Otter Tail (OTTR) Competitors

Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) and Otter Tail (NASDAQ:OTTR) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PNW or OTTR?

91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of Otter Tail shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Otter Tail shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PNW or OTTR a better dividend stock?

Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Otter Tail pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 68.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Otter Tail pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Otter Tail has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer PNW or OTTR?

Pinnacle West Capital currently has a consensus price target of $95.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.94%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Pinnacle West Capital is more favorable than Otter Tail.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pinnacle West Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Otter Tail	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, PNW or OTTR?

Pinnacle West Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Otter Tail. Otter Tail is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle West Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pinnacle West Capital	$5.12B	2.18	$501.56M	$5.22	17.95
Otter Tail	$1.33B	2.46	$294.19M	$7.17	10.90

Is PNW or OTTR more profitable?

Otter Tail has a net margin of 22.67% compared to Pinnacle West Capital's net margin of 12.26%. Otter Tail's return on equity of 18.96% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pinnacle West Capital	12.26%	9.60%	2.43%
Otter Tail	22.67%	18.96%	8.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PNW or OTTR?

Pinnacle West Capital received 142 more outperform votes than Otter Tail when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.67% of users gave Otter Tail an outperform vote while only 41.70% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pinnacle West Capital	Outperform Votes 392 41.70%	Underperform Votes 548 58.30%
Otter Tail	Outperform Votes 250 59.67%	Underperform Votes 169 40.33%

Which has more volatility and risk, PNW or OTTR?

Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Otter Tail has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PNW or OTTR?

In the previous week, Pinnacle West Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Otter Tail. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital and 11 mentions for Otter Tail. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Otter Tail's score of 1.10 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pinnacle West Capital	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Otter Tail	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Pinnacle West Capital beats Otter Tail on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.