Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for Generac Q1 Earnings

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

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on shares of Generac from $175.00 to $165.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price target on shares of Generac from $193.00 to $168.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on Generac from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. UBS Group boosted their target price on Generac from $200.00 to $205.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, StockNews.com raised Generac from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 28th. 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. According to MarketBeat.com, Generac presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $174.00.

Generac Price Performance

Generac stock opened at $146.80 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.46, a PEG ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.42. The business has a 50-day moving average of $156.31 and a 200-day moving average of $160.61. The company has a current ratio of 2.03, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. Generac has a 1 year low of $108.89 and a 1 year high of $195.94.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Aaron Jagdfeld sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.15, for a total transaction of $725,750.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 565,825 shares in the company, valued at approximately $82,129,498.75. The trade was a 0.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 2.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of GNRC. BlueCrest Capital Management Ltd bought a new position in Generac in the 4th quarter valued at about $313,000. Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda bought a new position in Generac in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $102,000. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Generac by 17.0% during the fourth quarter. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 28,727 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $4,454,000 after purchasing an additional 4,184 shares during the last quarter. Lido Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Generac by 16.2% in the 4th quarter. Lido Advisors LLC now owns 3,667 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $569,000 after purchasing an additional 512 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp raised its holdings in shares of Generac by 8.8% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 561,791 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $87,106,000 after buying an additional 45,467 shares in 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.