NASDAQ:OTTR - Otter Tail Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Otter Tail announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.335 per share on Saturday, June 9th. This represents a $1.34 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 14th. View Otter Tail's Dividend History.

Otter Tail Co. (NASDAQ:OTTR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.66 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.13. The utilities provider earned $241.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $224.90 million. Otter Tail had a return on equity of 11.57% and a net margin of 9.02%. The business's revenue was up 12.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.49 earnings per share. View Otter Tail's Earnings History.

Otter Tail is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August, 6th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Otter Tail.

Otter Tail issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 7th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.90-2.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.91.

3 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Otter Tail's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $46.00. On average, they anticipate Otter Tail's stock price to reach $44.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.1%. View Analyst Ratings for Otter Tail.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Otter Tail in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Some companies that are related to Otter Tail include OGE Energy (OGE), Great Plains Energy (GXP), ENGIE BRASIL EN/S (EGIEY), CPFL Energia (CPL), Enel Generacion Chile (EOCC), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), CENTRAIS ELETRI/S (EBR), Enel Chile (ENIC), IDACORP (IDA), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Portland General Electric (POR), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), NRG Yield Inc Class C (NYLD), Black Hills (BKH) and PNM Resources (PNM).

Headlines about OTTR stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Otter Tail earned a news sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the utilities provider an impact score of 43.71 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Otter Tail's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Capital One National Association (0.04%) and Bank of Montreal Can (0.01%). Company insiders that own Otter Tail stock include George A Koeck, John D Erickson, Kevin G Moug and Paul L Knutson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Otter Tail.

OTTR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have sold Otter Tail company stock in the last year include George A Koeck, John D Erickson and Kevin G Moug. View Insider Buying and Selling for Otter Tail.

OTTR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital One National Association. View Insider Buying and Selling for Otter Tail.

Shares of OTTR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of OTTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.40.

Otter Tail has a market capitalization of $1.92 billion and generates $849.35 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $72.43 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.86 on an earnings per share basis. Otter Tail employs 668 workers across the globe.

Otter Tail's mailing address is 215 S CASCADE ST PO BOX 496, FERGUS FALLS MN, 56538. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 866-410-8780 or via email at [email protected]