Roth Capital Has Optimistic Outlook of Generac Q2 Earnings

Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GNRC) – Analysts at Roth Capital upped their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Generac in a note issued to investors on Thursday, February 13th. Roth Capital analyst C. Moore now forecasts that the technology company will post earnings per share of $1.87 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.

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on GNRC. Robert W. Baird cut their price objective on Generac from $172.00 to $171.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Truist Financial cut their price objective on Generac from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on Generac from $185.00 to $175.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. UBS Group increased their price objective on Generac from $200.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Citigroup cut their price objective on Generac from $172.00 to $162.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Generac has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $174.00.

Generac Price Performance

Shares of NYSE GNRC opened at $146.80 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 2.03 and a quick ratio of 0.96. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $156.31 and a 200 day moving average price of $160.57. Generac has a 1-year low of $108.89 and a 1-year high of $195.94. The company has a market cap of $8.73 billion, a PE ratio of 30.46, a P/E/G ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.42.

Generac (NYSE:GNRC) last issued its quarterly 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%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Aaron Jagdfeld sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.15, for a total transaction 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 position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 2.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Hurley Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of Generac during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Modus Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Generac during the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Versant Capital Management Inc increased its stake in shares of Generac by 391.9% during the 4th quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 182 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 145 shares during the last quarter. Cranbrook Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Generac during the 4th quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group purchased a new stake in shares of Generac during the 3rd quarter worth about $31,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.04% of the company’s stock.

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.