Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
Gencor Industries, Inc. GENC
$17.68 +0.51% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $257.8M
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Dec 11, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 45 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $110.0M, down 6.4% from a year earlier, accelerating from -11.1% a quarter earlier.
- The company holds net cash of $26.2M (cash above total debt).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 11%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 38%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 45%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 21%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 44%
- Gross marginTop 49%
- Operating marginTop 31%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 36%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 7%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 13%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 11%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 37%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 50%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 49%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 32%
- 6-month returnTop 28%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 35%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 21%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 11%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 17%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 6%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 48%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 41%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 7%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -11.1% | -6.4% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -7.3% | -2.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 27.7% | 28.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 13.2% | 11.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 0.7% | 22.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -6.4% | -11.1% | ↑ | Bottom 11% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.8% | -7.3% | ↑ | Bottom 38% |
| Gross margin | 28.6% | 27.7% | ↑ | Top 49% |
| Operating margin | 11.7% | 13.2% | ↓ | Top 31% |
| Net margin | 13.5% | 12.9% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 22.3% | 0.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.5% | — | Bottom 44% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 3.7% | — | Bottom 45% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.83×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -75.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -1.55×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 2
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +31.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $17.60
- Target vs current price
- -0.5%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | +62.5% | +10.6% | +24.4% | +27.3% | — |
| May 8, 2026 | +0.0% | +2.5% | -2.5% | -2.5% | -3.2% |
| Feb 6, 2026 | — | +12.2% | +11.6% | +14.2% | +6.9% |
| Dec 9, 2025 | — | -1.8% | +3.8% | +4.9% | +23.5% |
| Aug 8, 2025 | — | +2.0% | +4.5% | +10.8% | -6.7% |
| Jun 27, 2025 | — | +3.8% | +2.2% | +6.8% | +0.7% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | — | -1.6% | -8.0% | -0.9% | +13.6% |
| Dec 30, 2024 | — | -1.0% | -5.7% | -7.1% | -26.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.39 | $0.24 | +62.5% | $33.8M |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.41 | $0.41 | +0.0% | $33.8M |
| Feb 6, 2026 | $0.23 | — | — | $23.6M |
| Dec 9, 2025 | $0.13 | — | — | $18.8M |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $0.26 | — | — | $27.0M |
| Jun 27, 2025 | $0.10 | — | — | $38.2M |
| Mar 28, 2025 | $0.26 | — | — | $31.4M |
| Dec 30, 2024 | $0.10 | — | — | $20.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 17.5× | 16.6× | 58th | Top 13% |
| P/E (forward) | 16.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.7× | — | — | Top 37% |
| EV / Sales | 2.11× | — | — | Top 50% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.52% | — | — | Top 11% |
| Earnings yield | 5.71% | — | — | Top 13% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.5× – 68.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +24.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -2.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +10.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 3
- Days above the 200-day average
- 45
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +15.3%
- RSI (14)
- 52.2
- Relative volume
- 1.22×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 44.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 82th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.97
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.39
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -11.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -55.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -55.7% | 172 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Nov 9, 2022 | -44.4% | 420 days | 163 days (Jul 7, 2023) |
| Dec 8, 2020 | Dec 22, 2020 | -14.7% | 10 days | 40 days (Feb 22, 2021) |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Oct 3, 2023 | -14.2% | 61 days | 51 days (Dec 14, 2023) |
| May 16, 2024 | Jun 25, 2024 | -11.0% | 26 days | 14 days (Jul 16, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $257.8M
- P/E (TTM)
- 17.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.01
- Revenue (TTM)
- $110.0M
- 52-week range
- $12.22 – $20.19
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $85.3M | $103.5M | $105.1M | $113.2M | $115.4M |
| Gross profit | $18.2M | $20.5M | $29.0M | $31.3M | $31.7M |
| Operating income | $701,000 | $4.2M | $13.4M | $13.7M | $14.0M |
| Net income | $5.8M | -$372,000 | $14.7M | $14.6M | $15.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.39 | -$0.03 | $1.00 | $0.99 | $1.07 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $20.9M | $31.4M | $38.2M | $27.0M | $18.8M | $23.6M | $33.8M | $33.8M |
| Net income | $1.5M | $3.8M | $6.1M | $3.8M | $1.9M | $3.4M | $3.8M | $5.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.10 | $0.26 | $0.42 | $0.26 | $0.13 | $0.23 | $0.26 | $0.39 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.8M | -$9.1M | $10.2M | $9.3M | $3.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.7M | -$4.5M | -$2.7M | -$840,000 | -$2.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.2M | -$13.7M | $7.5M | $8.5M | $1.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$6 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $264,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $164.2M
- Total assets
- $239.0M
- Total liabilities
- $14.2M
- Total debt
- $63,000
- Net debt
- -$26.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $224.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 98,250
- Days to cover
- 1.42
- Change vs previous report
- +13.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 2, 2016
- 3-for-2
- May 5, 1998
- 2-for-1
- Jun 2, 1997
- 2-for-1