OTIS Stock — Otis Worldwide Corporation

Otis Worldwide Corporation (OTIS)

Updated October 16, 2026.

OTIS is a Stock. its distribution rate is 2.47%, its trailing-12-month yield is 2.41%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 79/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 66.9% over the past 6.5 years, 169.3 points behind SPY at 236.2%.

Otis Worldwide Corporation manufactures, installs, and services elevators and escalators for residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects globally, operating through New Equipment and Service segments. The company distributes dividends quarterly at a modest current distribution rate. Otis may appeal to income investors seeking exposure to the capital equipment and services sector with regular dividend payments.

OTIS performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 66.9% over the past 6.5 years, 169.3 points behind SPY at 236.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -19.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 30.8%.

OTIS key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

79 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

1.95%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

03/19/2020

Distribution rate

2.47%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

2.41%

5-year average yield

1.53

Last close

$71.33 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$27,153,143,951

Average volume

5028700.0

Dividend

$0.44

Ex-dividend date

08/14/2026

Payment date

09/11/2026

Beta

0.859

Payout ratio

43.2%

P/E ratio

18.34

Forward P/E

15.1057

EPS

$3.89

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (2.47%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (2.41%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

OTIS risks and drawbacks

OTIS's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 30.8%.

Who may consider OTIS — and who may not

OTIS may suit someone looking for moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (OTIS pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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