral = typical · 🙁 Negative = below average · 😨 Very negative = unusually downbeat. It reflects the tone of coverage, not our valuation.Positive
Recent news coverage is more positive than average.
AI conclusion: Diversified operations across regulated utility, manufacturing and plastics provide some resilience across cycles, yet thin signals and regulatory constraints leave the moat assessment weak with no evident innovation or data advantages.
Main risk: Regulatory constraints typical for the electric utility segment limit pricing power and would directly hit margins and earnings consistency across the conglomerate.
Otter Tail runs a regulated electric utility alongside manufacturing and plastics operations. Two directors are retiring from the board at the 2027 meeting under the company's retirement policy, with no reported disagreements over operations. Our models see the shares as overvalued, yet does the diversified structure add stability across cycles or simply complicate consistent performance?
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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Conglomerates · 305 stocks
Beats the industry median on 5/15 measures
Overall it trails its industry peers.
Valuation
Quality Score47 · Below median
Fair Value upside−3.7% · Below median
Profitability
Return on equity (12 months)9.4% · Above median
Return on assets7.0% · Top 25%
Net margin (12 months)13.5% · Top 25%
Operating margin (12 months)21.7% · Top 25%
Growth and dividend
Revenue growth (quarter YoY)−1.6% · Below median
Dividend yield (12 months)2.9% · Above median
Balance sheet
Debt / equity0.52× · Above median
Valuation Multiplesvs Conglomerates median · lower = cheaper
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Is Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR) overvalued or undervalued?
As of Nov 6, 2026, our model estimates a fair value of $75.52 versus a price of $78.44, about 4% lower (fairly valued).
What is the fair value of OTTR?
Our model-based fair value for Otter Tail Corporation is $75.52 (as of Nov 6, 2026), built from audited fundamentals. The current price: $78.44.
What is the quality score of OTTR?
Otter Tail Corporation has a Quality Score of 47/100. It measures business quality (profitability, growth, cash flow, balance-sheet strength, investment discipline, share issuance). Market factors such as price momentum and volatility do not enter the number; they are shown separately in the detail view.
What is the price target for Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
Our model-based price target is the fair value of $75.52 (as of Nov 6, 2026) from 12 valuation models. Cautious scenario $40.79, optimistic scenario $116.18. It is a calculation from audited fundamentals, not an analyst target.
What is the Otter Tail Corporation stock forecast for 2026?
Our models put fair value at $75.52, about 4% lower versus a price of $78.44 (fairly valued). Cautious scenario $40.79, optimistic scenario $116.18. The calculation is refreshed regularly with new filings.
What is the revenue of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
Otter Tail Corporation reported trailing-twelve-month revenue of about $1.3B (latest available figure, as of Nov 6, 2026).
Does Otter Tail Corporation pay a dividend?
Otter Tail Corporation currently shows a dividend yield of 2.88% relative to its recent price (as of Nov 6, 2026).
How much is the dividend of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR) and when is the ex-dividend date?
Otter Tail Corporation pays a dividend of $2.26 per share a year, a dividend yield of 2.9%. The next ex-dividend date is Nov 13, 2026. A dividend has been paid every year since at least 1985. The payout ratio is 54.0% of earnings. Free cash flow covers the dividend 1.03 times. Our assessment: Well covered. A low payout and the dividend is fully funded by free cash flow, a comfortable, sustainable dividend.
What growth is priced into Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
For today's price to be fair in a discounted-cash-flow model, Otter Tail Corporation would have to grow free cash flow by +19.2 % per year for five years (discount rate 8.5 %, then slowing evenly to 2 % perpetual growth by year ten). Over the last 5 years revenue grew +7.9 % per year. As of Nov 6, 2026.
What discount rate (WACC) does the fair value of OTTR use?
Our models discount Otter Tail Corporation at 8.5 %: a base by market capitalisation (mid), damped by beta 0.42, country premium for USA. The same rate applies in all 26 models.
What is a reverse DCF?
A reverse DCF turns the usual calculation around. Instead of deriving a value from assumptions, it takes today's price as given and asks: what free-cash-flow growth would a company have to deliver for exactly this price to be fair? The result is not a forecast but the expectation already priced in. For Otter Tail Corporation that is +19.2 % per year for five years, then slowing evenly to 2 % by year ten, using the same discount rate (8.5 %) and the same formula as our fair value.
How much growth has Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR) delivered so far?
Over the past 5 years revenue at Otter Tail Corporation grew +7.9 % a year. The price currently implies free-cash-flow growth of +19.2 % per year. Comparing the two shows how much confidence is in the price: if it demands more than has been delivered, the business has to accelerate for the maths to work.
How fast is the sector of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR) growing?
The median revenue growth in the sector is +4.5 % a year. That is the yardstick for the growth priced into Otter Tail Corporation (+19.2 % per year): it shows whether the expectation is within the usual range or beyond it.
What is the free cash flow yield of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
The free-cash-flow yield on the price is 2.97 %: that much free cash flow Otter Tail Corporation produces per unit of market value. When it exceeds the discount rate of our models (8.5 %), the business already earns more than its cost of capital demands, and the price needs little additional growth.
What is the intrinsic value of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
Intrinsic value and fair value mean the same thing: what the business is worth on its numbers, independent of the share price. For Otter Tail Corporation it is $75.52 per share (as of Nov 6, 2026), against a price of $78.44. It is the blended result of 12 valuation models in 7 families (DCF Models, Earnings-Based, Dividend Discount, Multiples, Asset-Based, Growth DCF, Economic Profit).
Is Otter Tail Corporation stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
As of Nov 6, 2026, OTTR trades above its calculated fair value: price $78.44, fair value $75.52, a gap of about −4% (fairly valued). The calculation is refreshed with each new quarterly report, so the verdict can change during the year.
Is fair value the same as the market price of OTTR?
No. The price is what the market pays today ($78.44); the fair value is what the company's own numbers justify ($75.52). For Otter Tail Corporation the two are $2.92 per share apart. That gap is exactly why we show both numbers side by side.
How much is Otter Tail Corporation worth?
The market values Otter Tail Corporation at about $3.3B (market capitalisation, as of Nov 6, 2026). Per share that is $78.44; our models calculate a fair value of $75.52 per share.
What do the bullish and bearish scenarios say about OTTR?
Our models span a range for Otter Tail Corporation: cautious scenario $40.79, base $75.52, optimistic $116.18 per share (as of Nov 6, 2026, price $78.44). The range comes from different growth and margin assumptions, not from analyst opinions.
What is the P/E ratio of OTTR?
Otter Tail Corporation trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.8 (as of Nov 6, 2026). A P/E on its own says little: it compares the price with ONE year of profit, while our fair value of $75.52 is built from several models across several years. Median P/E at fiscal year-end, 10 fiscal years (2016 to 2025), reported earnings, FY2023, FY2025 ex one-offs: 17.5. Other multiples: PEG 2.0, P/B 1.8, P/S 2.5, EV/EBITDA 9.2.
What is the PEG ratio of OTTR?
The PEG ratio of Otter Tail Corporation is 2.01 (P/E divided by earnings growth, as of Nov 6, 2026). That is above 1, so the growth is already paid for in the price.
How solid is the balance sheet of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
Balance-sheet figures for Otter Tail Corporation (as of Nov 6, 2026): return on equity 9.4%, debt of 0.52 per unit of equity. They feed the Quality Score of 47/100, which measures business quality independently of the share price.
How far is OTTR from its 52-week high?
Otter Tail Corporation trades at $78.44, about 16% below its 52-week high of $93.69 and at the low of $78.44 (as of Nov 6, 2026). Distance from the high says nothing about value: that is what the fair value of $75.52 is for.
Which stocks are comparable to Otter Tail Corporation?
From the same area (Industrials) we also value 3M Company, Honeywell International Inc, Swire Pacific Limited, SGH Limited, among others. Each of them has its own fair-value calculation on this site using the same models, so the comparison is like for like.
Is Otter Tail Corporation stock attractive at the current price?
The data as of Nov 6, 2026: price $78.44, calculated fair value $75.52 (−4%), Quality Score 47/100, from 12 models. Whether that fits your horizon and risk tolerance is your call. We provide the calculation, not investment advice.
How is the fair value of OTTR calculated?
We run Otter Tail Corporation through 12 models from 7 families: DCF Models, Earnings-Based, Dividend Discount, Multiples, Asset-Based, Growth DCF, Economic Profit. Every model gets the same audited fundamentals; the fair value of $75.52 builds on their evidence-weighted average, with the spread shown as a cautious and an optimistic scenario.
Is it still worth investing in stocks now?
The global stock market currently sits 13.0% above its aggregate fair value. Otter Tail Corporation itself currently trades above fair value. An expensive market is no reason to stay out and no reason to buy everything at once: keep a broad savings plan running, buy single stocks only with money you can do without, and hold part of your money liquid while the market is high. The full picture including sectors is on is it worth investing now.
What is the share price of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
The closing price on Nov 6, 2026 was $78.44. Our model-based fair value is $75.52, about 4% lower (fairly valued). We carry closing prices from our data provider, not a live tick.
What should I pay attention to with Otter Tail Corporation right now?
The model range is unusually wide ($40.79 to $116.18). The outcome hinges heavily on assumptions, so read the point estimate with caution. The price sits close to our fair value, market and models broadly agree here, little valuation tension.
Where does the earnings growth of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR) come from?
Earnings per share at Otter Tail Corporation grew +17.8 % a year from 2014 to 2025. Broken into its drivers: revenue per share +4.6 %, EBIT margin +8.4 %, tax rate +1.0 %, residual (interest, one-offs) +2.8 %. The four rates multiply to the earnings growth rate, they do not add up. Start and end are three-year averages so a single exceptional year does not distort the result.
Key figures of Otter Tail Corporation
How large is the market capitalisation of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
The market capitalisation of Otter Tail Corporation is $3.3B. The stock-market value of the whole company: share price times number of shares. It is what the market asks for the entire business today.
What is the P/S ratio of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
The price-to-sales ratio of Otter Tail Corporation is 2.52 (last twelve months). Price to sales: market value relative to yearly revenue. Useful when profit is thin or distorted.
What are the earnings per share of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
Earnings per share at Otter Tail Corporation are $4.18 (price ÷ EPS = P/E 18.8). Earnings per share over the last twelve months: total profit spread across every single share.
What is the dividend yield of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
The dividend yield of Otter Tail Corporation is 2.9% (payout 54.0%). Yearly dividend relative to the share price. 3% pays 3 per 100 invested. Below: how much of profit is used for it.
What is the net margin of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
The net margin of Otter Tail Corporation is 13.5% (last twelve months). How much of every unit of revenue ends up as profit. 10% means 10 cents of profit per dollar of sales.
What is the return on equity of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
The return on equity (ROE) of Otter Tail Corporation is 9.4% (last twelve months). Profit relative to shareholders' equity, how efficiently the company works with its owners' money.
What is the EBIT return on assets of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
On an EBIT basis the return on assets of Otter Tail Corporation is 10.7% (avg 5y). Operating profit (EBIT) relative to everything the company owns, as a multi-year average. It describes the business model rather than one good or bad year.
What is the operating margin of Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
The operating margin of Otter Tail Corporation is 21.7% (last twelve months). Profit from the core business (before interest and taxes) relative to revenue.
How fast is revenue growing at Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
Revenue at Otter Tail Corporation is growing −1.6% versus a year earlier (3y avg −3.7%). How much revenue grew versus a year earlier (YoY). The 3-year average next to it puts the single year in context.
How fast are earnings growing at Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)?
Earnings per share at Otter Tail Corporation are growing −24.2% versus a year earlier. How much earnings per share grew versus a year earlier.
How much net debt does Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR) carry?
The net debt of Otter Tail Corporation is $718M (fiscal year 2025, ≈ 7.3 yrs of FCF). Debt minus cash on hand. The note shows how many years of free cash flow could in theory pay it off.
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