Otter Tail (OTTR) Competitors

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

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 2.6%. 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 increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer PNW or OTTR?

In the previous week, Pinnacle West Capital had 14 more articles in the media than Otter Tail. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital and 5 mentions for Otter Tail. Otter Tail's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Pinnacle West Capital's score of 1.04 indicating that Otter Tail is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pinnacle West Capital	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Otter Tail	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, PNW or OTTR?

Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Otter Tail has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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 41.75% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pinnacle West Capital	Outperform Votes 392 41.75%	Underperform Votes 547 58.25%
Otter Tail	Outperform Votes 250 59.67%	Underperform Votes 169 40.33%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PNW or OTTR?

91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of Otter Tail shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Otter Tail shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and 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	2.16	$501.56M	$5.22	17.82
Otter Tail	$1.33B	2.53	$294.19M	$7.17	11.23

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%

Do analysts prefer PNW or OTTR?

Pinnacle West Capital presently has a consensus target price of $95.17, indicating a potential upside of 2.32%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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

Summary

Pinnacle West Capital beats Otter Tail on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.