OTTR Otter Tail Corporation
$90.84
Platform & Compounding FCF 50%
Two-stage FCF DCF
Strong · Conviction

Overvalued

Trading 69.7% above fair value

You pay $90.84
Bear $44.91
Fair $53.53
Bull $61.30
Bear $44.91 -50.6% 3% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair $53.53 -41.1% 5% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull $61.30 -32.5% 6% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

4.8%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (5% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 34%
Implied Market Multiple 22.6x
Market is pricing in (growth) 10.6% vs 4.8% base

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above.

Average Target (7 analysts) $81.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 34%

Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 5% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $53.53 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $81.00 (from 7 analysts). Our estimate is 34% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • P/E alone misleads — earnings depressed by growth investment
  • Cyclical or commodity businesses may be misclassified as platforms
  • Terminal value dominance suggests sensitivity to long-run assumptions