Otter Tail (OTTR) Competitors

Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) and Otter Tail (NASDAQ:OTTR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Which has more risk & volatility, EE or OTTR?

Excelerate Energy has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Otter Tail has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, EE or OTTR?

Otter Tail has higher revenue and earnings than Excelerate Energy. Otter Tail is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Excelerate Energy, 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
Excelerate Energy	$1.16B	2.70	$30.41M	$0.99	29.75
Otter Tail	$1.35B	2.47	$294.19M	$7.24	11.00

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

21.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of Otter Tail shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Otter Tail shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor EE or OTTR?

In the previous week, Excelerate Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Otter Tail. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Excelerate Energy and 5 mentions for Otter Tail. Otter Tail's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Excelerate Energy's score of 0.25 indicating that Otter Tail is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Excelerate Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Otter Tail	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EE or OTTR?

Otter Tail received 233 more outperform votes than Excelerate Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.67% of users gave Otter Tail an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Excelerate Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Excelerate Energy	Outperform Votes 17 33.33%	Underperform Votes 34 66.67%
Otter Tail	Outperform Votes 250 59.67%	Underperform Votes 169 40.33%

Do analysts rate EE or OTTR?

Excelerate Energy presently has a consensus target price of $25.67, indicating a potential downside of 12.85%. Given Excelerate Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Excelerate Energy is more favorable than Otter Tail.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Excelerate Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Otter Tail	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is EE or OTTR a better dividend stock?

Excelerate Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Otter Tail pays an annual dividend of $1.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Excelerate Energy pays out 10.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Otter Tail pays out 25.8% 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. Otter Tail is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is EE or OTTR more profitable?

Otter Tail has a net margin of 22.70% compared to Excelerate Energy's net margin of 3.14%. Otter Tail's return on equity of 19.84% beat Excelerate Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Excelerate Energy	3.14%	1.39%	0.90%
Otter Tail	22.70%	19.84%	8.96%

Summary

Otter Tail beats Excelerate Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.