Otter Tail Corp. Schedules Calls to Discuss 2025 Financial Results

Otter Tail Corporation has scheduled investor webcasts to discuss its 2025 financial performance, an update that matters to Fergus Falls residents, local ratepayers and shareholders. The company announced a second-quarter reporting cadence tied to an August call and market summaries indicate a separate full-year 2025 results call is set for February 2026.

Otter Tail said in a company press release that it will issue second-quarter 2025 results after the market closes on Aug. 4, 2025, and host a live conference call and webcast on Aug. 5, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Central time to discuss financial and operating performance. Several market aggregators have reported the company will also announce full-year 2025 results after the close on Feb. 16, 2026, with a conference call and webcast on Feb. 17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Central time; investors should confirm the February schedule with investor relations.

Access details for both webcasts mirror company practice: accompanying slides will be posted on the company’s events and presentations page before each webcast, and a recording will be posted shortly after the call. The press release asks participants to allow time before the call to download any required software and to pre-register to obtain dial-in numbers and passcodes. For participation help, contact Beth Eiken, Manager of Investor Relations, at 701-451-3571 or beiken@ottertail.com. Additional investor and media contacts include Tyler Nelson, Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, tnelson@ottertail.com, and Stephanie Hoff, Director of Corporate Communications, 218-739-8535.

The company’s investor materials and the Q2 call transcript snippets released to the market show concrete financial signals. Quarterly diluted earnings per share for Q2 2025 were reported at $1.85, and trailing return on equity was shown at 17 percent. Management said it raised the midpoint of 2025 earnings guidance to $6.26 from $5.88, citing stronger-than-expected performance in the Plastics segment. Slide material highlights approximately 134,000 customers across Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, credit ratings in the investment grade range, and a commitment to finance growth internally with no external equity needs through 2029.

Debt and liquidity figures in the investor slides show a net debt increase of $423 million across a 2025 through 2029 projection, a weighted average interest rate on debt of 4.53 percent, and available lines of credit shown at $170 million to $211 million with $307.2 million outstanding as of June 30, 2025. Those metrics matter for local economic stability because they affect the company’s ability to fund grid upgrades, plant investments and dividend policy.

Policy headwinds also emerged on the call. Management referenced legislative and regulatory changes on Slide 7, noting a newly enacted bill that phases out certain renewable energy credits under the Inflation Reduction Act and raises other regulatory issues for utilities. The transcript excerpt on that point is truncated, so the precise operational impacts remain to be clarified.

For Otter Tail County residents, the near-term takeaways are clear: stronger Plastics results helped lift company guidance even amid overall earnings pressure, and the company signals it can fund capital plans without issuing equity through 2029. Watch for the posted slides and the full webcast recording after the calls, and contact investor relations for pre-registration details and confirmation of the February schedule.