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GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. GNRC
GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. (GNRC) earns a Piotroski F-score of 6/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 0.00% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $4.2B at a 3.8% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.77 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | UBS | Buy (main) |
| 2026-07-30 | Stifel | Buy (main) |
| 2026-07-30 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy (main) |
| 2026-07-30 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-30 | Needham | Buy (main) |
| 2026-07-30 | Barclays | Equal-Weight (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 6/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.224 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.539 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.052 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.899 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GNRC | GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. | 6/9 | 4.52 | 102.8 | -2% |
| FELE | FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC | 5/9 | 7.07 | 32.4 | +5.4% |
| AMSC | AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/ | 5/9 | 0.9 | 14.4 | +34.3% |
| RAYA | Erayak Power Solution Group Inc. | 3/9 | — | — | -24.6% |
| TANAF | Tian'an Technology Group Ltd | 4/9 | — | — | — |
| SCWO | 374Water Inc. | 1/9 | — | — | — |
| VFS | VinFast Auto Ltd. | 4/9 | -13.01 | — | +57.9% |
About GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.
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.
FAQ
Is GNRC financially healthy?
GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.'s Piotroski F-score is 6/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does GNRC pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. pays a dividend yielding about 0.00% with a 0.2% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is GNRC?
In FY2025, GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. had a net margin of 3.8% and a return on equity of 6.0%.
Is GNRC overvalued or undervalued?
GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. trades at about 82.5× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 15.0×–62.5×, median 27.7×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for GNRC?
The average Wall-Street price target for GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. is $283.88, about 27.9% above the recent price, from 16 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is GNRC a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.: a Piotroski F-score of 6/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 102.8×, a dividend yield of 0.00%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.