This spinoff star continues to shine

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Since its spinoff from RTX in 2020, elevator maker Otis has seen its shares jump more than 115%. While tariffs are adding to RTX’s costs and hurting new orders, rising demand for maintenance and other services (which now supply over 60% of its revenue) should continue to push the stock higher. OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP. $95 is a buy. The company (New York symbol OTIS; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares o/s: 394.7 million; Market cap: $37.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.8; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.otis.com) is the world’s largest maker of elevators and escalators. On April 3, 2020, RTX Corp. (formerly called Raytheon Technologies) spun off its Otis (elevators) and Carrier (heating and air conditioning equipment) businesses. For each UTX share they held, investors received 0.5 of a share in Otis and 1 share in Carrier. As a separate firm, Otis is using acquisitions to enhance its overseas operations. For example, in May 2022, it acquired the remaining 49.99% of Zardoya Otis, S.A. for…