NYSE:GNRC - Generac Stock Price, Forecast & News

Generac trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GNRC."

Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GNRC) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The technology company reported $1.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.10. The technology company had revenue of $601.14 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $583.14 million. Generac had a return on equity of 36.32% and a net margin of 11.85%. Generac's quarterly revenue was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.43 earnings per share. View Generac's Earnings History.

Generac is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Generac.

5 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Generac's stock. Their forecasts range from $86.00 to $118.00. On average, they expect Generac's stock price to reach $101.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Generac.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Generac in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Generac.

Headlines about GNRC stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Generac earned a daily sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Generac.

Generac saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,730,000 shares, a drop of 16.0% from the December 15th total of 2,060,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 710,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 2.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View Generac's Current Options Chain.

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Generac's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.60%), Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.42%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.10%), We Are One Seven LLC (0.01%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.01%) and IFP Advisors Inc (0.01%). Company insiders that own Generac stock include Aaron Jagdfeld, Erik Wilde, Patrick John Forsythe, Russell S Minick and York A Ragen. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Generac.

GNRC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Sciencast Management LP, First Hawaiian Bank, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, We Are One Seven LLC, Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Co. and Huntington National Bank. Company insiders that have sold Generac company stock in the last year include Aaron Jagdfeld, Erik Wilde and Russell S Minick. View Insider Buying and Selling for Generac.

GNRC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Ingalls & Snyder LLC, Wedbush Securities Inc., IFP Advisors Inc and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Generac.

Shares of GNRC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GNRC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $103.52.

Generac has a market capitalization of $6.47 billion and generates $2.02 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $220.29 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.70 on an earnings per share basis. Generac employs 5,664 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Generac.

The official website for Generac is http://www.generac.com/.

Generac's mailing address is S45 W29290 HIGHWAY 59, WAUKESHA WI, 53189. The technology company can be reached via phone at 262-544-4811 or via email at [email protected]