Otter Tail
OTTR · Electric Utilities
$90.49
0.3%TXNM Energy
TXNM · Electric Utilities
$58.27
0.8%The short version
- TXNM Energy is the larger business, with $2.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $1.3B for Otter Tail, about 1.7 times as much.
- TXNM Energy grew revenue faster (9.9%, against −2.3%).
- Otter Tail kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (26.6% operating margin, against 20.4% operating margin).
- Otter Tail turned more of its sales into free cash flow (7.5% FCF margin, against −28.2% FCF margin).
- Otter Tail earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (12.3%, against 4.8%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of TXNM Energy’s earnings: a P/E of 44.1x against 19.5x for Otter Tail.
| Latest fiscal year | OTTR · FY25 | TXNM · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.8B | $6.6B |
| Revenue | $1.3B | $2.2B |
| Free cash flow | $97.9M | −$611M |
| Net income | $276M | $170M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −2.3% | 9.9% |
| 5-year growth | 8.0% | 7.3% |
| Share count change | 0.1% | 13.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | 26.6% | 20.4% |
| Net margin | 21.2% | 7.8% |
| FCF margin | 7.5% | −28.2% |
| Return on capital | 12.3% | 4.8% |
| Return on equity | 15.6% | 5.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $583M | $5.6B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.3x | 6.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $88.1M | $175M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 19.5x | 44.1x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 |
FY16
OTTR $804M
TXNM $1.4B
FY17
OTTR $849M
TXNM $1.4B
FY18
OTTR $916M
TXNM $1.4B
FY19
OTTR $920M
TXNM $1.5B
FY20
OTTR $883M
TXNM $1.5B
FY21
OTTR $1.2B
TXNM $1.8B
FY22
OTTR $1.5B
TXNM $2.2B
FY23
OTTR $1.4B
TXNM $1.9B
FY24
OTTR $1.3B
TXNM $2.0B
FY25
OTTR $1.3B
TXNM $2.2B
OTTR
TXNM
FY16
OTTR 14.5%
TXNM 20.9%
FY17
OTTR 15.6%
TXNM 21.8%
FY18
OTTR 14.1%
TXNM 16.4%
FY19
OTTR 14.7%
TXNM 9.9%
FY20
OTTR 16.7%
TXNM 18.7%
FY21
OTTR 20.9%
TXNM 17.3%
FY22
OTTR 26.6%
TXNM 17.5%
FY23
OTTR 27.9%
TXNM 11.9%
FY24
OTTR 28.6%
TXNM 23.0%
FY25
OTTR 26.6%
TXNM 20.4%
OTTR
TXNM
FY16
OTTR $2.1M
TXNM −$192M
FY17
OTTR $40.7M
TXNM $23.0M
FY18
OTTR $38.0M
TXNM −$73.0M
FY19
OTTR −$22.3M
TXNM −$113M
FY20
OTTR −$160M
TXNM −$193M
FY21
OTTR $59.4M
TXNM −$387M
FY22
OTTR $218M
TXNM −$345M
FY23
OTTR $117M
TXNM −$525M
FY24
OTTR $94.1M
TXNM −$739M
FY25
OTTR $97.9M
TXNM −$611M
OTTR
TXNM
FY16
OTTR —
TXNM 4.6%
FY17
OTTR 7.6%
TXNM 3.5%
FY18
OTTR 8.4%
TXNM 4.8%
FY19
OTTR 8.0%
TXNM 3.0%
FY20
OTTR 7.7%
TXNM 5.0%
FY21
OTTR 11.6%
TXNM 4.7%
FY22
OTTR 16.4%
TXNM 5.5%
FY23
OTTR 15.1%
TXNM 3.4%
FY24
OTTR 13.9%
TXNM 5.5%
FY25
OTTR 12.3%
TXNM 4.8%
OTTR
TXNM
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