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Otter Tail Corporation
Industrials · Conglomerates · NMS
$88.05
Close 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

UNKNOWN MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100%
Full financial profile available
Market Cap
$3.7B
Trailing P/E
13.22
Forward P/E
16.36
Rev Growth
+2.9%
Profit Margin
21.3%
ROE
15.5%
Analyst Target
$90.50
Recommendation
NONE
About Otter Tail Corporation

Otter Tail Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in electric utility, manufacturing, and plastic pipe businesses in the United States. It operates through three segments: Electric, Manufacturing, and Plastics. The Electric segment generates, purchases, transmissions, distributes, and sells electric energy in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota; and operates as a participant in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator markets. This segment generates electricity through coal, fuel oil, solar, wind, and natural gas for residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Its Manufacturing segment engages in metal fabrication services for custom machine parts and metal components and manufacturing thermoformed plastic products for use in the agriculture, construction, horticulture, industrial, lawn and garden, recreational vehicle, and other end markets. These businesses have manufacturing facilities in Georgia, Illinois, and Minnesota and sell products primarily in the United States. The Plastics segment manufactures polyvinyl chloride pipes for municipal water, rural water, wastewater, storm drainage and water reclamation system, and other uses for customers in the horticulture, medical and life sciences, industrial, recreation, and electronics industries. This segment markets its products through independent sales representatives, company salespersons, and customer service representatives. Otter Tail Corporation was incorporated in 1907 and is headquartered in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

Ethical Screen
Business ActivityPASS
Debt RatioN/A
Cash RatioN/A
Receivables RatioN/A
Revenue Ratio (0.00%)PASS
OverallPASS
Score Ethical: 64.7
Score Valuation: 61.0
Score Quality: 75.2
Score Combined: 57.5

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Opportunity Scores
Valuation100.0
Quality74.2
Cash Flow0.0
Moat40.0
Balance Sheet0.0
Debt Purity50.0
Liquid Purity50.0
Rev Purity100.0
Compliance100.0
Tier: BRONZE · Score: 48.5 · Rank: #2215
Insider Transactions
No insider transaction data.
Top Institutional Holders
No institutional holder data.
Additional Fundamentals
Enterprise Value
$4.5B
Price/Book
1.96
Beta
0.466
Analysts
2
Total Revenue (TTM)
$1.3B
Total Debt
$1.2B
Earnings Growth
+6.8%
Dividend Yield
250.0%
Short Ratio
18.84
Short % Float
0.2%
Employees
2,198

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Trade Consideration
The Opportunity
Score 57.5 (P91 — top 9.0% of scored tickers). Unknown Moat. Ethical PASS. 2 analysts at None.
Price: $88.05 | Target: $90.50 (+3%)
Score
58
Moat
Unknown
Conviction
Standard
Upside
+3%
The Fundamentals
Revenue Growth+2.9%
Profit Margin21.3%
ROE15.5%
Forward P/E16.4
Market Cap$3.7B
Position Sizing Scenarios
Stop: $74.84 (-15%) | Entry: $88.05
SharesCostProfit to TargetR:R
To Consensus ($90.50, 2 analysts)
10$880.50+$24.50 (3%)0.2R
50$4,402.50+$122.50 (3%)0.2R
100$8,805.00+$245.00 (3%)0.2R
Risk Factors
  • Elevated short interest (18.84 days to cover)
The Verdict
Otter Tail Corporation passes all ethical screens and holds a unknown competitive moat.
Quantitative Grade

A single score combining all analytical layers below. A is strongest, D is weakest.

C
Quant Score
44.9
Risk Grade
LOW_RISK
Layers
7
Risk Profile

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VaR 95%
-2.2%
worst expected daily loss, 19 in 20 days
CVaR 95%
-3.4%
avg loss on the worst 5% of days
Annual Volatility
Sortino Ratio
0.12
above 1.0 is good
Max Drawdown
-27.1%
Worst Day
Forward Outlook

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30d Prob Up
90d Prob Up
Median Return 30d
Liquidity Score
75
Liquidity Grade
LIQUID
Trend & Momentum

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Kalman Trend
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Momentum Signal
HMM Regime
RSI Signal
Technical Signals

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MA Crossover
ABOVE_200
Bollinger Position
LOWER_HALF
Beta
Relative Volume
1.1x
Short Interest
Financial Health

Is this company financially sound? The Z-Score measures bankruptcy risk. The F-Score measures fundamental strength.

Altman Z-Score
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Piotroski F-Score
Earnings Beat Rate
Earnings Consistency
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Seasonality

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Best Day
Tuesday
Worst Day
Wednesday
Best Month
Jan
Worst Month
Sep
Fri-Mon Effect
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Momentum Rankings

How does this ticker's recent performance compare to the entire universe? Ranked across 1, 3, 6, and 12-month returns.

1M Return
-1.7%
3M Return
+2.7%
6M Return
+10.1%
12M Return
+15.7%
Momentum Rank
#2193
Momentum Signal
FLAT

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