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Otter Tail Corporation (OTC) is a holding company which has strategically invested in a portfolio of diversified operations including an electric utility and manufacturing and plastic pipe businesses. Our corporate offices are located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota and Fargo, North Dakota.
$92.83
$0.43 (-0.46%)
EOD Jul 17, 2026
26.60% operating margin is above average. ROIC at 10.50%.
Revenue declined 2.3% YoY. The question is whether this is cyclical or a structural shift.
Net debt of $690M represents 7.0x FCF, leverage limits flexibility.
13.9x earnings, 2181.8x FCF. The multiple is below average. Either the market is pricing in deterioration you should investigate, or there's genuine value here.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$1.31B
▼ -2.3% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$280M
▼ -8.5% YoY
Op. Margin
26.58%
▼ -2.0pp YoY
ROIC
10.36%
▼ -1.9pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$2M
▲ +4.1% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$417M
▼ -14.7% YoY
Net Debt
$808M
Cash & Equiv.
$403M
5Y CAGR: +8.0%
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At a P/E of 13.9 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 2,181.8, Otter Tail (OTTR) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $-18.46 per share, so at $92.83 the stock looks overvalued (119.9% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Otter Tail scores 38/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 2.3%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $-18.46 per share for OTTR, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $-13.85. At today's $92.83, that puts the stock about 119.9% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Otter Tail scores 38 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 26.6% operating margin and a 10.4% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Yes, Otter Tail pays a regular dividend of about $2.15 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 2.3% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 32.2% of earnings, so the dividend is amply covered by earnings. Otter Tail has grown the dividend at roughly 7.9% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For OTTR's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. OTTR currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 38/100 on quality (lower-quality). It also yields about 2.3%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.