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Generac Holdings Inc. GNRC
$216.80 +4.28% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $12.76B
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 50.0× trailing earnings, higher than 81% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $4.34, down 27.9% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $4.44B, up 0.6% from a year earlier.
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 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 26%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 21%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 47%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 43%
- Gross marginTop 25%
- Operating marginTop 42%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 29%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 46%
- Interest coverTop 36%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 44%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 47%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 32%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 34%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 27%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 48%
- 6-month returnTop 39%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 32%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 47%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 32%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 28%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 38%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 34%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 45%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 46%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.5% | 0.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -44.4% | -27.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 39.9% | 39.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 12.7% | 9.5% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 13.5% | 8.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.6% | -0.5% | ↑ | Bottom 23% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -27.9% | -44.4% | ↑ | Bottom 23% |
| Gross margin | 39.5% | 39.9% | ↓ | Top 25% |
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 12.7% | ↓ | Top 42% |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 8.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.5% | 13.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.9% | — | Top 43% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.7% | — | Bottom 21% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.12×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.23×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 6.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.09%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.09%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.6%
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 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +12.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +7.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $304.53
- Target vs current price
- +40.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 40
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 70%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +44.8% | -0.2% | +11.8% | +3.2% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +35.3% | +16.5% | +21.4% | +29.2% | -7.0% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | -11.0% | +17.9% | +25.3% | +16.6% | +46.3% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | -18.7% | -4.9% | -17.6% | -21.9% | -12.1% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +24.1% | +19.6% | +30.4% | +25.1% | +21.0% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +27.3% | +1.0% | +0.5% | +10.0% | +38.6% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | +12.4% | +7.6% | +0.5% | -7.4% | -14.9% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +15.4% | +0.2% | +11.1% | +15.3% | -10.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $2.91 | $2.01 | +44.8% | $1.17B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $1.80 | $1.33 | +35.3% | $1.06B |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $1.61 | $1.81 | -11.0% | $1.09B |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $1.83 | $2.25 | -18.7% | $1.11B |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $1.65 | $1.33 | +24.1% | $1.06B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $1.26 | $0.99 | +27.3% | $942.1M |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $2.80 | $2.49 | +12.4% | $1.23B |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $2.25 | $1.95 | +15.4% | $1.17B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 50.0× | 34.0× | 81th | Bottom 44% |
| P/E (forward) | 22.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 25.0× | — | — | Bottom 32% |
| EV / Sales | 3.16× | — | — | Bottom 34% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.97% | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| Earnings yield | 2.00% | — | — | Bottom 44% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 14.7× – 85.2× 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
- +29.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -27.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +53.7%
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
- 6
- Days above the 200-day average
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -8.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +8.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +2.0%
- RSI (14)
- 60.7
- Relative volume
- 0.77×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 55.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 63th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.99
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -26.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -47.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2021 | Oct 27, 2023 | -83.8% | 500 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 19, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | -20.4% | 57 days | 24 days (Jun 16, 2021) |
| Jul 23, 2021 | Aug 17, 2021 | -13.3% | 17 days | 12 days (Sep 2, 2021) |
| Nov 6, 2020 | Dec 4, 2020 | -11.9% | 19 days | 14 days (Dec 24, 2020) |
| Sep 9, 2021 | Oct 4, 2021 | -11.7% | 17 days | 10 days (Oct 18, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $12.76B
- P/E (TTM)
- 50.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.34
- Revenue (TTM)
- $4.44B
- 52-week range
- $134.80 – $296.44
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.74B | $4.56B | $4.02B | $4.30B | $4.21B |
| Gross profit | $1.36B | $1.52B | $1.37B | $1.67B | $1.61B |
| Operating income | $721.1M | $566.3M | $386.2M | $536.7M | $289.2M |
| Net income | $533.4M | $350.3M | $203.1M | $325.3M | $159.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $8.30 | $5.42 | $3.27 | $5.39 | $2.69 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.17B | $1.23B | $942.1M | $1.06B | $1.11B | $1.09B | $1.06B | $1.17B |
| Net income | $113.7M | $128.9M | $43.8M | $74.0M | $66.2M | -$24.5M | $73.3M | $143.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.89 | $2.15 | $0.73 | $1.25 | $1.12 | -$0.42 | $1.24 | $2.40 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $411.2M | $58.5M | $521.7M | $741.3M | $438.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$110.0M | -$86.2M | -$129.1M | -$136.7M | -$169.8M |
| Free cash flow | $301.2M | -$27.7M | $392.6M | $604.6M | $268.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$309,000 | $0 | -$273,000 | -$293,000 |
| Net share buybacks | -$87.2M | -$332.1M | -$243.7M | -$125.2M | -$143.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $264.9M
- Total assets
- $5.77B
- Total liabilities
- $2.89B
- Total debt
- $1.51B
- Net debt
- $1.25B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.88B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2013 | $5.00 | Jun 21, 2013 |
| Jul 2, 2012 | $6.00 | — |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,468,098
- Days to cover
- 3.21
- Change vs previous report
- -7.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.