What is William Blair’s Forecast for Generac Q1 Earnings?

Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GNRC) – Equities researchers at William Blair lowered their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Generac in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 12th. William Blair analyst B. Drab now anticipates that the technology company will earn $1.36 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.45. The consensus estimate for Generac’s current full-year earnings is $6.91 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Generac’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.89 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.24 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.50 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.95 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.86 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Robert W. Baird reduced their price target on shares of Generac from $172.00 to $171.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Truist Financial decreased their price target on shares of Generac from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Generac from $200.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. StockNews.com raised Generac from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, October 28th. Finally, TD Cowen lifted their price objective on Generac from $172.00 to $183.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and twelve have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Generac currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $174.00.

Generac Stock Performance

NYSE:GNRC opened at $146.80 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.42. The company has a current ratio of 2.03, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. Generac has a 1 year low of $108.89 and a 1 year high of $195.94. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $156.31 and a 200-day moving average of $160.57.

Generac (NYSE:GNRC) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The technology company reported $2.80 earnings per share (EPS) 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 other news, CEO Aaron Jagdfeld sold 5,000 shares of the business’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 sale, the chief executive officer now owns 565,825 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $82,129,498.75. The trade was a 0.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 2.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Hurley Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Generac in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Modus Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Generac during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Versant Capital Management Inc boosted its holdings in shares of 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 bought a new position in shares of Generac in the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group acquired a new position in Generac during the third quarter worth $31,000. Institutional investors 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.