William Blair Comments on Generac’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:GNRC)

Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GNRC) – Investment analysts at William Blair decreased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Generac in a report issued on Wednesday, February 12th. William Blair analyst B. Drab now forecasts that the technology company will earn $1.36 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.45. The consensus estimate for Generac’s current full-year earnings is $6.91 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Generac’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.89 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.24 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.50 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.95 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.86 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on GNRC. Truist Financial lowered their price target on Generac from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. TD Cowen increased their target price on shares of Generac from $172.00 to $183.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Piper Sandler decreased their price target on shares of Generac from $185.00 to $175.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Barclays initiated coverage on Generac in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $189.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on Generac from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. One 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.com, Generac has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $174.00.

Generac Trading Down 3.8 %

NYSE GNRC opened at $146.68 on Friday. Generac has a 12 month low of $108.89 and a 12 month high of $195.94. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $157.62 and a 200 day simple moving average of $160.69. The company has a current ratio of 2.03, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. The company has a market capitalization of $8.73 billion, a PE ratio of 30.43, a P/E/G ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.42.

Generac (NYSE:GNRC) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The technology company reported $2.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $157.50, for a total transaction of $787,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 570,825 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $89,904,937.50. This represents a 0.87 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 2.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Generac during the fourth quarter worth $90,913,000. Boston Partners lifted its stake in Generac by 39.0% in the fourth quarter. Boston Partners now owns 1,903,297 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $295,123,000 after acquiring an additional 533,612 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its position in shares of Generac by 81.9% in the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 1,042,785 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $161,684,000 after acquiring an additional 469,575 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC increased its stake in shares of Generac by 133.6% during the 4th quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 672,213 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $104,227,000 after purchasing an additional 384,434 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Forest Avenue Capital Management LP bought a new stake in shares of Generac in the 4th quarter valued at about $49,313,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.04% 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.