OTTR Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model

For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. Regarding Otter Tail Corp, the DDM model, as implemented by StockNews, implies a negative return of 26.25% relative to its current price. To help understand and contextualize the model's evaluation of OTTR, investors may wish to consider are:

• If we compare the valuation opportunity a dividend discount model provides relative to other dividend stocks in the Utilities sector, the expected return of -26.25%, based on the stock's current share price and target price based on a dividend discount model, is greater than 25.35% of the DDM-forecasted return of its its sector peers.
• Compared to all dividend issuing stocks in our set, OTTR has a discount rate lower than 25.35% of them (a lower discount rate is associated with lower risk).
• Beta, which compares volatilty of an individual stock to that of the S&P 500, is lower for OTTR than it is for 8.45% of other equities in the Utilities sector that also issue dividends.
• In comparison to its fellow dividend issuing stocks in the Utilities sector, OTTR's equity discount rate is less than 8.45% of those stocks.

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