Otter Tail (OTTR) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Otter Tail's (OTTR) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 9.46% in Q1 2026, down 132.0% year-on-year from 29.57% in Q1 2025, and down 2.75% quarter-over-quarter from 9.73% in Q4 2025.

Otter Tail (OTTR) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Otter Tail's Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 9.46% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 132.0% year-over-year to 9.46% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 9.46%, a 132.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 10.0%, down 212.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed fell to 9.46% in Q1 2026 per OTTR's latest filing, from 9.73% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 15.38% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 9.46% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 12.72% (2024), against an average of 12.26%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 591 bps in 2022 and tumbled 263 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 14.67% in 2022, then fell by 11 bps to 13.01% in 2023, then retreated by 11 bps to 11.52% in 2024, then fell by 16 bps to 9.73% in 2025, then retreated by 3 bps to 9.46% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest OTTR Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 9.46% (Q1 2026), 9.73% (Q4 2025), and 9.58% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 3M 92.06 Bn 88.73 Bn 2.68 Bn 19.43%
2 Honeywell International 77.31 Bn 68.11 Bn 3.65 Bn 15.09%
3 Valmont Industries 9.56 Bn 9.40 Bn 316.88 Mn 16.67%
4 Brookfield Business 6.61 Bn -9.97 Bn 1.31 Bn -
5 Seaboard 4.45 Bn 3.29 Bn 217.00 Mn 4.40%
6 Otter Tail 3.83 Bn 3.43 Bn 239.49 Mn 9.46%
7 Deluxe 1.22 Bn 1.19 Bn 279.40 Mn 10.82%
8 Tetra Technologies 1.02 Bn 984.04 Mn 38.23 Mn -5.83%
9 Matthews International 891.87 Mn 855.78 Mn 101.98 Mn 6.54%
10 Compass Diversified Holdings 751.98 Mn 691.24 Mn 189.36 Mn 0.22%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 9.46%
Dec 31, 2025 9.73%
Sep 30, 2025 9.58%
Jun 30, 2025 10.09%
Mar 31, 2025 10.78%
Dec 31, 2024 11.52%
Sep 30, 2024 11.93%
Jun 30, 2024 12.72%
Mar 31, 2024 12.75%
Dec 31, 2023 13.01%
Sep 30, 2023 12.82%
Jun 30, 2023 13.06%
Mar 31, 2023 13.90%
Dec 31, 2022 14.67%
Sep 30, 2022 15.38%
Jun 30, 2022 14.34%
Mar 31, 2022 12.66%
Dec 31, 2021 10.64%
Sep 30, 2021 9.46%
Jun 30, 2021 8.55%