Otter Tail (OTTR) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Otter Tail (OTTR) reported Operating Margin of -7.23% for Q2 2026, down 36.49 percentage points from 29.26% a year earlier and down 31.79 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Otter Tail (OTTR) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Otter Tail's Operating Margin came in at 17.12%, down 10.01 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 26.51%, down 2.07 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin has a five-year change of +9.89 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Operating Margin came in at 28.58% in FY2024 (+0.66 pp), 27.92% in FY2023 (+1.35 pp), 26.57% in FY2022 (+5.72 pp) and 20.85% in FY2021 (+4.24 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Operating Margin in data going back to Q2 2009.
- Year over year, Operating Margin has now declined in each of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -5.84 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was Q1 2022 (a gain of 9.33 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2026 (a drop of 36.49 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 24.56% (Q1 2026), 21.95% (Q4 2025) and 29.64% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enel Chile | 293.96 Bn | 293.96 Bn | 890.00 Mn | 30.20% |
| 2 | National Grid | 78.23 Bn | 59.76 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Dominion Energy | 53.03 Bn | 55.71 Bn | - | 7.34% |
| 4 | Xcel Energy | 43.33 Bn | 38.23 Bn | - | 22.64% |
| 5 | Wec Energy | 33.06 Bn | 33.29 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 20.99% |
| 6 | Ameren | 27.51 Bn | 27.60 Bn | - | 21.94% |
| 7 | Fortis | 26.94 Bn | 27.43 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 27.43% |
| 8 | Atmos Energy | 26.53 Bn | 25.30 Bn | 870.85 Mn | 36.45% |
| 9 | American Water Works Company | 25.62 Bn | 25.03 Bn | - | 40.00% |
| 10 | Otter Tail | 3.72 Bn | 2.16 Bn | 216.33 Mn | -7.23% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -7.23% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 24.56% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 21.95% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 29.64% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 29.26% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 24.90% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 22.05% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 31.81% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 32.39% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 27.35% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 22.15% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 33.76% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 31.37% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 23.71% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 17.68% |
| 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% |
API Access
Otter Tail Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=OTTR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "OTTR", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=OTTR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();