Otter Tail (OTTR) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer OTTR or PNW?

Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus price target of $84.65, indicating a potential downside of 0.36%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pinnacle West Capital is more favorable than Otter Tail.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Otter Tail	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Pinnacle West Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Is OTTR or PNW a better dividend stock?

Otter Tail pays an annual dividend of $1.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Otter Tail pays out 25.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 67.8% 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 11 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, OTTR or PNW?

Otter Tail has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer OTTR or PNW?

In the previous week, Otter Tail had 1 more articles in the media than Pinnacle West Capital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Otter Tail and 5 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Otter Tail's score of 0.53 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Otter Tail	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pinnacle West Capital	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OTTR or PNW?

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
Otter Tail	$1.34B	2.34	$294.19M	$7.24	10.38
Pinnacle West Capital	$5.02B	1.92	$501.56M	$5.28	16.09

Is OTTR or PNW more profitable?

Otter Tail has a net margin of 22.70% compared to Pinnacle West Capital's net margin of 12.26%. Otter Tail's return on equity of 19.84% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Otter Tail	22.70%	19.84%	8.96%
Pinnacle West Capital	12.26%	9.60%	2.43%

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

61.3% of Otter Tail shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Otter Tail shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OTTR or PNW?

Pinnacle West Capital received 139 more outperform votes than Otter Tail when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.67% of users gave Otter Tail an outperform vote while only 41.69% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Otter Tail	Outperform Votes 250 59.67%	Underperform Votes 169 40.33%
Pinnacle West Capital	Outperform Votes 389 41.69%	Underperform Votes 544 58.31%

Summary

Otter Tail and Pinnacle West Capital tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.