Otter Tail - OTTR Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Otter Tail in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" OTTR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in OTTR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Otter Tail's shares. Their OTTR share price forecasts range from $63.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $69.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.4%.
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Otter Tail's stock was trading at $58.71 at the start of the year. Since then, OTTR shares have increased by 19.2% and is now trading at $69.96.
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Otter Tail saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 3,200,000 shares, an increase of 240.3% from the February 13th total of 940,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 382,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 8.4 days. Currently, 8.6% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 1st 2023.
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Otter Tail Co. (NASDAQ:OTTR) announced its earnings results on Sunday, October, 31st. The utilities provider reported $1.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.13. The utilities provider had revenue of $316.29 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $317.63 million. Otter Tail had a net margin of 19.46% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.90%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 34.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.87 earnings per share.

Otter Tail declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.438 per share on Friday, March 10th. This represents a $1.75 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 13th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.41.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Otter Tail (NASDAQ:OTTR) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Utilities & Communication Services ETF (PSCU), Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF (OSCV), First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF (FTQI), First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF (AFSM), iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF (IFRA), First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (FVD), WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund (DES) and VictoryShares US Small Mid Cap Value Momentum ETF (USVM).

Otter Tail (NASDAQ:OTTR) pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.47%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 25.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, OTTR will have a dividend payout ratio of 51.93% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Otter Tail issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 14th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.76-4.06 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.90.

9 employees have rated Otter Tail Chief Executive Officer Nathan I. Partain on Glassdoor.com. Nathan I. Partain has an approval rating of 78% among the company's employees.

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Otter Tail trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "OTTR."

Otter Tail's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include First Trust Advisors LP (3.09%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.49%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.89%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.76%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.18%) and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (0.82%). Insiders that own company stock include John D Erickson and Timothy J O'keefe.
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Shares of OTTR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of OTTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.96.

Otter Tail (NASDAQ:OTTR) has a market capitalization of $2.91 billion and generates $1.46 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $284.18 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.78 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,422 workers across the globe.

Otter Tail's mailing address is 215 S CASCADE ST PO BOX 496, FERGUS FALLS MN, 56538. The official website for the company is www.ottertail.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (866) 410-8780, via email at lhanson@ottertail.com, or via fax at 218-998-3165.