Roth Capital Issues Optimistic Estimate for Generac Earnings

Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GNRC) – Stock analysts at Roth Capital upped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Generac in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, February 13th. Roth Capital analyst C. Moore now anticipates that the technology company will earn $1.87 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.82. The consensus estimate for Generac’s current full-year earnings is $6.91 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Generac’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.62 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.77 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $8.27 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.28 EPS.

Generac (NYSE:GNRC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The technology company reported $2.80 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.49 by $0.31. Generac had a return on equity of 16.70% and a net margin of 7.17%.

Several other research firms have also issued reports on GNRC. Truist Financial decreased their price target on shares of Generac from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on Generac from $172.00 to $171.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. TD Cowen upped their price target on Generac from $172.00 to $183.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on Generac from $185.00 to $175.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded Generac from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, October 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and twelve have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $174.00.

Generac Trading Down 3.8 %

Shares of Generac stock opened at $146.68 on Friday. Generac has a 1 year low of $108.89 and a 1 year high of $195.94. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $157.62 and its 200-day simple moving average is $160.69. The company has a market cap of $8.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.43, a PEG ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.42. The company has a current ratio of 2.03, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56.

Institutional Trading of Generac

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of GNRC. Hurley Capital LLC bought a new position in Generac in the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Modus Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Generac in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Cranbrook Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Generac during the fourth quarter worth $28,000. Versant Capital Management Inc lifted its stake in shares of Generac by 391.9% during the fourth quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 182 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 145 shares during the period. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group bought a new position in Generac in the third quarter valued at about $31,000. 84.04% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Generac news, CEO Aaron Jagdfeld sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.15, for a total value of $725,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 565,825 shares in the company, valued at approximately $82,129,498.75. This trade represents a 0.88 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders own 2.90% of the company’s stock.

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.