Otter Tail Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

Otter Tail has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 28.7%, while the Electric Utilities industry saw earnings growing at 13.5% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 10.8% per year. Otter Tail's return on equity is 18.6%, and it has net margins of 22.7%.

Key information

28.7%

Earnings growth rate

28.0%

EPS growth rate

Electric Utilities Industry Growth	7.3%
Revenue growth rate	10.8%
Return on equity	18.6%
Net Margin	22.7%
Next Earnings Update	17 Feb 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Otter Tail makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

DB:OT4 Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses
30 Sep 24	1,342	305	66
30 Jun 24	1,362	311	64
31 Mar 24	1,357	306	62
31 Dec 23	1,349	294	62
30 Sep 23	1,336	278	114
30 Jun 23	1,362	271	100
31 Mar 23	1,424	275	85
31 Dec 22	1,460	284	69
30 Sep 22	1,492	294	0
30 Jun 22	1,424	262	0
31 Mar 22	1,310	218	2
31 Dec 21	1,197	177	67
30 Sep 21	1,090	144	2
30 Jun 21	1,010	127	3
31 Mar 21	917	102	3
31 Dec 20	890	96	3
30 Sep 20	879	98	4
30 Jun 20	872	86	4
31 Mar 20	908	85	4
31 Dec 19	920	87	4
30 Sep 19	925	81	5
30 Jun 19	924	79	5
31 Mar 19	921	82	5
31 Dec 18	916	82	6
30 Sep 18	902	87	6
30 Jun 18	891	81	6
31 Mar 18	876	79	6
31 Dec 17	849	72	6
30 Sep 17	839	71	9
30 Jun 17	820	68	8
31 Mar 17	811	67	7
31 Dec 16	804	62	5
30 Sep 16	796	60	0
30 Jun 16	799	61	0
31 Mar 16	783	59	0
31 Dec 15	780	59	0
30 Sep 15	784	57	0
30 Jun 15	781	55	0
31 Mar 15	787	49	0
31 Dec 14	799	57	0
30 Sep 14	689	54	0
30 Jun 14	722	56	0
31 Mar 14	740	55	0

Quality Earnings: OT4 has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: OT4's current net profit margins (22.7%) are higher than last year (20.8%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: OT4's earnings have grown significantly by 28.7% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: OT4's earnings growth over the past year (9.4%) is below its 5-year average (28.7% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: OT4 earnings growth over the past year (9.4%) exceeded the Electric Utilities industry -10.9%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: OT4's Return on Equity (18.6%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/02/02 14:40
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/31 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
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Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Otter Tail Corporation is covered by 7 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
David Parker	Baird
Nathan Bates	D.A. Davidson & Co.
Sophie Karp	KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.