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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001466593-25-000080"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OTTR"
cik: "0001466593"
company_name: "Otter Tail Corp"
filed_at: "2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T11:27:07.222661+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Otter Tail Q1 EPS $1.62; reaffirms FY2025 guidance; manufacturing net income down 71%

## Summary
- Q1 2025 diluted EPS $1.62, net income $68.1M; prior year net income $74.4M.
- FY2025 EPS guidance reaffirmed at $5.68–$6.08, implying ROE 13.8%–14.6%.
- Electric segment net income up 10% to $24.7M on favorable weather; Manufacturing down 71% to $1.5M.
- Plastics net income down 7.1% to $43.4M on lower prices, offset by 13% volume increase.
- Quarterly dividend raised 12% to $0.525/share; payable June 10, record May 15.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001466593-25-000080
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OTTR
- cik: 0001466593
- company_name: Otter Tail Corp
- filed_at: 2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466593/000146659325000080/0001466593-25-000080-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466593/000146659325000080/ottr-20250505.htm

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