Roth Capital Issues Optimistic Estimate for Generac Earnings

Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GNRC) – Stock analysts at Roth Capital upped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Generac in a research note issued on Tuesday, October 22nd. Roth Capital analyst C. Moore now expects that the technology company will post earnings per share of $2.57 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $2.48. The consensus estimate for Generac’s current full-year earnings is $6.47 per share.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Citigroup increased their target price on Generac from $128.00 to $172.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus restated a “buy” rating and issued a $175.00 price objective (up previously from $145.00) on shares of Generac in a report on Thursday, August 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Generac from $160.00 to $178.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, October 17th. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on Generac from $142.00 to $163.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, August 1st. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Generac from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $165.40.

Generac Price Performance

Shares of NYSE GNRC opened at $166.15 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $155.27 and a 200 day moving average price of $146.74. The firm has a market cap of $10.07 billion, a PE ratio of 45.77, a PEG ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a current ratio of 2.25, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61. Generac has a 1-year low of $79.86 and a 1-year high of $176.14.

Generac (NYSE:GNRC) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 31st. The technology company reported $1.35 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.15. Generac had a net margin of 6.03% and a return on equity of 15.35%. The firm had revenue of $998.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.08 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was down .2% on a year-over-year basis.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Aaron Jagdfeld sold 5,000 shares of Generac stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $158.93, for a total value of $794,650.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 562,177 shares in the company, valued at approximately $89,346,790.61. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. 2.80% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Generac

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. DAVENPORT & Co LLC raised its position in shares of Generac by 831.1% in the first quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 240,111 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $30,288,000 after buying an additional 214,322 shares in the last quarter. Willis Investment Counsel increased its stake in Generac by 18.7% in the third quarter. Willis Investment Counsel now owns 105,007 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $16,684,000 after acquiring an additional 16,541 shares during the last quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund increased its stake in Generac by 85.9% in the second quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund now owns 7,021 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $928,000 after acquiring an additional 3,244 shares during the last quarter. Epoch Investment Partners Inc. bought a new position in Generac in the first quarter valued at approximately $1,053,000. Finally, Nwam LLC increased its stake in Generac by 135.8% in the first quarter. Nwam LLC now owns 5,629 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $768,000 after acquiring an additional 3,242 shares during the last quarter. 84.04% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Generac

Generac Holdings Inc designs, manufactures, and distributes various energy technology products and solution worldwide. The company offers residential automatic standby generators, automatic transfer switch, air-cooled engine residential standby generators, and liquid-cooled engine generators; Mobile Link, a remote monitoring system for home standby generators; residential storage solution, which consists of a system of batteries, an inverter, photovoltaic optimizers, power electronic controls, and other components; smart home solutions, such as smart thermostats and a suite of home monitoring products.