Overview

* Otter Tail Corp Q2 2025 EPS at $1.85, down from last year's $2.07

* Co, which has operations in electric utilities, manufacturing, and plastics, raises 2025 EPS guidance to $6.06-$6.46

* Severe weather affected Electric segment, but recovery efforts were successful

Outlook

* Otter Tail raises 2025 EPS guidance to $6.06-$6.46

* Company expects 2025 earnings mix: 37% Electric, 63% Non-Electric

* Otter Tail increases Plastics segment earnings guidance for 2025

* Company anticipates elevated Plastics earnings due to lower material costs

Result Drivers

* ELECTRIC SEGMENT - Revenue increase driven by favorable weather and fuel recovery, despite severe weather disruptions

* MANUFACTURING SEGMENT - Revenue decline due to decreased sales volumes and lower steel costs

* PLASTICS SEGMENT - Better than expected performance due to strong demand and increased sales volumes, despite declining sales prices

Key Details

Metric Beat/Mis Actual Consensu

s s

Estimate

Q2 EPS $1.85

Q2 Net $77.73

Income mln

Q2 $0.525

Dividend

Analyst Coverage

* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 1 "strong buy" or "buy", 2 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"

* The average consensus recommendation for the electric utilities peer group is "buy"

* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Otter Tail Corp ( OTTR ) is $83.00, about 9.3% above its August 1 closing price of $75.29

* The stock recently traded at 13 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 13 three months ago

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