The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

OTTR

Concerning the House

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.

United States · www.ottertail.com

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$1.33B+0.1%
Operating income$377.92M+15.2%
Net income$294.19M+17.3%
Cash from ops$385.99M+8.6%
Quotation

$92.87

+0.73 (+0.8%)

52w hi$94.28
52w lo$73.62
Vol205.56K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.04

Short+0.04
Medium+0.05
Long+0.02

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Otter Tail Corporation

Industrials · Conglomerates

Market cap$3.90B
Enterprise value$4.80B
Trailing P/E20.06x
Forward P/E17.07x
EV / EBITDA10.74x
P / S (ttm)2.97x
Profit margin14.8%
Return on equity10.7%
Revenue growth+0.4%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity67.49
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.45
Corr SPX0.30
Annual vol24.5%
Annual ret+4.3%
Sharpe0.17
Max DD-21.3%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.19
Sector+0.07
Technical+0.06
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$92.31$93.54$92.07$92.87205.56K
Aug 12$94.49$94.49$92.07$92.14178.20K
Aug 11$92.41$95.09$92.41$94.28226.60K
Aug 10$93.02$93.57$91.83$92.37315.40K
Aug 7$93.01$93.97$92.68$93.79164.20K