Recent Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Generac (GNRC)

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Generac (NYSE: GNRC):

• 2/13/2025 – Generac had its price target lowered by analysts at Piper Sandler from $185.00 to $175.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Generac had its price target lowered by analysts at Robert W. Baird from $172.00 to $171.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Generac had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $175.00 to $165.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Generac had its price target lowered by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $193.00 to $168.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Generac had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG from $200.00 to $205.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Generac had its price target lowered by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $210.00 to $200.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/7/2025 – Generac had its price target lowered by analysts at Piper Sandler from $200.00 to $185.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/16/2025 – Generac had its price target lowered by analysts at Truist Financial Co. from $210.00 to $200.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/8/2025 – Generac had its price target lowered by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $172.00 to $162.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.

Generac Price Performance

NYSE GNRC opened at $146.80 on Tuesday. Generac Holdings Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $108.89 and a fifty-two week high of $195.94. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $155.71 and its two-hundred day moving average is $160.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 2.03 and a quick ratio of 0.96. The firm has a market cap of $8.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.42.

Generac (NYSE:GNRC) last posted its 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 return on equity of 16.70% and a net margin of 7.17%. On average, analysts anticipate that Generac Holdings Inc. will post 6.91 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Generac

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Empirical Finance LLC lifted its stake in Generac by 4.1% during the third quarter. Empirical Finance LLC now owns 1,689 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $268,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its stake in Generac by 1.1% during the fourth quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 6,456 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,001,000 after purchasing an additional 72 shares during the period. MetLife Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in Generac by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC now owns 17,004 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,636,000 after purchasing an additional 77 shares during the period. Alaethes Wealth LLC lifted its stake in Generac by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. Alaethes Wealth LLC now owns 11,721 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,817,000 after purchasing an additional 78 shares during the period. Finally, Allworth Financial LP lifted its stake in Generac by 3.0% during the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 2,738 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $435,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares during the period. 84.04% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.