Otter Tail Corp financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
OTTR on Nasdaq
Location
Fergus Falls, MN
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
23 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • OTTR - Otter Tail Corp financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 16%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-19%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 12 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-12) highlights Return On Equity 15.6%, Return On Assets 7.2%, and Operating Margin 26.5%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

55.1/100

Caution Confidence medium

Return On Equity

16%

Metric score 44.9/100

Return On Assets

7.2%

Metric score 65.6/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
2.28x
Quick Ratio
1.83x

Strengths

Operating Margin, Current Ratio, and Quick Ratio

Watchpoints

Revenues YoY and NetIncomeLoss YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

16%

YoY: -19%

Industry median: 8.1% (n=48)

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Return On Assets

7.2%

YoY: -17%

Industry median: 2.4% (n=55)

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Operating Margin

27%

YoY: -7.2%

Industry median: 20% (n=45)

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Current Ratio

2.28x

YoY: +12%

Industry median: 0.81x (n=57)

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Quick Ratio

1.83x

YoY: +18%

Industry median: 0.45x (n=37)

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Revenues YoY

-2%

YoY:

Industry median: 9.2% (n=45)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

-8.5%

YoY:

Industry median: 4.3% (n=45)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 16% -19%
Return On Assets 7.2% -17%
Operating Margin 27% -7.2%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 2.28x +12%
Quick Ratio 1.83x +18%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY -2%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -8.5%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 41,953,525 +0.3%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 41,905,520 +0.18%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $209,528,000 +0.19%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 41,864,000 +0.21%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 42,117,000 +0.11%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $1,304,058,000 -2%
Costs and Expenses $958,376,000 +0.85%
Operating Income (Loss) $345,682,000 -9.1%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $46,384,000 -29%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 6.59 -8.7%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 6.55 -8.6%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $386,193,000 +31%
Inventory, Net $158,598,000 +6.5%
Other Assets, Current $34,690,000 +16%
Assets, Current $799,725,000 +27%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $171,431,000 -4.1%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $26,612,000 -5.6%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $4,642,000 -19%
Goodwill $37,572,000 0%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $80,770,000 +22%
Assets $3,964,279,000 +8.5%
Accounts Payable, Current $93,606,000 -18%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $35,666,000 +3.7%
Liabilities, Current $350,958,000 +13%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $305,931,000 +14%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $21,849,000 -7.3%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $106,156,000 +7.9%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $470,000 -12%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $1,217,567,000 +18%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $1,861,760,000 +12%
Liabilities and Equity $3,964,279,000 +8.5%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 50,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 5 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $386,193,000 +31%
Operating Lease, Liability $26,891,000 -5.1%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $275,831,000 -8.4%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $33,472,000 -7.1%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $417,311,000 +3.5%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $5,042,000 +5.6%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $5,732,000 +1.7%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $6,557,000 +3.3%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.0647 +1.6%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $6,581,000 -15%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $4,479,000 -6.4%
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards $2,485,000 +8.6%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $1,090,000 -3.1%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $3,248,000 -9.9%
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization $118,107,000 +10%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $170,884,000 -3.2%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY