Roth Capital Analysts Lower Earnings Estimates for Generac

Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GNRC - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Roth Capital lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Generac in a research report issued on Monday, April 21st. Roth Capital analyst C. Moore now anticipates that the technology company will earn $1.61 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.87. The consensus estimate for Generac's current full-year earnings is $8.00 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Generac's Q3 2025 earnings at $2.40 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.47 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.49 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.47 EPS.

Generac (NYSE:GNRC - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The technology company reported $2.80 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.49 by $0.31. Generac had a net margin of 7.36% and a return on equity of 18.17%.

GNRC has been the subject of several other research reports. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on shares of Generac from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Bank of America started coverage on Generac in a research note on Monday, March 24th. They set a "buy" rating and a $182.00 price target on the stock. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Generac from $200.00 to $205.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Guggenheim raised shares of Generac from a "sell" rating to a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday, March 17th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their price objective on shares of Generac from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $173.40.

Generac Price Performance

Shares of Generac stock traded down $0.90 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $111.99. The company's stock had a trading volume of 295,840 shares, compared to its average volume of 865,152. Generac has a one year low of $99.50 and a one year high of $195.94. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $124.62 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $151.52. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.58. The company has a current ratio of 1.97, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Aaron Jagdfeld sold 5,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $145.15, for a total value of $725,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 565,825 shares of the company's stock, valued at $82,129,498.75. This represents a 0.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 2.90% of the company's stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Generac

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Barclays PLC raised its holdings in shares of Generac by 41.4% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 185,193 shares of the technology company's stock worth $29,425,000 after acquiring an additional 54,202 shares during the last quarter. Diamant Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Generac by 11.7% in the third quarter. Diamant Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,810 shares of the technology company's stock worth $605,000 after buying an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. Morse Asset Management Inc boosted its stake in Generac by 2.4% during the third quarter. Morse Asset Management Inc now owns 6,084 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $967,000 after buying an additional 145 shares during the period. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new position in shares of Generac in the 3rd quarter worth $51,000. Finally, Synovus Financial Corp bought a new stake in Generac in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $300,000. 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.