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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

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 2.7%. Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Otter Tail pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 71.2% 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 better valuation and 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	$1.32B	2.43	$294.19M	$7.02	10.92
Pinnacle West Capital	$5.21B	2.06	$501.56M	$5.03	17.86

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OTTR or PNW?

Pinnacle West Capital received 141 more outperform votes than Otter Tail when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.76% of users gave Otter Tail an outperform vote while only 41.44% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Otter Tail	Outperform Votes 251 59.76%	Underperform Votes 169 40.24%
Pinnacle West Capital	Outperform Votes 392 41.44%	Underperform Votes 554 58.56%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in OTTR or PNW?

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

Which has more risk & volatility, OTTR or PNW?

Otter Tail has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% 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%

Do analysts rate OTTR or PNW?

Otter Tail currently has a consensus price target of $83.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.27%. Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus price target of $95.65, suggesting a potential upside of 6.44%. Given Otter Tail's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Otter Tail is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Otter Tail	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Pinnacle West Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Does the media favor OTTR or PNW?

In the previous week, Pinnacle West Capital had 15 more articles in the media than Otter Tail. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital and 9 mentions for Otter Tail. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Otter Tail's score of 1.00 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Otter Tail	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pinnacle West Capital	21 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Otter Tail beats Pinnacle West Capital on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.