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William Blair Has Positive Estimate for Generac Q3 Earnings

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Key Points

  • William Blair has raised its Q3 2025 earnings estimate for Generac Holdings Inc. from $2.20 to $2.30 per share, with a full-year estimate of $8.00 per share.
  • Generac reported a Q2 earnings per share (EPS) of $1.65, exceeding analyst expectations of $1.33, and a revenue of $1.06 billion, which surpassed predictions of $1.03 billion.
  • Analysts' target prices for Generac vary, with Stifel Nicolaus setting a target of $210 and Piper Sandler reducing theirs to $155, highlighting differing investment perspectives.
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Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GNRC - Free Report) - Analysts at William Blair boosted their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Generac in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, July 30th. William Blair analyst B. Drab now expects that the technology company will earn $2.30 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $2.20. The consensus estimate for Generac's current full-year earnings is $8.00 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Generac's Q4 2025 earnings at $2.57 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $7.75 EPS.

Generac (NYSE:GNRC - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The technology company reported $1.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.03 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.35 earnings per share. The business's quarterly revenue was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of Generac from $195.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday. Piper Sandler reduced their target price on shares of Generac from $175.00 to $155.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. Citigroup upgraded shares of Generac from a "neutral" rating to a "mixed" rating in a research note on Friday, July 11th. Stephens reiterated an "overweight" rating and issued a $175.00 target price on shares of Generac in a research note on Tuesday, May 27th. Finally, Roth Capital increased their target price on shares of Generac from $122.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $174.28.

Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on GNRC

Generac Stock Down 0.6%

GNRC stock opened at $193.57 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 2.00 and a quick ratio of 0.88. Generac has a 52-week low of $99.50 and a 52-week high of $197.18. The company has a 50-day moving average of $142.00 and a two-hundred day moving average of $134.31. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.68.

Institutional Trading of Generac

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of GNRC. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Generac by 26.8% in the fourth quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 2,965 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $460,000 after purchasing an additional 626 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Generac by 145.7% in the fourth quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 70,707 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $10,963,000 after purchasing an additional 41,935 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Generac by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,441,772 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $223,293,000 after purchasing an additional 14,844 shares in the last quarter. ExodusPoint Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Generac in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $4,610,000. Finally, Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC bought a new position in Generac in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $447,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.04% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Generac

In other news, CEO Aaron Jagdfeld sold 5,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.40, for a total transaction of $712,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 562,966 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $80,166,358.40. This trade represents a 0.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Insiders own 2.70% 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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