William Blair Has Negative Estimate for Generac Q2 Earnings

Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GNRC) – Investment analysts at William Blair decreased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Generac in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, February 13th. William Blair analyst B. Drab now expects that the technology company will post earnings per share of $1.80 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.89. The consensus estimate for Generac’s current full-year earnings is $6.91 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Generac’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.38 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $2.65 EPS.

GNRC has been the subject of several other research reports. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on shares of Generac from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. TD Cowen upped their price target on shares of Generac from $172.00 to $183.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on shares of Generac from $185.00 to $175.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Generac from $200.00 to $205.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Barclays assumed coverage on shares of Generac in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. They issued an “equal weight” rating and a $189.00 price target for the company. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and twelve have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $174.00.

Generac Stock Down 0.0 %

Shares of NYSE:GNRC opened at $146.80 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a current ratio of 2.03. The company has a market cap of $8.73 billion, a PE ratio of 30.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.42. Generac has a 52 week low of $108.89 and a 52 week high of $195.94. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $156.31 and a 200 day simple moving average of $160.61.

Generac (NYSE:GNRC) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The technology company reported $2.80 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.49 by $0.31. Generac had a net margin of 7.17% and a return on equity of 16.70%.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Aaron Jagdfeld sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.15, for a total value of $725,750.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 565,825 shares in the company, valued at approximately $82,129,498.75. This trade represents a 0.88 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 2.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hurley Capital LLC acquired a new position in Generac in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Modus Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Generac in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Versant Capital Management Inc grew its stake in Generac by 391.9% in the 4th quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 182 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 145 shares during the last quarter. Cranbrook Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Generac in the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group acquired a new position in Generac in the 3rd quarter valued at $31,000. 84.04% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.