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OTTR vs. PNW, OGE, IDA, POR, ALE, MGEE, HE, ARRY, UTL, and NEE

Should you be buying Otter Tail stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Otter Tail include Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), Allete (ALE), MGE Energy (MGEE), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Array Technologies (ARRY), Unitil (UTL), and NextEra Energy (NEE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.

Otter Tail vs. Its Competitors

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pinnacle West Capital$5.21B2.10$608.81M$5.0318.21
Otter Tail$1.33B2.41$301.66M$7.0210.90

In the previous week, Pinnacle West Capital had 6 more articles in the media than Otter Tail. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital and 6 mentions for Otter Tail. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Otter Tail's score of 0.14 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Otter Tail pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 71.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Otter Tail pays out 29.9% 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.

Pinnacle West Capital presently has a consensus target price of $96.78, suggesting a potential upside of 5.68%. Otter Tail has a consensus target price of $83.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.43%. Given Otter Tail's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Otter Tail is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.

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

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

Otter Tail has a net margin of 22.37% compared to Pinnacle West Capital's net margin of 11.28%. Otter Tail's return on equity of 17.95% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pinnacle West Capital11.28% 8.78% 2.23%
Otter Tail 22.37%17.95%8.22%

Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Otter Tail has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Otter Tail beats Pinnacle West Capital on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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OTTR vs. The Competition

MetricOtter TailUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.20B$24.51B$15.74B$9.35B
Dividend Yield2.76%3.76%5.64%4.09%
P/E Ratio10.8933.8320.0119.83
Price / Sales2.414.14166.48106.18
Price / Cash7.798.7418.9357.53
Price / Book1.922.202.135.72
Net Income$301.66M$1.43B$747.76M$257.51M
7 Day Performance-4.63%-0.61%11.83%0.59%
1 Month Performance1.43%2.47%25.89%10.74%
1 Year Performance-18.69%17.40%171.39%15.87%

Otter Tail Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OTTR
Otter Tail
1.6003 of 5 stars
$76.55
+0.6%
$83.00
+8.4%
-19.3%$3.20B$1.33B10.892,133
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.7418 of 5 stars
$91.32
+0.3%
$96.89
+6.1%
+12.9%$10.90B$5.21B18.166,403Analyst Forecast
OGE
OGE Energy
4.0596 of 5 stars
$44.51
+0.5%
$46.80
+5.1%
+20.4%$8.96B$2.99B18.392,291News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
IDA
IDACORP
4.1286 of 5 stars
$118.27
+0.6%
$122.86
+3.9%
+25.2%$6.39B$1.81B21.012,141News Coverage
Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
3.396 of 5 stars
$41.23
+0.3%
$45.60
+10.6%
-11.6%$4.51B$3.44B14.522,915
ALE
Allete
3.3047 of 5 stars
$66.45
+0.6%
N/A+3.2%$3.85B$1.53B20.831,616News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MGEE
MGE Energy
3.3418 of 5 stars
$86.58
+0.4%
$74.00
-14.5%
+4.0%$3.16B$704.58M24.46700News Coverage
Positive News
HE
Hawaiian Electric Industries
1.635 of 5 stars
$10.64
+0.6%
$11.94
+12.2%
-12.0%$1.83B$3.22B-0.822,602
ARRY
Array Technologies
3.6231 of 5 stars
$7.41
-0.8%
$8.87
+19.7%
-40.0%$1.13B$1.06B-4.011,021
UTL
Unitil
3.1881 of 5 stars
$51.83
+1.1%
$55.00
+6.1%
-10.5%$842.76M$486.90M17.69520Positive News
NEE
NextEra Energy
4.6973 of 5 stars
$75.15
+1.0%
$84.73
+12.7%
+4.0%$154.70B$25.27B28.159,300Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:OTTR) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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