Otter Tail (OTTR) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Otter Tail's (OTTR) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 24.56% in Q1 2026, down 34.0% year-on-year from 37.22% in Q1 2025, and up 11.91% quarter-over-quarter from 21.95% in Q4 2025.

Otter Tail (OTTR) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Otter Tail's Operating Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 24.56% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 34.0% year-over-year to 24.56% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 26.41%, a 156.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 26.51%, down 207.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin climbed to 24.56% in Q1 2026 per OTTR's latest filing, from 21.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 33.83% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 18.23% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 27.36% (2024), against an average of 27.06%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin jumped 933 bps in 2022 and sank 314 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 18.23% in 2022, then increased by 21 bps to 21.99% in 2023, then gained by 0 bps to 22.02% in 2024, then decreased by 0 bps to 21.95% in 2025, then advanced by 12 bps to 24.56% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest OTTR Operating Margin figures stand at 24.56% (Q1 2026), 21.95% (Q4 2025), and 29.67% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 3M 88.13 Bn 84.85 Bn 2.68 Bn 15.14%
2 Honeywell International 78.15 Bn 66.84 Bn 3.65 Bn 18.37%
3 Valmont Industries 9.52 Bn 9.36 Bn 316.88 Mn 15.12%
4 Brookfield Business 6.56 Bn 5.50 Bn 1.31 Bn 24.95%
5 Seaboard 4.44 Bn 3.30 Bn 217.00 Mn 4.00%
6 Otter Tail 3.87 Bn 3.47 Bn 239.49 Mn 24.56%
7 Tetra Technologies 1.18 Bn 1.14 Bn 38.23 Mn 8.20%
8 Deluxe 1.16 Bn 1.13 Bn 279.40 Mn 13.34%
9 Matthews International 843.71 Mn 807.63 Mn 101.98 Mn -1.23%
10 Compass Diversified Holdings 745.59 Mn 813.24 Mn 189.36 Mn -0.45%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 24.56%
Dec 31, 2025 21.95%
Sep 30, 2025 29.67%
Jun 30, 2025 29.26%
Mar 31, 2025 24.90%
Dec 31, 2024 22.02%
Sep 30, 2024 31.87%
Jun 30, 2024 32.40%
Mar 31, 2024 27.36%
Dec 31, 2023 21.99%
Sep 30, 2023 33.83%
Jun 30, 2023 31.40%
Mar 31, 2023 23.79%
Dec 31, 2022 18.23%
Sep 30, 2022 30.25%
Jun 30, 2022 30.26%
Mar 31, 2022 26.22%
Dec 31, 2021 21.30%
Sep 30, 2021 23.56%
Jun 30, 2021 20.95%