Roth Capital Issues Optimistic Estimate for Generac Earnings

Key Points

• Analysts at Roth Capital have raised their Q4 2025 EPS estimate for Generac to $2.47, increasing from the previous $2.44, while maintaining a "Neutral" rating and a price target of $140.00.
• Generac reported Q2 earnings of $1.65 per share, surpassing expectations of $1.33, with a 6.3% year-over-year increase in revenue to $1.06 billion.
• Currently, Generac has a "Moderate Buy" average rating with 13 buy ratings and a target price averaging $174.28 from analysts in the market.

Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GNRC - Free Report) - Analysts at Roth Capital boosted their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for Generac in a report released on Thursday, July 31st. Roth Capital analyst C. Moore now forecasts that the technology company will post earnings of $2.47 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $2.44. Roth Capital has a "Neutral" rating and a $140.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Generac's current full-year earnings is $8.00 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Generac's Q1 2026 earnings at $1.31 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.89 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.62 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.82 EPS.

Generac (NYSE:GNRC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The technology company reported $1.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.32. Generac had a net margin of 7.91% and a return on equity of 19.14%. The company had revenue of $1.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.03 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.35 earnings per share. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Janney Montgomery Scott raised shares of Generac from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. Guggenheim raised shares of Generac from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $190.00 price target for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Generac from $195.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday. TD Securities cut their price target on shares of Generac from $173.00 to $155.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Generac from $141.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Generac has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $174.28.

Generac Stock Performance

Generac stock opened at $193.57 on Monday. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $142.00 and its 200 day simple moving average is $134.31. The company has a current ratio of 2.00, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.44 billion, a PE ratio of 32.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.68. Generac has a 1-year low of $99.50 and a 1-year high of $197.18.

Institutional Trading of Generac

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of GNRC. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Generac by 26.8% during the 4th quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 2,965 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $460,000 after acquiring an additional 626 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Generac by 145.7% during the 4th quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 70,707 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $10,963,000 after acquiring an additional 41,935 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Generac by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,441,772 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $223,293,000 after acquiring an additional 14,844 shares during the last quarter. ExodusPoint Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in shares of Generac during the 4th quarter valued at about $4,610,000. Finally, Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Generac during the 4th quarter valued at about $447,000. 84.04% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Aaron Jagdfeld sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.40, for a total transaction of $712,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 562,966 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $80,166,358.40. This represents a 0.88% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 2.70% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.

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