Generac Holdings Inc (NYSE: GNRC) is -1.68% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $108.89 and a high of $195.94 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The GNRC stock was last observed hovering at around $141.74 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 10.71%.
Currently trading at $152.45, the stock is 0.77% and -4.68% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.8 million and changing 7.56% at the moment leaves the stock -1.72% off its SMA200. GNRC registered 20.12% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 6.44%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $160.701 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $155.04475.
The stock witnessed a -4.53% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -19.49%, and is 7.21% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.31% over the week and 3.32% over the month.
Generac Holdings Inc (GNRC) has around 8600 employees, a market worth around $9.07B and $4.30B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 29.30 and Fwd P/E is 16.97. Profit margin for the company is 7.30%. Distance from 52-week low is 40.00% and -22.20% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.46%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 9.41% this year
The shares outstanding are 59.61M, and float is at 58.49M with Short Float at 4.38%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 6.85 million shares valued at $906.06 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.4499 of the GNRC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 3.78 million shares valued at $499.77 million to account for 6.3156 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 2.22 million shares representing 3.7059 and valued at over $293.26 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.6509 of the shares totaling 2.19 million with a market value of $288.9 million.
Generac Holdings Inc (GNRC) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Jagdfeld Aaron, the company’s Chief Executive Officer. SEC filings show that Jagdfeld Aaron sold 5,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 03 ’25 at a price of $145.15 per share for a total of $0.73 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.57 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 02 ’25, Jagdfeld Aaron (Chief Executive Officer) disposed off 5,000 shares at an average price of $157.50 for $0.79 million. The insider now directly holds 570,825 shares of Generac Holdings Inc (GNRC).
