OTIS 10-K Analysis: When Restructuring Costs More Than It Saves
Otis Worldwide spent $145 million on its UpLift restructuring program in FY2025 and realized $84 million in savings — a net cost of $61 million. The 10-K reveals the real margin engine isn't the restructuring investors have been told to watch: it's the mechanical decline of New Equipment, where Q4 margins hit a record-low 3.64%. With GAAP EPS down 14% and adjusted EPS up 6%, the $0.55 per-share gap between the two earnings realities creates fundamentally different valuations — 24.8x or ~29x — for the same company.