Growth Metrics

Otter Tail (OTTR) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Otter Tail filings provide 16 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 9.73% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 180.0% to 9.73% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 9.73%, a 180.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 10.0%, down 212.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 9.73% in Q4 2025 for Otter Tail, up from 9.58% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 15.38% in Q3 2022 to a low of 7.14% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 12.29% (2022), compared with a mean of 11.74%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: soared 591bps in 2022 and later plummeted -263bps in 2025.
  • Otter Tail's Return on Capital Employed stood at 10.64% in 2021, then surged by 38bps to 14.67% in 2022, then dropped by -11bps to 13.01% in 2023, then decreased by -11bps to 11.52% in 2024, then dropped by -16bps to 9.73% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 9.73% (Q4 2025), 9.58% (Q3 2025), and 10.09% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.