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Roth Capital Has Bullish Forecast for Generac Q3 Earnings

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

Generac (NYSE:GNRC - Get Free Report) 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 firm had revenue of $998.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1 billion. Generac had a net margin of 6.03% and a return on equity of 15.35%. The business's revenue was down .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.08 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also weighed in on GNRC. Robert W. Baird lifted their target price on shares of Generac from $142.00 to $163.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 1st. Citigroup lifted their price objective on Generac from $128.00 to $172.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Tuesday. StockNews.com cut Generac from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, October 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Generac from $160.00 to $178.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of Generac from $139.00 to $156.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Thursday, August 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Generac presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $165.40.

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Generac Stock Down 0.1 %

Generac stock traded down $0.15 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $166.03. 409,144 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 953,780. Generac has a 52-week low of $79.86 and a 52-week high of $176.14. The company has a quick ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 2.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61. The business's 50-day moving average price is $155.27 and its 200-day moving average price is $146.74. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 1.38.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Aaron Jagdfeld sold 5,000 shares of the business's 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 sale, the chief executive officer now owns 562,177 shares in the company, valued at approximately $89,346,790.61. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 2.80% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Generac

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. First Financial Bankshares Inc boosted its stake in Generac by 0.8% during the third quarter. First Financial Bankshares Inc now owns 17,547 shares of the technology company's stock worth $2,788,000 after buying an additional 141 shares in the last quarter. Custom Index Systems LLC bought a new stake in Generac during the third quarter worth about $428,000. State of Alaska Department of Revenue boosted its stake in shares of Generac by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 27,986 shares of the technology company's stock worth $4,445,000 after acquiring an additional 320 shares during the period. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its position in shares of Generac by 66.2% in the third quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 4,424 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $685,000 after purchasing an additional 1,762 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Court Place Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Generac in the third quarter valued at approximately $230,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.04% of the company's stock.

About Generac

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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.

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