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Otis Worldwide CorpEvidence as of 2026-09-02

Overview · Otis Worldwide Corp

Otis Worldwide Corporation engages in the manufacturing, installation, and servicing of elevators and escalators in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, New Equipment and Service. The New Equipment segment designs, manufactures, sells, and installs a range of passenger and freight elevators, as well as escalators and moving walkways for residential and commercial buildi…

SectorIndustrials
IndustrySpecialty Industrial Machinery
Typeequity
ExchangeNYSE
Employees69,000
www.otis.com

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Moneyta sentiment

Where the published evidence leans after the desk debated it — not a rating or a recommendation.

Mixedhigh confidence
−2 · strongly unfavorable0 · balanced+2 · strongly favorable

−0.2 on a −2 to +2 scale.

What builds the score

Fundamentals
+0.0
Filings and risk
+0.0
Market signals
−0.2
Ownership and flow
+0.3
Insider activity
−0.8

Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.

News tonecontext · not scored+0.8 observed
3 favorable1 neutral0 unfavorableacross 3 outlets · 5 stories deduped to 4 storylines

Editor's note

Written after the debate settled — the rest of the page is the evidence behind it.

GoodwinAI editor

Evidence balance: Mixed ( -0.2 of a possible +2; was -0.2 before debate) · confidence high. For the fiscal quarter ended 2026-04-15 (Q1 2026) revenue was $ 3,566,000,000 and operating income was $ 539,000,000; for the fiscal quarter ended 2026-07-15 (Q2 2026) revenue rose to $ 3,859,000,000 and operating income to $ 575,000,000. Weighted‑average diluted shares declined from 389,600,000 in Q1 2026 to 383,500,000 in Q2 2026, and reported common shares outstanding moved from 383,716,076 as of 15 April 2026 to 380,669,339 as of 15 July 2026.

Point‑in‑time balance‑sheet items show cash and cash equivalents falling from $ 2,300,000,000 as of 31 December 2024 to $ 813,000,000 as of 30 June 2026, while long‑term debt rose from $ 7,741,000,000 as of 31 December 2025 to $ 8,226,000,000 as of 30 June 2026 and stockholders’ equity became more negative, moving from -$ 4,848,000,000 as of 31 December 2024 to -$ 5,748,000,000 as of 30 June 2026. Market signals are mixed: six‑month momentum is -23.1% (5th percentile), twelve‑month momentum is -14.0% (20th percentile), beta to SPY is low at 0.30, dividend yield ttm is 2.44% with three‑year dividend growth of 10.9%, and trailing twelve‑month P/E is 17.96 with price to ttm FCF of 29.14. Institutional reported 13F holdings totaled $ 25.26B as of the 13F period ended 2026-03-31, down 16.0% q/q with 78 fewer holders, and multiple large asset managers appear among the top holders.

How this note was made

every stage ran before the note was written
Analystsread the evidence
Debatebull ⇄ bear ×2
Chairrules on every claim
Riskstress-tests the read
Sentimentweighs what survived
Editorwrites the note

Analyst desk

Mercer, Oakes, Nash, Ellis, Yates, Talbot and Archer. The desk: named AI agents, not people. Each reads one slice of the evidence and nothing else — no outside knowledge, no browsing — so every finding traces to a source you can open.

MercerAI fundamentals analyst
+0.0

Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC — revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter — and reports which way the trend is running.

Revenue was 3,566,000,000 for the quarter ended 31 March 2026 (fiscal Q1 2026) and rose to 3,859,000,000 for the quarter ended 30 June 2026 (fiscal Q2 2026).

XBRL companyfacts · 0001781335-26-000075

Operating income was 539,000,000 in the quarter ended 31 March 2026 (fiscal Q1 2026) and was 575,000,000 in the quarter ended 30 June 2026 (fiscal Q2 2026).

XBRL companyfacts · 0001781335-26-000075
OakesAI filings and risk analyst
+0.0

Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.

Which filings the desk reads

The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.

A Form 4 (insider transaction report) bearing the 4 filed 4 August 2026 was filed on 2026-08-04.

4 filed 2026-08-04

The record for the 4 filed 4 August 2026 shows parse_status as "skipped" in the provided evidence.

4 filed 2026-08-04
NashAI market signals analyst
−1.0

Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.

Six-month price momentum is -23.1% and ranks in the 5th percentile of the 547-stock research universe on 2026-09-01.

Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01weakened in debate

Six-month relative strength versus SPY is -35.4% and ranks in the 5th percentile of the 547-stock research universe on 2026-09-01.

Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01
EllisAI ownership and flow analyst
+0.0

Reads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.

Institutional holders reported a combined holding value of "$25.26B" as of the 13F reporting period ended 2026-03-31; reported total value declined 16.0% quarter-over-quarter and holder count fell by 78.

13F holdings · 1230 filers · as of 2026-03-31

Top institutional holders in the 13F for the period ended 2026-03-31 included BlackRock, Inc. at "$2.48B", VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC at "$1.95B", and VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC at "$1.52B".

13F holdings · 1230 filers · as of 2026-03-31
YatesAI news analyst
+1.0

Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.

Otis CEO Judy Marks is scheduled to speak in a fireside chat at the 14th annual Morgan Stanley Laguna conference on Thursday, September 17, 2026.

News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-01

A press release announcing the CEO appearance was distributed via PR Newswire.

News · prnewswire.com · 2026-09-01
TalbotAI insider activity analyst
−1.0

Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.

On 7 May 2026, Thibault Pierre Marie Lefebure (President, Otis EMEA) sold 1,628 shares for $125k, with no trading plan indicated in the filing.

Form 4 · Lefebure Thibault Pierre Marie (President, Otis EMEA) · $125k sold · 2026-05-07

On 2 June 2026, Joseph Jay Armas (President, Otis Americas) reported a code M transaction of 1,680 shares with a reported value of $0 (non‑cash/grant/exercise reporting) and no trading plan indicated in the filing.

Form 4 · Armas Joseph Jay (President, Otis Americas) · $0 code M · 2026-06-02
ArcherAI valuation analyst
−1.0

Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.

The model-implied free cash flow (FCF) growth rate that today's price would justify, under the stated discount and terminal assumptions, is 18.41% (0.1841).

Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD close

Price to trailing twelve-month FCF is 29.14.

Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD close

Debate and risk review

A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.

Debate1 round · 5 claims contested

A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.

The bull case

The body of filing-backed fundamentals supports a constructive operational read: quarterly revenue and operating income both rose from Q1 to Q2 2026 (fundamentals-0, fundamentals-1), and diluted share counts declined over the same interval (fundamentals-2), which together strengthen per-share profitability measures. Cash/debt/equity negatives are present in point-in-time balances (fundamentals-3, fundamentals-4, fundamentals-5), but the company also shows solid trailing earnings and free cash flow per share (valuation-2, valuation-3), and the evidence for operating improvement and share count reduction comes from recent SEC filings (strong source). Market-position signals—multi-year dividend growth and a TTM yield in the upper percentiles (market-6), low beta and low correlation to SPY (market-5), and inclusion in broad ETFs (ownership-2)—provide diversified investor access and income-oriented support that align with the filing-based operational improvements. Street research tilts toward positive recommendations in the published consensus, which complements the company-level filings noted above (third-party street consensus). Overall, the strongest evidence items are the SEC-reported sequential revenue/operating income increases and share-count reduction (high strength); weaker or more cautionary items are the point-in-time cash, debt, and negative equity balances (also high strength but adverse).

The bear case

Chair's verdict, claim by claim

Otis CEO Judy Marks is scheduled to speak in a fireside chat at the 14th annual Morgan Stanley Laguna conference on Thursday, September 17, 2026.The CEO appearance at the Morgan Stanley conference on 2026-09-17 is reported in the cited news item.upheld
A press release announcing the CEO appearance was distributed via PR Newswire.A PR Newswire press release announcing the CEO appearance is cited in the evidence.upheld
Six-month price momentum is -23.1% and ranks in the 5th percentile of the 547-stock research universe on 2026-09-01.Six-month momentum and its percentile rank are supported by the signals, but a base-rate flag indicates this momentum measure is embedded in broader market context and should not be treated as a standalone company-unique conclusion.weakened
Risk review

Fragility · computed, not argued

balanced0.33

37 surviving claims rest on 18 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 22% of them, and 97% of what the desk raised survived the debate.

The reading rests on a moderate breadth of source material (18 distinct sources) but a non-trivial share of surviving claims come from a few contributors, so individual analysts or reports carry meaningful influence. The fact that 97% of the desk's issues survived the debate suggests low internal pushback — useful for consistency but it increases the risk that shared assumptions went unchallenged. Treat these signals as informative but not definitive: they are stronger where multiple independent sources converge and more fragile where a small number of sources or one analyst dominate.

Peer context · computed, not argued

12-1 momentum ranks 7th of 8 in Specialty Industrial Machinery (as of 2026-09-01).

6-month relative strength ranks 8th of 8 in Specialty Industrial Machinery (as of 2026-09-01).

90-day volatility ranks 8th of 8 in Specialty Industrial Machinery (as of 2026-09-01).

dividend yield ranks 1st of 8 in Specialty Industrial Machinery (as of 2026-09-01).

Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers

Context

Outside consensus, and where this name already sits in your own portfolio.

The street's viewAnalyst consensus · third-party · 2026-09-01
Buy Hold Sell Target

Third-party consensus shown for context. It never enters Moneyta sentiment — when the two diverge, the debate above is where the why lives.

What this was built from

Every figure on this page traces to one of these. The desk reads only what is listed here — no outside knowledge, no browsing — and each card shows who read it and what it contributed to the score.

15 filings· 1 cited

SEC XBRL filings

Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data — not retyped or estimated.

Read by Mercer+0.0 to the score

2 documents· 1 cited

SEC filing documents

The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.

Read by Oakes+0.0 to the score

1 signal set

Moneyta signal set

Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.

Read by Nash−0.2 to the score

3 holdings records· 1 cited

Fund holdings

Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.

Read by Ellis+0.3 to the score

8 headlines· 2 cited

News coverage

Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.

Read by Yatesnothing survived

3 filings· 2 cited

Insider filings

Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state — stated and inferred flags kept apart.

Read by Talbot−0.8 to the score

1 computation

Valuation inputs

TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.

Read by Archercontext only

1 record· 0 cited

Company profile

Sector, industry and company details.

1 record· 0 cited

Analyst consensus

Third-party consensus, shown for context only — it never enters Moneyta sentiment.

Read means we pulled and handed it to an analyst; cited means a claim on this page points at it. Reading twelve quarters to state one trend is normal — the gap is shown rather than hidden.

Social sentiment

Crowd chatter as an evidence stream.

Coming soon

Aggregated tone from public social feeds will join the desk as its own evidence stream — read by its own analyst, contested in the same debate, and shown with the same sourcing as every other claim. Until it earns that bar, nothing renders here.

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Written by AI, checked against sources

The analysts, the bull–bear debate and the editor's note are AI agents reading only the evidence listed on this page. They can misread a filing or a headline, which is why every claim cites a source you can open and check yourself. The sentiment score is arithmetic over the claims that survived the debate, not a language model's opinion.

Educational analysis of published data. Moneyta does not give investment advice or make recommendations. Past patterns do not indicate future results.

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