Otter Tail (OTTR) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Otter Tail posted quarterly Operating Margin of 24.56% for Q1 2026, down 34.0% year-on-year from 37.22% in Q1 2025, and up 10.31% on a QoQ basis from 22.27% in Q4 2025.
Otter Tail (OTTR) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 24.56% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 34.0% year-over-year to 24.56%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 26.51% (down 145.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 26.6%, down 199.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 24.56%, up from 22.27% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 33.76% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 18.23% in Q4 2022.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 27.35% (2024), against an average of 27.07%.
- Peak annual rise in Operating Margin reached 933 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 313 bps in 2022.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 18.23% in 2022, then increased by 21 bps to 21.99% in 2023, then rose by 0 bps to 22.06% in 2024, then rose by 1 bps to 22.27% in 2025, then gained by 10 bps to 24.56% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 24.56% (Q1 2026), 22.27% (Q4 2025), and 29.67% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honeywell International | 149.73 Bn | 138.42 Bn | 3.54 Bn | 19.00% |
| 2 | 3M | 79.89 Bn | 75.79 Bn | 2.46 Bn | 23.17% |
| 3 | Valmont Industries | 10.28 Bn | 10.12 Bn | 316.88 Mn | 15.12% |
| 4 | Seaboard | 5.00 Bn | 3.86 Bn | 217.00 Mn | 4.00% |
| 5 | Otter Tail | 3.50 Bn | 3.10 Bn | 239.49 Mn | 24.56% |
| 6 | Tetra Technologies | 1.39 Bn | 1.39 Bn | 38.23 Mn | 8.20% |
| 7 | Deluxe | 1.11 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 279.40 Mn | 13.34% |
| 8 | Matthews International | 838.50 Mn | 802.41 Mn | 101.98 Mn | -1.23% |
| 9 | Compass Diversified Holdings | 825.34 Mn | 892.99 Mn | 189.36 Mn | -0.45% |
| 10 | Falcon's Beyond Global | 575.98 Mn | 586.01 Mn | - | -30.92% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 24.56% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 22.27% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 29.67% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 29.32% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 24.90% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 22.06% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 31.81% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 32.40% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 27.35% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 21.99% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 33.76% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 31.40% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 23.71% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 18.23% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 30.25% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 30.26% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 26.22% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 21.35% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 23.56% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 20.95% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 16.89% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 12.71% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 22.37% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 14.48% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 16.74% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 14.48% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 16.29% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 11.70% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 16.09% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 10.58% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 16.81% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 13.30% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 15.59% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -30.64% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 15.25% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 14.61% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 15.98% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 6.80% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 13.84% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 25.66% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 29.57% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 6.03% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 14.81% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 25.51% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 12.34% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | -11.60% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 22.89% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 14.54% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 16.47% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 5.64% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 10.94% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 7.43% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 12.50% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 17.13% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 11.32% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 7.21% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 8.30% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 12.02% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 8.11% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 6.19% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 8.01% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | -148.26% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 4.63% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | -6.05% |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 5.73% |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 29.14% |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 6.80% |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 2.50% |