Otter Tail - OTTR Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Otter Tail in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Otter Tail's stock. Their OTTR share price forecasts range from $63.00 to $75.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $69.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price.
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Otter Tail's stock was trading at $58.71 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, OTTR shares have increased by 9.9% and is now trading at $64.53.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 13th 2023.
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Otter Tail will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 14th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Otter Tail Co. (NASDAQ:OTTR) released its quarterly earnings data on Sunday, October, 31st. The utilities provider reported $1.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.13. The utilities provider earned $316.29 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $317.63 million. Otter Tail had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 27.09% and a net margin of 19.69%. Otter Tail's revenue for the quarter was up 34.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.87 earnings per share.

Otter Tail announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.438 per share on Friday, March 10th. This represents a $1.75 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.72%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 13th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.41.
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Otter Tail (NASDAQ:OTTR) pays an annual dividend of $1.65 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.50%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 23.54%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, OTTR will have a dividend payout ratio of 42.86% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.18%), Whittier Trust Co. (0.16%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.10%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.08%), LPL Financial LLC (0.08%) and Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. (0.08%). Insiders that own company stock include John D Erickson and Timothy J O'keefe.
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One share of OTTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $64.53.

Otter Tail (NASDAQ:OTTR) has a market capitalization of $2.69 billion and generates $1.20 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $176.77 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.01 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,487 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.