Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR) will raise its quarterly dividend by 4.5 percent to $0.35 per share in the first quarter of 2019. This follows a comparable dividend increase to 33.5 cents quarterly last year.

The dividend is payable on March 9, 2019 to shareholders of record on February 15, 2019. A new annual dividend rate of $1.40 per share yields 2.9% at a stock price of $48.23.

Otter Tail Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates through three segments: Electric, Manufacturing and Plastics. The Company is engaged in the production, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. The Company's subsidiaries own facilities and equipment used for producing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe, thermoformed products, heavy metal fabricated products, metal parts stamping, fabricating, painting and contract machining.