Otter Tail OTTR
NASDAQ OTTR
$88.04 -1.11 (-1.25%)
At close: Sep 30, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Otter Tail (OTTR) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2018)

Updated

Otter Tail's (OTTR) Payout Ratio came in at 0.65 for Q4 2018, down 7.6% from 0.70 a year earlier but up 6.3% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Otter Tail (OTTR) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2018) Analysis & Trends

Since Q2 2010, Otter Tail has reported Payout Ratio for 28 quarters.

  • Annual Payout Ratio has declined for three consecutive years.
  • In prior years, Otter Tail's Payout Ratio was 0.70 in FY2017 (-9.7%), 0.77 in FY2016 (-0.6%), 0.78 in FY2015 (+1.6%) and 0.77 in FY2014 (-11.9%).
  • Quarterly Payout Ratio has run from a low of 0.61 in Q3 2018 to a high of 0.83 in Q1 2016 over five years.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Payout Ratio has declined in each of the last 11 quarters, with an average decline of 10.7% over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Payout Ratio in the past five years was Q3 2015, with growth of 13.0%; the weakest was Q1 2014, with a decline of 96.9%.
  • According to Business Quant data, Payout Ratio for the three prior quarters was 0.61 (Q3 2018), 0.64 (Q2 2018) and 0.65 (Q1 2018).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Enel Chile 292.57 Bn 292.57 Bn 890.00 Mn
2 National Grid 78.85 Bn 60.37 Bn -
3 Dominion Energy 53.27 Bn 55.95 Bn -
4 Xcel Energy 44.01 Bn 38.91 Bn -
5 Wec Energy 32.84 Bn 33.08 Bn 1.51 Bn
6 Ameren 27.51 Bn 27.59 Bn -
7 Fortis 26.81 Bn 27.29 Bn 1.60 Bn
8 Atmos Energy 26.44 Bn 25.21 Bn 870.85 Mn
9 American Water Works Company 25.73 Bn 25.14 Bn -
10 Otter Tail 3.70 Bn 2.14 Bn 216.33 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2018 0.65
Sep 30, 2018 0.61
Jun 30, 2018 0.64
Mar 31, 2018 0.65
Dec 31, 2017 0.70
Sep 30, 2017 0.70
Jun 30, 2017 0.73
Mar 31, 2017 0.73
Dec 31, 2016 0.77
Sep 30, 2016 0.80
Jun 30, 2016 0.78
Mar 31, 2016 0.83
Dec 31, 2015 0.78
Sep 30, 2015 0.83
Jun 30, 2015 0.81
Mar 31, 2015 0.83
Dec 31, 2014 0.77
Sep 30, 2014 0.73
Jun 30, 2014 0.74
Mar 31, 2014 0.76
API Access

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