Otter Tail Corporation is a diversified company with a focus on electric utility, manufacturing, and plastics. Based in Minnesota, it provides electric energy across several states, leveraging a mix of coal, solar, wind, and natural gas. Beyond energy, Otter Tail manufactures a wide range of products including metal parts, plastic containers, and PVC pipes, catering to industries like agriculture, construction, and electronics. Founded in 1907, it has evolved from a regional power company to a multifaceted corporation serving a broad customer base.
Thursday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Advanced Micro Devices, Amcor, Caesars Entertainment, CarMax, Chewy, Marriott International, Microsoft, Molson Coors Beverage, NXP Semiconductors and Uber Technologies.
Friday's top analyst calls included Amazon, Adobe, AMD, Apple, BlackRock, Broadcom, Caterpillar, Deere, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Oracle and Slack.
thinkstockThe recovery of alternative energy and clean energy may be political, and it may also be tied to what is simply a raging bull market for equities. Investors have started losing their…
The reaction to the news of a conglomerate break-up in a three-way separation was incredible for ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) yesterday. Shares closed up 16.5% rather than over 20% and the closing…
Wind energy is supposed to be one of the key puzzle pieces in the quest to get off the dependence of foreign energy sources. Yet a fairly disturbing story from the Daily…
We compiled a list of the equity holdings of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and for Bill Gates’ personal investment vehicle Cascade Investment. These are as of December 31, 2008 and…
These are the new holdings (sans ETF and sans derivatives) for Bill Gates’ CASDADE INVESTMENT LLC As of September 30, 2008: AUTONATION (NYSE: AN) …
These are not all of the research calls affecting shares of stock, but these are some we have our eyes on this Monday: Alliance Bernstein (AB) Raised to Outperform at KBW. Arkansas…
Bad day for the 52-week low club. IHS (IHS) Decision to buy Global Insight for $200 million drives shares down. Bottom at $45.66 from 52-week high of $72.19. Dolan Media (DM) No…
Otter Tail Corp. (NASDAQ: OTTR) is trading lower this morning after pricing its secondary offering. The proposed 5 million share offering came in at 4.5 million shares. It also priced at $30…
Douglas A. McIntyre We have seen three issues so far since yesterday’s close to sell shares of stock and one offering still pending on the calendar for the week. We have seen filings out of…
Otter Tail Corp. (NASDAQ: OTTR) may have been caught with its tail between its legs. The small diversified mini-conglomerate has warned that its earnings were going to fall short of expectations. For…
Douglas A. McIntyre The overall short interest on NASDAQ stocks was actually pretty dull from the end of April to Mid-May, or at least that is the case until you go straight into looking at…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer continued his GREEN WEEK stock picks. Tonight he wanted to cover the buy on weakness for these stocks and tonight he covered wind power…
Below are most of the equity holdings listed for Bill Gates’ own Cascade Investment, L.L.C. as of December 31, 2007. These were disclosed in a filing late in the week. Keep in…
