Roth Capital Analysts Lift Earnings Estimates for Generac

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

GNRC has been the subject of several other reports. Scotiabank raised their price objective on Generac from $147.00 to $160.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 29th. StockNews.com lowered Generac from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 3rd. Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $175.00 price objective (up from $145.00) on shares of Generac in a research note on Thursday, August 1st. Northland Securities raised their price objective on Generac from $160.00 to $180.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Generac from $160.00 to $178.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $165.40.

Generac Stock Performance

NYSE GNRC opened at $164.45 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.97 billion, a PE ratio of 45.30, a P/E/G ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 1.38. Generac has a 1-year low of $79.86 and a 1-year high of $176.14. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $155.89 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $147.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61, a current ratio of 2.25 and a quick ratio of 0.99.

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in GNRC. American International Group Inc. grew its stake in Generac by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. American International Group Inc. now owns 16,550 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,139,000 after buying an additional 93 shares during the last quarter. Asio Capital LLC grew its stake in Generac by 4.9% during the 1st quarter. Asio Capital LLC now owns 19,967 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,519,000 after buying an additional 926 shares during the last quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky grew its stake in Generac by 12,400.0% during the 1st quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky now owns 3,125 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $394,000 after buying an additional 3,100 shares during the last quarter. Galibier Capital Management Ltd. grew its stake in Generac by 43.0% during the 1st quarter. Galibier Capital Management Ltd. now owns 54,863 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $6,920,000 after buying an additional 16,500 shares during the last quarter. Finally, WoodTrust Financial Corp grew its stake in Generac by 18.8% during the 1st quarter. WoodTrust Financial Corp now owns 12,600 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,589,000 after buying an additional 1,996 shares during the last quarter. 84.04% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Generac

In other news, CEO Aaron Jagdfeld sold 5,000 shares of Generac stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.93, for a total value of $794,650.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 562,177 shares in the company, valued at approximately $89,346,790.61. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 2.80% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.