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Otter Tail Price/Sales

What is the Price/Sales of Otter Tail?

The Price/Sales of Otter Tail Corporation is 1.75

What is the definition of Price/Sales?



Price to sales ratio is a company’s stock price compared to its revenues.

ttm (trailing twelve months)

The price to sales ratio, Price/Sales ratio, P/S ratio, or PSR, is a valuation metric for stocks. It is calculated by dividing the company's market cap by the revenue in the most recent year. It can also be calculated by dividing the per-share stock price by per-share revenue. The price to sales ratio is for trailing twelve months so the reported sales are for the four previous quarters. Longer time periods can be examined at times.

A smaller price to sales ratio is usually thought to be a better investment since the investor is paying less for each unit of sales. However, sales do not reveal the whole picture, as the company may be unprofitable with a low P/S ratio. Because of the limitations, this ratio is usually used only for unprofitable companies, since they don't have a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio). The metric can be used to determine the value of a stock relative to its past performance. It may also be used to determine relative valuation of a sector or the market as a whole.

Price to sales ratios vary greatly between sectors, so they are most useful in comparing similar stocks within a sector or sub-sector. Comparing P/S ratios carries the implicit assumption that all firms in the comparison have an identical capital structure.

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What does Otter Tail do?

with offices in fergus falls, minnesota, and fargo, north dakota, otter tail corporation is a growing company with over $1.2 billion in revenues and more than 4,000 employees across many industries. our diversified operations include an electric utility, manufacturing, health services, food ingredient processing, plastics, construction and transportation. the otter tail companies collectively serve customers within the united states and in canada.

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