Gencor Industries, Inc. (GENC)Industrials | Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery | Orlando, United States | NYSE American
18.91 USD
-0.17
(-0.891%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 18.88 -0.03 (-0.030%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 6:04 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:44 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Gencor is currently fractured by conflicting signals. On one hand, the fundamentals look surprisingly robust for a small-cap industrial: the balance sheet is fortress-like with negligible debt, massive cash reserves, and a current ratio of 19x. Management has also stabilized with a new CEO and interim CFO, and recent quarterly earnings showed a 48.5% surge in growth. However, the market has seemingly lost faith in the long-term trajectory, evidenced by five consecutive years of negative annual returns ending just last year. This persistent underperformance has dragged the stock down significantly despite the company's operational improvements. The short-term outlook remains ambiguous. While the recent price action shows a sharp recovery from August lows, the statistical forecasting models are completely unreliable, offering no directional guidance. The options market reflects this confusion, with traders simultaneously buying deep puts for protection and placing bets on a distant rebound. Given the lack of a clear catalyst to reverse the multi-year downtrend and the absence of any dividend income, the security sits in a neutral zone. It is too early to declare a full recovery based solely on the latest earnings beat, but the balance sheet provides a safety net that prevents it from being a total value trap. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.062613 |
| MSTL | 0.064700 |
| AutoTheta | 0.065073 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.065640 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 29% |
| H-stat | 102.22 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.000 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 1.05 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1998-12-28 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 0.028 |
| Revenue per Share | 7.505 |
| Market Cap | 277,177,152 |
| Trailing P/E | 18.54 |
| Forward P/E | 22.25 |
| Beta | 0.50 |
| Profit Margins | 13.53% |
| Website | https://www.gencor.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:44 a.m. EDT: Speculators are deeply divided, creating a 'split personality' in the options chain. Near-term expiration shows heavy put buying at deep strikes ($5, $7.50), suggesting a fear of a crash or a desire for cheap insurance. Conversely, January 2027 calls show massive open interest at the $15 strike (deep ITM), while October 2026 calls see speculative positioning at far OTM strikes ($25, $30). This indicates a market unsure whether to bet on a continued decline or a potential recovery, with hedging activity dominating the immediate term.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.16584468 |
| Address1 | 5,201 North Orange Blossom Trail |
| All Time High | 24.88 |
| All Time Low | 1.233333 |
| Ask | 19.16 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 84,020 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 45,784 |
| Average Volume | 45,784 |
| Average Volume10Days | 84,020 |
| Beta | 0.496 |
| Bid | 19.02 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Board Risk | 10 |
| Book Value | 15.335 |
| City | Orlando |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 4 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 18.91 |
| Current Ratio | 19.162 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 19.22 |
| Day Low | 18.65 |
| Debt To Equity | 0.028 |
| Display Name | Gencor Industries |
| Earnings Growth | 0.485 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.485 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,365,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,365,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,365,000 |
| Ebitda | 15,041,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.13672 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 7.518 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.028 |
| Enterprise Value | 113,071,144 |
| Eps Forward | 0.85 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.02 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 914,889,600 |
| Exchange | ASE |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 407 578 0577 |
| Fifty Day Average | 16.1332 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.7768002 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.17211714 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 16.584469 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 20.19 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.2800007 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.06339775 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 12.22 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 6.6899996 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.5474631 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 12.22 - 20.19 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,058,275,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 10,320,488 |
| Forward Eps | 0.85 |
| Forward P E | 22.247059 |
| Free Cashflow | 21,770,250 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE American |
| Full Time Employees | 318 |
| Fullday Change | -0.17 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.890986 |
| Fullday Price | 18.88 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.28584 |
| Gross Profits | 31,445,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.28667 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.6095 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 14,657,702 |
| Industry | Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery |
| Industry Disp | Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery |
| Industry Key | farm-heavy-construction-machinery |
| Ir Website | http://www.gencor.com/investor.html |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,759,190,400 |
| Last Split Date | 1,470,096,000 |
| Last Split Factor | 3:2 |
| Long Business Summary | Gencor Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of heavy machinery used in the production of highway construction materials and environmental control equipment. The company offers hot-mix asphalt plants, hot-mix storage silos, fabric filtration systems, cold feed bins, and other plant components, as well as counter flow drum mix technology and batch plants. It also provides combustion systems for rotary dryers, kilns, fume and liquid incinerators, and fuel heaters; Hy-Way Heat and beverley lines of thermal fluid heat transfer systems, and specialty storage tanks; and asphalt pavers under the Blaw-Knox brand. In addition, the company services and sells spare parts for its equipment. It sells its products primarily to the highway construction industry through its sales representatives, and independent dealers and agents worldwide. The company was formerly known as Mechtron International Corporation and changed its name to Gencor Industries, Inc. in 1987. Gencor Industries, Inc. is based in Orlando, Florida. |
| Long Name | Gencor Industries, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 277,177,152 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_274466 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 14,886,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,790,726,400 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 279,668,953 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 19.05 |
| Operating Cashflow | 1,094,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.17163 |
| Overall Risk | 10 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 407 290 6000 |
| Post Market Change | -0.030000687 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.15864985 |
| Post Market Price | 18.88 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,954,650 |
| Previous Close | 19.08 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.2331269 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.5195403 |
| Profit Margins | 0.13531 |
| Quick Ratio | 14.903 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.17 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.890986 |
| Regular Market Day High | 19.22 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 18.65 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 18.65 - 19.22 |
| Regular Market Open | 19.05 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 19.08 |
| Regular Market Price | 18.91 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 80,395 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03516 |
| Return On Equity | 0.0685 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.253 |
| Revenue Per Share | 7.505 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 9 |
| Shares Outstanding | 12,338,845 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0067000003 |
| Shares Short | 97,740 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 82,829 |
| Short Name | Gencor Industries, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0095999995 |
| Short Ratio | 2.32 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | FL |
| Symbol | GENC |
| Target High Price | 19.0 |
| Target Low Price | 19.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 19.0 |
| Target Median Price | 19.0 |
| Total Cash | 164,168,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 11.2 |
| Total Debt | 63,000 |
| Total Revenue | 110,011,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.02 |
| Trailing P E | 18.539215 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 14.74445 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 4.16555 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.2825165 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 80,395 |
| Website | https://www.gencor.com |
| Zip | 32,810 |