Generac Holdings Inc. (GNRC)Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | Waukesha, United States | NYSE
212.10 USD
+4.69
(2.261%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 215.99 +3.89 (1.834%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:57 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:32 p.m. EDT
Generac is a long-term turnaround story currently trapped in earnings transition pain. While the 5-year growth potential into Energy Storage is real, the stock is currently overvalued relative to its contracted margins and high P/E, leading to a hostile short-term setup evidenced by heavy put demand. The management's recent sales (Jagdfeld) further complicate the bullish narrative. Investors should expect volatility and likely non-linear downside movement in the near term; patience for a valuation reset is required before a true catalyst can drive sustained reflection of the long-term thesis. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.165476 |
| AutoTheta | 0.169308 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.178817 |
| AutoETS | 0.178819 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.67 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.514 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.55 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2013-06-09 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2013-06-09 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 52.479 |
| Revenue per Share | 71.922 |
| Market Cap | 12,446,891,008 |
| Trailing P/E | 78.85 |
| Forward P/E | 20.29 |
| Beta | 1.79 |
| Profit Margins | 3.79% |
| Website | https://www.generac.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:32 p.m. EDT: Options data reveals a highly bearish bias over the short term. In the April 17 expiration, OTM puts (supportive of OTM in this symbol's momentum) vastly outnumber OTM calls (approx. 3,000 OI), and deep OTM puts (below $180) show a massive volume spike (110 contracts), indicating a significant hedge or bearish bet on a drop below recent lows. Conversely, while there is some OI wall at higher strikes ($250+), the imbalance is strongly weighted toward downside protection. For the upcoming May and June expirations, the 'top OI' for puts is consistently in deep OTM (e.g., $80-$165 range), a stark contrast to calls which show volume/spikes at $320+. This distribution suggests speculators are positioning for a downside move or insurance against an earnings-related drop, rather than a bullish breakout, despite the company's fundamental push into energy storage.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-10 | 5.0 | 13.717421 |
| 2012-07-02 | 6.0 | 32.907831 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.99005437 |
| Address1 | S45 W29290 Highway 59 |
| All Time High | 524.31 |
| All Time Low | 10.57 |
| Ask | 215.0 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Audit Risk | 5 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.9 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 643,310 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,137,627 |
| Average Volume | 1,137,627 |
| Average Volume10Days | 643,310 |
| Beta | 1.786 |
| Bid | 204.2 |
| Bid Size | 300 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | 44.863 |
| City | Waukesha |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 212.1 |
| Current Ratio | 2.026 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 216.3199 |
| Day Low | 208.82 |
| Debt To Equity | 52.479 |
| Display Name | Generac |
| Dividend Date | 1,371,772,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,471,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,471,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,465,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,465,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,465,800 |
| Ebitda | 484,025,984 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.114989996 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 27.881 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.206 |
| Enterprise Value | 13,495,301,120 |
| Eps Current Year | 8.46863 |
| Eps Forward | 10.45588 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 2.69 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,370,822,400 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 208.4502 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 3.6498108 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.01750927 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 99.00544 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 241.09 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -28.98999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.12024552 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 104.9 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 107.200005 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.0219257 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 104.9 - 241.09 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,265,898,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 57,631,397 |
| Forward Eps | 10.45588 |
| Forward P E | 20.285236 |
| Free Cashflow | 91,862,752 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 9,400 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.38291 |
| Gross Profits | 1,611,736,960 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01726 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.97649 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 58,684,067 |
| Industry | Specialty Industrial Machinery |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Industrial Machinery |
| Industry Key | specialty-industrial-machinery |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,370,822,400 |
| Last Dividend Value | 5.0 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Generac Holdings Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes energy technology products and solutions worldwide. The company offers residential automatic standby generators, automatic transfer switch, air-cooled engine home standby generators, and liquid-cooled engine generators; Mobile Link, a remote monitoring system for home standby generators; propane tank monitoring solution; and smart home solutions, such as smart thermostats and a suite of home monitoring products. It also provides smart home energy management devices and sensors for heating and cooling system; smart doorbell cameras; and portable and inverter generators; multiple portable battery solutions; manual transfer switches; outdoor power equipment, including trimmers, field and brush mowers, log splitters, stump grinders, chipper shredders, lawn and leaf vacuums, and pressure washers and water pumps; and home energy storage systems. In addition, the company offers commercial and industrial products comprising cleaner-burning natural gas fueled generators; mega-watt diesel generators; light-commercial standby generators and related transfer switches; stationary generators; single-engine industrial generators; industrial standby generators; industrial transfer switches; light towers, mobile generators, commercial mobile pumps, heaters, and dust-suppression equipment; mobile energy storage systems; battery energy storage system and related inverter products; and aftermarket service parts and product accessories. Further, it provides microgrid; and software-as-a-service contracts. The company distributes its products through independent residential dealers and contractors, industrial distributors and dealers, national and regional retailers, e-commerce partners, electrical/HVAC/solar wholesalers, solar installers, catalogs, equipment rental companies, and other equipment distributors; and directly to end users. Generac Holdings Inc. was founded in 1959 and is based in Waukesha, Wisconsin. |
| Long Name | Generac Holdings Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 12,446,891,008 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_78749412 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 159,554,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 12,445,142,906 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 15 |
| Open | 208.82 |
| Operating Cashflow | 437,977,984 |
| Operating Margins | -0.00853 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.03 |
| Phone | 262 544 4811 |
| Post Market Change | 3.8899994 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.8340402 |
| Post Market Price | 215.99 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,247 |
| Previous Close | 207.41 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 25.045374 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 4.727727 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.9571054 |
| Profit Margins | 0.03791 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.777 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.9 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 4.69 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.26122 |
| Regular Market Day High | 216.3199 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 208.82 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 208.82 - 216.3199 |
| Regular Market Open | 208.82 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 207.41 |
| Regular Market Price | 212.1 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 560,831 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03384 |
| Return On Equity | 0.06283 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.116 |
| Revenue Per Share | 71.922 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 9 |
| Shares Outstanding | 58,675,827 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0541 |
| Shares Short | 3,174,661 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 3,242,633 |
| Short Name | Generac Holdlings Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.063200004 |
| Short Ratio | 2.95 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | WI |
| Symbol | GNRC |
| Target High Price | 300.0 |
| Target Low Price | 197.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 248.13333 |
| Target Median Price | 238.0 |
| Total Cash | 341,412,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 5.819 |
| Total Debt | 1,384,946,944 |
| Total Revenue | 4,209,146,880 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 2.69 |
| Trailing P E | 78.84759 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.0264 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 177.7211 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 34.378906 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.19344302 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 560,831 |
| Website | https://www.generac.com |
| Zip | 53,189 |