
Is Otis Worldwide (OTIS) stock Halal?
Otis Worldwide Corp. (OTIS) is Shariah compliant in the September 2026 AAOIFI screening, passing all four AAOIFI screens. Dividends are purified using a factor of 100%. Tabadulat re-screens OTIS monthly, and the status can change when new financial data arrives.
Otis Worldwide is a leading global manufacturer and service provider of elevators, escalators, and moving walkways. Specializing in both new equipment and ongoing service, the company designs, produces, sells, and installs a broad range of passenger and freight elevators, as well as escalators and moving walkways, catering to residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects worldwide. Otis also delivers maintenance, repair, and modernization services for these systems, emphasizing operational safety, reliability, and technological innovation. Before any of that matters to a Muslim investor, one question comes first: is Otis Worldwide stock Halal?
Is Otis Worldwide Shariah compliant?
Industrial businesses like Otis Worldwide usually pass the activity screen without drama. The harder test is financial: heavy assets mean heavy financing, and AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 tolerates interest bearing debt and investments only below 30% of market capitalisation, ratios that shift with every move in the share price.
Does Otis Worldwide pass the business activity test?
Yes. In the September 2026 screening Otis Worldwide holds an overall PASS, which a stock only earns when its core business clears the activity screen. The activity itself raises no Shariah objection; the scrutiny belongs to the financing.
Is Otis Worldwide's income Halal?
Yes, within AAOIFI's tolerance. Otis Worldwide's income from non-permissible sources stays below 5% of revenue in the September 2026 screening, and the small impure portion is handled through purification: the factor of 100% tells holders of OTIS what share of each dividend to keep and what remainder to donate to charity.
Does Otis Worldwide meet AAOIFI's debt and investment ratio requirements?
Yes. Both caps hold this month: interest bearing investments and interest bearing debt each stay below 30% of market capitalisation. Because the caps move with the share price, our Shariah Supervisory Board has OTIS re-screened every month, and the result above always shows the latest verdict.
Tabadulat is an ADGM regulated brokerage whose license covers Shari'a Compliant Regulated Activities, as the FSRA permission names them. New to the terminology? Gharar and Maysir, Sukuk, Zakat and purification are all explained in plain English.
New to the four screens? Read AAOIFI Standards Explained: What Makes a Stock Halal?



