Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR)
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- Fundamental
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- Sentiment
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- Technical
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Do Nothing: input snapshot price 90.18 exceeds the $25 strategy ceiling, and confirmed earnings on 2026-08-03 also fall inside the 15-trading-day holding window.
Company overview
Otter Tail Corporation, based in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, operates in the electric utility, manufacturing, and plastics sectors. The company provides electricity to customers in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, and participates in the MISO markets. It also manufactures metal parts and plastic products for various industries and produces PVC pipes for water management applications.
Fundamental
goodOtter Tail demonstrates strong profitability and liquidity, with reasonable valuation and manageable leverage.
Otter Tail shows strong profitability and a solid balance sheet, with SEC filings highlighting ample liquidity and covenant compliance. Valuation is reasonable (P/E ~13.5; EV/EBITDA ~9.5) and a discounted-cash-flow model indicates ~16% upside, but near-term free cash flow is currently thin due to heavy capital spending and the Plastics segment carries ongoing PVC antitrust litigation (including a disclosed $30M settlement).
Sentiment
fairMedia coverage is neutral, retail interest is low, and no significant catalysts are currently driving sentiment.
The only clearly dated near-term catalyst is the company-announced Q2 2026 earnings release on 2026-08-03 (after close; webcast 2026-08-04, confidence: announced). Last ~14d media tone is mostly neutral and the 30–90d sentiment delta is indeterminate due to a sparse baseline sample; Reddit chatter is absent and no regulator-confirmed investigation surfaced in legal discovery (though the investigation analyzer could not extract text).
Technical
goodThe stock is in a bullish trend above key averages, though recent momentum has cooled.
OTTR remains in a strong bullish trend stack above all key moving averages with ample liquidity, but near-term acceleration cooled as the latest session reversed below VWAP and MACD slipped under its signal while staying above zero.
You’re looking at 2026-07-15 — about 2 trading days ago.
Subscribers saw this then, and see today’s score, verdict and trade plan now.
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