Otter Tail (OTTR) Competitors

Otter Tail (NASDAQ:OTTR) and Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Which has more volatility and risk, OTTR or PNW?

Otter Tail has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OTTR or PNW more profitable?

Otter Tail has a net margin of 22.67% compared to Pinnacle West Capital's net margin of 12.26%. Otter Tail's return on equity of 18.96% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Otter Tail	22.67%	18.96%	8.62%
Pinnacle West Capital	12.26%	9.60%	2.43%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OTTR or PNW?

Pinnacle West Capital received 142 more outperform votes than Otter Tail when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.67% of users gave Otter Tail an outperform vote while only 41.61% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Otter Tail	Outperform Votes 250 59.67%	Underperform Votes 169 40.33%
Pinnacle West Capital	Outperform Votes 392 41.61%	Underperform Votes 550 58.39%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in OTTR or PNW?

61.3% of Otter Tail shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Otter Tail shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate OTTR or PNW?

Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus target price of $95.83, indicating a potential upside of 1.67%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pinnacle West Capital is more favorable than Otter Tail.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Otter Tail	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Pinnacle West Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is OTTR or PNW a better dividend stock?

Otter Tail pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Otter Tail pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 68.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Otter Tail has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, OTTR or PNW?

Pinnacle West Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Otter Tail. Otter Tail is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle West Capital, 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
Otter Tail	$1.33B	2.55	$294.19M	$7.17	11.30
Pinnacle West Capital	$5.12B	2.19	$501.56M	$5.22	18.06

Does the media favor OTTR or PNW?

In the previous week, Pinnacle West Capital had 14 more articles in the media than Otter Tail. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital and 14 mentions for Otter Tail. Otter Tail's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Pinnacle West Capital's score of 0.62 indicating that Otter Tail is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Otter Tail	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pinnacle West Capital	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Otter Tail beats Pinnacle West Capital on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.