Otter Tail Corporation · NASDAQ:OTTR

Otter Tail — Investor Presentation (December 2024)

52 slides from Otter Tail's investor presentation, Dec 31, 2024

  1. Slide 1: 2024 Investor Deck

    2024 INVESTOR DECK SOTTERTAIL CORPORATION

  2. Slide 2: Forward-Looking Statement

    Forward-Looking Statement Except for historical information contained here, the statements in this release are forward-looking and made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “could,” “estimate,” “expe

  3. Slide 3: Otter Tail Corporation: Diversified, growing and delivering value

    Otter Tail Corporation Diversified, growing and delivering value Investment Thesis ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING Strategic Uninterrupted diversification for dividend for 85 01 growth over long- 04 years, part of Founded in 1907 Owned and operated term cycles 8-10% TSR target for over 20 years Serve approxi

  4. Slide 4: Vision & Mission

    Vision & Mission Executing Our Vision Build top performing companies in a diversified organization with an electric utility as the foundation Mission Deliver value by building strong electric utility and manufacturing platforms 1 For our shareholders we deliver above average returns through commerci

  5. Slide 5: Balanced Growth and Income Model

    Balanced Growth and Income Model Strategic Diversification Electric platform has significant rate base growth plan, and our manufacturing platform generates incremental cash to help fund the plan To navigate long-term cycles and consistently achieve targeted 8-10% TSR ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING Delivers

  6. Slide 6: Balanced Growth Driving Returns over Long-Term Cycles

    Balanced Growth Driving Returns over Long-Term Cycles Our diversification has enabled us to produce a higher ROE than our utility peers over the long-term 18.0% Since 1994, Otter Tail’s strategic diversification and capital efficiency has resulted in an ROE of 11.9% ahead of the broader Utility sect

  7. Slide 7: Track Record of Consistent Results

    Track Record of Consistent Results Attractive ROE with defensive balance sheet EPS Growth Consolidated Capital Structure & ROE 26.6% Consolidated EPS (5YR CAGR) 110.0% 28.0% $7.00 $7.07 25.6% $6.78 90.0% 22.1% 23.0% 46.3% 20.2% 40.6% 38.6% 38.2% 47.1% 49.3% 70.0% 18.0% $4.23 7.7% 19.2% Consolidated

  8. Slide 8: Attractive Long-Term TSR Algorithm

    Attractive Long-Term TSR Algorithm Earnings drivers in Electric 5-7% ongoing EPS growth and Manufacturing Sales growth ELECTRIC Incremental cash flow to fund growth without the need for raising equity Rate base growth Load growth Efficiency Operational, commercial and talent excellence 8-10% MANUFAC

  9. Slide 9: Otter Tail Power Company: Delivering Consistent Earnings Growth

    Otter Tail Power Company: Delivering Consistent Earnings Growth 9

  10. Slide 10: Otter Tail Power Company

    Otter Tail Power Company CANADA Regulated and vertically integrated electric utility Langdon Wind Energy Center MN Luverne Wind Farm Solway Constructive regulatory jurisdictions Coyote Station Ashtabula Wind Energy Center Combustion Turbine Low-cost generation resources Blue Jay Solar Blue Heron Sol

  11. Slide 11: Rate Base Growth

    Rate Base Growth: Long history of delivering… … and a clear path forward 7.7% Planned CAGR 2023-2028 $2.5B $2.4B $2.2B $2.1B $1.9B $1.7B $1.6B $1.6B $1.4B $1.1B $1.2B 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024(F) 2025(F) 2026(F) 2027(F) 2028(F) Otter Tail Power has proven track record of converting rate bas

  12. Slide 12: Investing in Renewable Generation & Storage to Support a Clean Energy Future

    Investing in Renewable Generation & Storage to Support a Clean Energy Future Levers to support affordability as we transition: Wind Repowering Solar Development Integrated Resource Plan Investments Tax credits Entered into agreement to $230M capital investment acquire solar facility assets Up to 500

  13. Slide 13: Changing Energy Mix Supports Reliability, Affordability and Significantly Lower Emissions

    Changing Energy Mix Supports Reliability, Affordability and Significantly Lower Emissions Otter Tail Power Energy Resource Mix As a result of our changing energy mix, we are targeting reduced emissions 3% 100% 7% 8% By 2030, We are Targeting 90% 23% 18% Of owned and contracted Reduction in carbon 35

  14. Slide 14: Transmission Investment Priorities

    Transmission Investment Priorities Projects intended to MISO1 Long Range Joint Targeted help support grid Transmission MISO1 LRTP Interconnection reliability Planning (LRTP) Tranche 2.12 Queue2 Tranche 1 Expect projects to have Anticipate Otter Tail Power Developed by very limited impact on $420M ca

  15. Slide 15: Multiple Opportunities to Drive Load Growth

    Multiple Opportunities to Drive Load Growth Otter Tail Power is Well Positioned to Address Incremental Opportunity Through: Locations have been identified with Operating in attractive service territory Long-standing, approved tariffs for high reliability and minimal which has historically had low en

  16. Slide 16: Constructive Regulatory Environment

    Constructive Regulatory Environment Investment to support safe & reliable electric service Otter Tail’s jurisdictions are rated as Constructive or Neutral 1 MN Average/2 Track record Constructive ND Average/1 of timely regulatory SD Average/2 recovery jurisdictions We anticipate to recover ~ 90% of

  17. Slide 17: Focus on Affordability during Growth

    Focus on Affordability during Growth Investing to ensure: Ensuring affordability: Safe; Through • IRA tax credits Reliable; Some of + • MISO system wide recovery Rate base the lowest • Reduced energy costs Efficient; and growth rates in the • Technology enabled savings Increasingly clean electric na

  18. Slide 18: Delivering Affordability for Customers

    Delivering Affordability for Customers 18 Average Summer Residential Rate in Cents per kWh1 16.0 USA 16 14.6 14 13.6 13.2 13.1 13.1 Regional 12.7 12.4 11.8 11.7 12 11.3 11.2 10 10.5 10.0 10.2 8 6 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Otter Tail Power’s 15% below 30% below regional average national average 2023 r

  19. Slide 19: Driving Operational and Commercial Excellence in Electric

    Strong Foundation: Vertical integration of generation, transmission and distribution: Driving Operational • enables efficiency, • cost control, and Commercial • compelling customer offering Excellence in Electric Levers for Excellence: Actions across the organization A strong foundation and • Prepar

  20. Slide 20: Financial and Operational Targets

    Financial and Operational Targets Electric platform Convert rate base Deliver attractive Achieved Delivering ROE to contribute growth to earnings rate base growth; customer 65% 7.7% growth at a affordability 1:1 target to approximate through balanced of consolidated CAGR to 2028 allowed ROE investme

  21. Slide 21: Electric Operations: Key takeaways

    Electric Operations: Key takeaways Otter Tail Power Company positioned to deliver value to customers AND investors through long-term cycles 3 Proven track record of strong rate base growth (converting to earnings at 1:1 ratio) and clear path to significant future rate base expansion 2 Strategically

  22. Slide 22: Manufacturing Operations: Consistently Accretive Returns

    Manufacturing Operations: Consistently Accretive Returns 22

  23. Slide 23: Robust Manufacturing Platform

    Robust Manufacturing Platform MANUFACTURING PLATFORM Manufacturing Segment Plastics Segment Providing metal Delivering custom Manufactures PVC pipe for municipal fabrication for custom thermoformed water, rural water, wastewater, storm machine parts and plastic products and drainage systems and othe

  24. Slide 24: Delivering Consistently Accretive Returns

    Delivering Consistently Accretive Returns Manufacturing Platform ROE has been consistently Significant growth in sales and net income within accretive to the Otter Tail group’s returns the Manufacturing Platform since 2004 73% Sales Net Income 61% 7.0% 58% $820.8M 15.7% CAGR $209.2M CAGR 4.4% CAGR 2

  25. Slide 25: Underpinned By Competitive Advantages Across Manufacturing Platform

    Underpinned By Competitive Advantages Across Manufacturing Platform Manufacturing Segment Plastics Segment Serving diversified end markets High-quality customer service in highly-regulated industry With high value, custom products and solutions Responsive and reliable, with inventory management Prov

  26. Slide 26: Serving Diversified Markets: Manufacturing Segment

    Serving Diversified Markets: Manufacturing Segment Servicing wide array of customers 4% 8% 16% 13% 19% 10% 30% 2023 Rec. Vehicle Industrial Construction Lawn & Garden Agriculture Horticulture Other Located where our Expanding in Southeast US to Defensive positions growing with well established world

  27. Slide 27: Serving Diversified Markets: Plastics Segment

    Serving Diversified Markets: Plastics Segment End markets served: 85-90% Municipal 5-10% Residential / Commercial 5% Rural Water With over +200 distribution customers including 27

  28. Slide 28: Positive Long-term Trajectory for Serviced Markets

    Positive Long-term Trajectory for Serviced Markets Manufacturing Segment Plastics Segment Reshoring of manufacturing Housing shortage Outsourcing trends by OEMs Infrastructure upgrade Housing shortage and replacement Power demand growth Water availability and transport Serving end markets with long-

  29. Slide 29: Driving Organic Growth in Manufacturing

    Efficiency gains through continuous improvement Driving Organic Growth in Manufacturing Growth with existing customers Expansion projects in AZ and GA 29

  30. Slide 30: Delivering Growth at BTD Georgia

    Delivering Growth at BTD Georgia Attractive opportunity within Southeast region unlocking up to $35M incremental sales opportunity and supporting long-term growth outlook FOCUSED ON: Facility expansion + implementing automation Expansion of BTD’s facility in Georgia creates new opportunities for BTD

  31. Slide 31: Driving Growth in Plastics

    Driving Growth in Plastics Multi-phased expansion project at Vinyltech in Phoenix, AZ PHASE 1 PHASE 2 Expanded facility Adding additional pipe Added large-diameter pipe production line production capabilities ON TIME ON BUDGET Delivering • Increased plastics segment production capacity by +15% (phas

  32. Slide 32: Understanding the Normalization of Plastic Profits

    Understanding the Normalization of Plastic Profits 3.00 Historical Sales Price of PVC Pipe Elevated Sales Prices have 2.50 Boosted Plastics’ Earnings Dynamic market conditions contributed $250.0M to significant increase in PVC pipe prices 2.00 beginning in 2021 $200.0M 1.50 $150.0M 1.00 Beginning in

  33. Slide 33: Driving Operational and Commercial Excellence in Manufacturing

    Driving Operational and Commercial Excellence in Manufacturing Engineering Agile Continuous & production operations improvement competency Excellence in Action Safety Reliability Project execution Efficiency TRIR exceeding peer group Heavy focus placed on on-time Expansion projects are progressing E

  34. Slide 34: Manufacturing Financial and Operational Targets

    Manufacturing Financial and Operational Targets Drive organic Manufacturing Free Consistently achieve Ongoing platform to cash flow accretive growth with efficiency contribute 35% positive of consolidated returns existing customers gains and production reliability earnings Maintain historical track

  35. Slide 35: Manufacturing Operations: Key takeaways

    Manufacturing Operations: Key takeaways Manufacturing set to continue driving ongoing accretive returns and incremental cash flow 3 Attractive growth opportunities across all business areas of Manufacturing 2 Defensive market positions – growing with well-established customers 1 Core competency in e

  36. Slide 36: Financial Section

    OTTERTAIL CORPORATION Financial Section

  37. Slide 37: Attractive Long-Term TSR Algorithm

    Attractive Long-Term TSR Algorithm Earnings drivers in Electric 5-7% ongoing EPS growth and Manufacturing Sales growth ELECTRIC Incremental cash flow to fund growth without the need for raising equity Rate base growth Load growth Efficiency Operational, commercial and talent excellence 8-10% MANUFAC

  38. Slide 38: 2024 Outlook

    2024 Outlook 2024 Guidance 2024 Guidance Diluted EPS Actual 2023 August 5, 2024 November 4, 2024 Low High Low High Electric $2.01 $2.13 $2.17 $2.13 $2.17 Manufacturing 0.51 0.36 0.40 0.30 0.34 Plastics 4.47 4.35 4.54 4.61 4.70 Corporate 0.01 (0.07) (0.04) (0.07) (0.04) Total $7.00 $6.77 $7.07 $6.97

  39. Slide 39: Capital Allocation Priorities

    Capital Allocation Priorities Focused on driving organic growth and consistent shareholder returns 01 02 03 04 Investment in Cash returns to Opportunistic Opportunistic returns the business shareholders M&A to shareholders $1.5B capex planned Target 50-60% long- Electric: focused on Via share repurc

  40. Slide 40: Capital Expenditures

    Capital Expenditures Capital Investments Total Electric Segment In millions 2024 (F) 2025 (F) 2026 (F) 2027 (F) 2028 (F) 2024 -2028(F) Average Rate Base In millions Electric 2023 (A) $ 1,742 Renewable Generation $ 118 $ 93 $ 33 $ 113 $ 129 $ 486 Transmission 51 85 111 98 100 445 2024 (F) 1,890 Disci

  41. Slide 41: Dividend – A Key Part of Our TSR

    Dividend – A Key Part of Our TSR Dividend Growth & Payout Ratio 5 Year CAGR 85 consecutive years of dividend payments 6% $1.87 $1.75 $1.65 Payout ratio impacted by exceptional profits $1.48 $1.56 in Plastics; target 50-60% over long-term $1.34 $1.40 $1.23 $1.25 $1.28 Dividend underpinned by strong D

  42. Slide 42: Strong Balance Sheet Supports Long-Term Strategy

    Strong Balance Sheet Supports Long-Term Strategy Five-Year Financing Plan Equity ratio 62% Long-Term Financing Strong $330 million of cash and $ in millions 2024 (Actual) 2025-28 (Planned) marketable securities balance LONG-TERM DEBT Unused capacity on lines of sheet: credit Otter Tail Power Company

  43. Slide 43: Well Balanced Debt Maturity Schedule

    Well Balanced Debt Maturity Schedule 120 Weighted average interest rate: 4.40% 100 $100 $100 $90 $90 80 Debt Maturity (USD, in millions) $80 $70 60 $64 $60 $60 $50 $50 40 $42 $40 20 $26 $15 $10 0 2026 2027 2029 2030 2031 2034 2037 2039 2040 2044 2048 2049 2050 2051 2052 2054 Otter Tail Corporation O

  44. Slide 44: Investment Thesis

    Investment Thesis 1 Strategically diversified portfolio positions Otter Tail to deliver long- term value to shareholders. Target 65% of earnings from Electric 2 Electric has visibility on converting rate base growth into earnings 1:1 over the long-term through strong execution of attractive investme

  45. Slide 45: Investor Relations Contacts

    Investor Relations Contacts Beth Eiken Tyler Nelson Manager of Investor Relations Vice President of Finance and Treasurer beiken@ottertail.com tnelson@ottertail.com 45

  46. Slide 46: Appendix

    SOTTERTAIL CORPORATION Appendix

  47. Slide 47: YTD Financial Performance

    YTD Financial Performance Diluted EPS: YTD 2023 vs YTD 2024 $0.05 $0.32 $0.01 $5.87 $5.63 $(0.14) YTD 2023 EPS Electric Manufacturing Plastic Corporate YTD 2024 EPS 47

  48. Slide 48: Otter Tail Power Regulatory Framework

    Otter Tail Power Regulatory Framework Regulatory Framework Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Renewable Generation Rider Recovery Rider Recovery Phase-In Rider Transmission Projects Rider Recovery Rider Recovery Rider Recovery Non-Renewable Generation Rate Case Rider or Rate Case Phase-In Rider Cus

  49. Slide 49: Otter Tail Power Key Regulatory Matters

    Otter Tail Power Key Regulatory Matters Key Regulatory Matters Description MN ND SD Notes ND rate case filed: Nov-23 ND amended application filed: Jul-24 General Rate Case X Evidentiary hearing before the ND Commission: Dec-24 Expect final outcome of ND rate case in early 2025 Informal hearing with

  50. Slide 50: Manufacturing & Plastics Products

    Manufacturing & Plastics Products Components for world class customers Horticulture Medical Device Containers Packaging PVC Pipe 50

  51. Slide 51: Senior Management Team

    Senior Management Team Chuck MacFarlane Todd Wahlund Tim Rogelstad John Abbott Jennifer Smestad President and CEO Vice President and CFO Senior Vice President, Senior Vice President, Vice President, Years in Role: 9 Years in Role: 1 Electric Platform Manufacturing Platform General Counsel and Years

  52. Slide 52: Board of Directors

    Board of Directors Jeanne Crain John Erickson Steven Fritze Dr. Kathryn Johnson Dr. Michael LeBeau Audit Committee; Chair of Audit Committee; Compensation and Human Compensation and Human Capital Compensation and Human Corporate Capital Management Management Committee; Capital Management Governance

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