Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GNRC - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Roth Capital upped their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Generac in a research report issued on Thursday, February 13th. Roth Capital analyst C. Moore now forecasts that the technology company will earn $1.87 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.82. The consensus estimate for Generac's current full-year earnings is $6.91 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Generac's Q3 2025 earnings at $2.62 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.77 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $8.27 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.28 EPS.
A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on GNRC. TD Cowen increased their price target on Generac from $172.00 to $183.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on Generac from $175.00 to $165.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Barclays assumed coverage on Generac in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. They issued an "equal weight" rating and a $189.00 price target for the company. Citigroup dropped their price target on Generac from $172.00 to $162.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded Generac from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, Generac currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $174.00.
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Generac Price Performance
Shares of GNRC traded down $3.07 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $143.78. The stock had a trading volume of 949,881 shares, compared to its average volume of 882,676. Generac has a 12 month low of $108.89 and a 12 month high of $195.94. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.56 billion, a PE ratio of 29.83, a PEG ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a current ratio of 2.03. The company's 50-day moving average is $155.71 and its two-hundred day moving average is $160.61.
Generac (NYSE:GNRC - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The technology company reported $2.80 earnings per share 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%.
Institutional Trading of Generac
Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in GNRC. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Generac in the 4th quarter valued at about $90,913,000. Boston Partners grew its stake in shares of Generac by 39.0% in the 4th quarter. Boston Partners now owns 1,903,297 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $295,123,000 after buying an additional 533,612 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its stake 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 buying an additional 469,575 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC grew its stake in shares of Generac by 133.6% in the 4th quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 672,213 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $104,227,000 after buying an additional 384,434 shares during the period. Finally, Forest Avenue Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Generac in the 4th quarter valued at about $49,313,000. 84.04% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Generac news, CEO Aaron Jagdfeld sold 5,000 shares of the 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 completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 565,825 shares in the company, valued at approximately $82,129,498.75. This trade represents a 0.88 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 2.90% of the company's stock.
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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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