Equities Analysts Set Expectations for Generac Q1 Earnings

Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GNRC) – Research analysts at Roth Capital decreased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Generac in a research report issued on Thursday, February 13th. Roth Capital analyst C. Moore now anticipates that the technology company will earn $1.00 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.53. The consensus estimate for Generac’s current full-year earnings is $6.91 per share.

Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. TD Cowen increased their price target on shares of 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 target price on shares of Generac from $185.00 to $175.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Generac from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 28th. UBS Group increased their target price on shares of Generac from $200.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Finally, Roth Mkm increased their target price on shares of Generac from $160.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and twelve have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Generac has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $174.00.

Generac Stock Down 2.1 %

Generac stock opened at $143.78 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $8.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.83, a P/E/G ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.42. The company has a quick ratio of 0.96, a current ratio of 2.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. Generac has a twelve month low of $108.89 and a twelve month high of $195.94. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $155.71 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $160.61.

Generac (NYSE:GNRC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The technology company reported $2.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.49 by $0.31. Generac had a net margin of 7.17% and a return on equity of 16.70%.

Insider Activity at Generac

In related news, CEO Aaron Jagdfeld sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 565,825 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $82,129,498.75. This represents a 0.88 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 2.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Generac

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Raymond James Trust N.A. lifted its stake in Generac by 52.8% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James Trust N.A. now owns 3,407 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $541,000 after purchasing an additional 1,177 shares during the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB bought a new position in Generac in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $5,229,000. Global Financial Private Client LLC bought a new position in Generac in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $614,000. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in Generac by 5.0% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 71,272 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $11,324,000 after purchasing an additional 3,426 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its stake in Generac by 106.1% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 28,772 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $4,998,000 after purchasing an additional 14,811 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.04% of the company’s stock.

Generac Company Profile

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.