How to buy Generac (GNRC) stocks

Generac is a specialty industrial machinery business based in the US. Generac shares (GNRC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $156.26 – a decrease of 6.57% over the previous week. Generac employs 8,315 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $4.1 billion.

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Generac stock price (NYSE: GNRC)

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Generac stocks at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$156.26
52-week range	$108.89 - $195.94
50-day moving average more info button	$176.84
200-day moving average more info button	$149.73
Wall St. target price	$178.91
PE ratio more info button	32.8729
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$4.80

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Generac price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $156.12 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-6.65%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-17.43%
3 months (2024-09-20)	10.13%
6 months (2024-06-21)	13.96%

1 year (2023-12-22)	21.20%
2 years (2022-12-22)	73.87%
3 years (2021-12-22)	351.81
5 years (2019-12-20)	53.36%

Is Generac stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Generac stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Generac's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Generac's P/E ratio

Generac's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 33x. In other words, Generac shares trade at around 33x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're over-valued.

Generac's PEG ratio

Generac's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.0691. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Generac's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Generac's EBITDA

Generac's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $660.5 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Generac's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Generac financials

Revenue TTM	$4.1 billion
Operating margin TTM	14.37%
Gross profit TTM	$1.5 billion
Return on assets TTM	5.92%
Return on equity TTM	12.38%
Profit margin	7.17%
Book value	$40.50
Market Capitalization more info button	$9.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Generac stock dividends

We're not expecting Generac to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Generac's stocks ever split?

Generac's stocks were split on a 1:3 basis on 9 February 2010 . So if you had owned 3 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Generac stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 200% higher stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Generac stocks, which in turn could have impacted Generac's stock price.

Generac stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Generac's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $108.89 up to $195.94. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Generac's is 1.367. This would suggest that Generac's stocks are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Generac overview

Generac Holdings Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes various energy technology products and solution worldwide. The company offers residential automatic standby generators, automatic transfer switch, air-cooled engine residential standby generators, and liquid-cooled engine generators; Mobile Link, a remote monitoring system for home standby generators; residential storage solution, which consists of a system of batteries, an inverter, photovoltaic optimizers, power electronic controls, and other components; 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 battery-powered turf care products. In addition, the company offers commercial and industrial products comprising cleaner-burning natural gas fueled 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, dust-suppression equipment, and mobile energy storage systems; stationary energy storage system and related inverter products; and aftermarket service parts and product accessories. The company distributes its products through independent residential dealers, 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. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Generac is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 1.696% of Generac stocks are held by insiders and 89.533% by institutions. How many people work for Generac?
Latest data suggests 8,315 work at Generac. When does the fiscal year end for Generac?
Generac's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Generac based?
Generac's address is: S45 W29290 Highway 59, Waukesha, WI, United States, 53189 What is Generac's ISIN number?
Generac's international securities identification number is: US3687361044 What is Generac's CUSIP number?
Generac's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 368736104

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