PNM Resources (PNM) Competitors

PNM Resources (NYSE:PNM) and Otter Tail (NASDAQ:OTTR) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.

Do analysts prefer PNM or OTTR?

PNM Resources currently has a consensus target price of $44.75, suggesting a potential upside of 20.75%. Given PNM Resources' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe PNM Resources is more favorable than Otter Tail.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PNM Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Otter Tail	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PNM or OTTR?

91.7% of PNM Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of Otter Tail shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of PNM Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Otter Tail shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, PNM or OTTR?

PNM Resources has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Otter Tail has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PNM or OTTR?

PNM Resources received 152 more outperform votes than Otter Tail when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.63% of users gave PNM Resources an outperform vote while only 60.10% of users gave Otter Tail an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PNM Resources	Outperform Votes 402 60.63%	Underperform Votes 261 39.37%
Otter Tail	Outperform Votes 250 60.10%	Underperform Votes 166 39.90%

Does the media prefer PNM or OTTR?

In the previous week, PNM Resources had 12 more articles in the media than Otter Tail. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for PNM Resources and 2 mentions for Otter Tail. Otter Tail's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat PNM Resources' score of 0.54 indicating that Otter Tail is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
PNM Resources	Positive
Otter Tail	Positive

Is PNM or OTTR more profitable?

Otter Tail has a net margin of 22.55% compared to PNM Resources' net margin of 4.38%. Otter Tail's return on equity of 21.58% beat PNM Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PNM Resources	4.38%	9.91%	2.32%
Otter Tail	22.55%	21.58%	9.53%

Is PNM or OTTR a better dividend stock?

PNM Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Otter Tail pays an annual dividend of $1.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. PNM Resources pays out 170.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Otter Tail pays out 25.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PNM or OTTR?

Otter Tail has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PNM Resources. Otter Tail is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PNM Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PNM Resources	$1.94B	1.73	$88.35M	$0.91	40.77
Otter Tail	$1.35B	2.78	$294.19M	$7.28	12.34

Summary

Otter Tail beats PNM Resources on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.