Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR) Dividend Summary

OTTER TAIL's primary business is the production, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy. The Company, through its subsidiaries, is also engaged in other businesses which are referred to as Health Services Operations and Diversified Operations.

Last update 05/04/2010

Dividend Yield Summary

	2009	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Dividends	$1.19	$1.19	$0	$0	$0	$0
Price	$24.24	$21.21	$0	$0	$0	$0
Yield	4.91 %	5.61 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %

Earnings Information

Next Report Date	11/09/2009
Estimated EPS (year)	$0.88
Estimated EPS (quarter)	$0.29
Estimated EPS Growth	11.67%
Payout Ratio	1.28%
Payout change vs. 5 year average	0.49%

Dividend/Split History

Date	Amount Per Share/Split Ratio	Type
2010-06-10	$0.29000	Dividend
2010-03-10	$0.29000	Dividend
2008-12-10	$0.29000	Dividend
2008-09-10	$0.29800	Dividend
2008-06-10	$0.29000	Dividend
2008-02-13	$0.29800	Dividend
2007-11-13	$0.29300	Dividend
2007-08-13	$0.29300	Dividend
2007-05-11	$0.29300	Dividend
2007-02-13	$0.29300	Dividend
2006-11-13	$0.28800	Dividend
2006-08-11	$0.28800	Dividend
2006-05-11	$0.28800	Dividend
2006-02-13	$0.28800	Dividend
2005-11-10	$0.28000	Dividend
2005-08-11	$0.28000	Dividend
2005-05-11	$0.28000	Dividend
2005-02-11	$0.28000	Dividend

Company Profile

OTTER TAIL CORP
215 South Cascade Street
Box 496
Fergus Falls, MN 56538-0496, USA
Phone: 218-739-8479
Fax: 218-998-3165
Web: www.ottertail.com
Email: sharesvc@ottertail.com

Key Information

Sector:	Utilities
Industry:	UTIL-ELEC PWR
Analysts	3
Fiscal Year End:	December
Next Reported Fiscal Year:	2008
Last Reported Quarter:	6/30/2009

Management

Chmn.; Dir.	John C. Macfarlane
Presi.; C.E.O.	John D. Erickson
Exec. V. P. & C.O.O.	Lauris N. Molbert
C.F.O.; Treas.	Kevin G. Moug
Corp. Sec.; Genl. Counsel	George A. Koeck

Competitors

SIC Code: 4911

Ticker	Company Name
EONGY	E.ON AG-ADR
RWEOY	RWE AG -SP ADR
KEP	KOREA ELEC PWR
NGG	NATL GRID -ADR
EDPFY	EDP SA-SPON ADR
CEG	CONSTELLATN EGY
EXC	EXELON CORP

Otter Tail Corporation OTTR (NSDQ) Financial Ratios

P/E
Current FY Estimate	27.55
Trailing 12 Months	26.07
PEG Ratio	2.36

EPS Growth
vs. Previous Year	-36.36%
vs. Previous Quarter	-58.82%

Sales Growth
vs. Previous Year	-23.80%
vs. Previous Quarter	-11.06%

Price Ratios
Price/Book	1.29
Price/Cash Flow	8.56
Price/Sales	0.71

ROE
06/30/2009	4.80
03/30/2009	5.20
12/30/2008	5.86

ROA
06/30/2009	1.93
03/30/2009	2.02
12/30/2008	2.22

Current Ratio
06/30/2009	1.30
03/30/2009	1.29
12/30/2008	1.29

Quick Ratio
06/30/2009	0.92
03/30/2009	0.94
12/30/2008	0.96

Operating Margin
06/30/2009	2.66
03/30/2009	2.56
12/30/2008	2.68

Net Margin
06/30/2009	2.52
03/30/2009	2.43
12/30/2008	2.68

Pre-Tax Margin
06/30/2009	3.20
03/30/2009	3.24
12/30/2008	3.83

Book Value
06/30/2009	18.76
03/30/2009	18.91
12/30/2008	19.10

Inventory Turnover
06/30/2009	8.88
03/30/2009	9.17
12/30/2008	9.25

Debt-to-Equity
06/30/2009	0.62
03/30/2009	0.51
12/30/2008	0.50

Debt-to-Capital
06/30/2009	37.76
03/30/2009	34.68
12/30/2008	33.02

Quick Quote

Updated as of 4:00pm

Last Trade:	19.17
Trade Time:	4:00pm
Change:	0.00
Open:	N/A
High:	N/A
Low:	N/A
Volume:	0

Security Details

Exchange	NSDQ
CUSIP
Split Date	03/16/2000
Split Factor	2
Shares outstanding	35.61
Beta	1.14

Detailed Quote as of 09/11/2009

Price	$24.24
52 Week High	$39.95
52 Week Low	$15.31
Price Change (4 weeks)	$-1.74
Price Change (12 weeks)	$14.34
Price Change (YTD)	$3.90
Price Change (4 weeks) vs. S&P	$-4.36
Price Change (12 weeks) vs. S&P	$0.77
Price Change (YTD) vs. S&P	$-10.26
Average Daily Volume (20 Days)	105,247
Market Capitalization	$863.23

Price History

Earning Announcement

Last Confirmation Date	2010-04-29
Next Earnings Announcement Date	2010-05-03
Earnings Quarter	Q1
Announcement Status	Confirmed

Last Earning Information Record

As of	8/4/2008 11:50:34 AM
Quarter	Q2
Scheduled Date	8/4/2008 12:00:00 AM
Scheduled Time	After Market
Actual Date	12/31/1969 04:00:00 PM
Actual EPS	0
URL	Press Release Information

Last Dividend Payout

Announcement Date	2010-05-03
Record Date	2010-05-14
Pay Date	2010-06-10
Amount Per Share	$0.29

Board Shareholder Meeting

First Quarter	2009-05-04
Second Quarter	2009-08-03
Third Quarter	2009-10-29
Fourth Quarter	2010-02-08