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Generac Holdings Inc.Evidence as of 2026-09-02

Overview · Generac Holdings Inc.

Generac Holdings Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells power generation equipment, energy storage systems, energy management devices and solutions, and other power products for the residential, light commercial, and industrial markets worldwide. The company offers residential automatic standby generators, automatic transfer switch, air-cooled engine residential standby generators, and liquid-cooled engine generators;…

SectorIndustrials
IndustrySpecialty Industrial Machinery
Typeequity
ExchangeNYSE
Employees9,160
www.generac.com

Management team

  • Mr. Roger F. Pascavis · Executive Vice President of Global Supply ChainFind on LinkedIn
  • Ms. Rhonda Matschke · Executive Vice President of Human ResourcesFind on LinkedIn
  • Ms. Amanda Teder · Executive Vice President of MarketingFind on LinkedIn
  • Mr. Rajendra Kumar Kanuru · Executive VP, General Counsel & SecretaryFind on LinkedIn

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Moneyta sentiment

Where the published evidence leans after the desk debated it — not a rating or a recommendation.

Mixedhigh confidence
−2 · strongly unfavorable0 · balanced+2 · strongly favorable

−0.1 on a −2 to +2 scale.

What builds the score

Fundamentals
+0.8
Market signals
−1.4
Ownership and flow
+0.3

Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.

News tonecontext · not scored+0.2 observed
2 favorable2 neutral1 unfavorableacross 5 outlets

Editor's note

Written after the debate settled — the rest of the page is the evidence behind it.

GoodwinAI editor

The evidence balance is Mixed (‑0.1 of a possible +2; confidence high). Revenue in Q2 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-07-31) was $ 1,173,510,000, up $ 112,341,000 (10.6%) from Q2 2025 (fiscal quarter ended 2025-08-01). Gross profit expanded to $ 521,811,000 in Q2 2026, lifting gross margin to about 44.5% from about 39.3% a year earlier, and operating income rose to $ 210,433,000 (operating margin about 17.9% versus about 10.5% in Q2 2025). Net income was $ 143,244,000 in Q2 2026 with diluted EPS of $ 2.40 versus $ 74,016,000 and $ 1.25 in Q2 2025.

Market and valuation signals diverge. Price and momentum metrics are weak: 3‑month momentum is ‑36.2% (9th percentile of the 547-stock universe), price is below SMA50 and SMA200 (‑18.5% and ‑12.8%), and the security is down ‑38.6% from its 3‑year high. Volatility is elevated (30‑day annualized +48.0%, 90‑day +61.7%), beta to SPY is 2.01, and trailing multiples show P/FCF ~ 82.69, EV/EBITDA ~ 16.01 and P/E ~ 30.19 on trailing figures (TTM FCF $ 130,845,000; TTM EPS $ 6.01).

How this note was made

every stage ran before the note was written
Analystsread the evidence
Debatebull ⇄ bear ×2
Chairrules on every claim
Riskstress-tests the read
Sentimentweighs what survived
Editorwrites the note

Analyst desk

Mercer, Oakes, Nash, Ellis, Yates, Talbot and Archer. The desk: named AI agents, not people. Each reads one slice of the evidence and nothing else — no outside knowledge, no browsing — so every finding traces to a source you can open.

MercerAI fundamentals analyst
+1.0

Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC — revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter — and reports which way the trend is running.

Revenue in the quarter ended 30 June 2026 (fiscal Q2 2026) was $1,173,510,000, up $112,341,000 (10.6%) from the quarter ended 30 June 2025 (fiscal Q2 2025) when revenue was $1,061,169,000.

XBRL companyfacts · 0001437749-26-025669

Gross profit expanded to $521,811,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (ended 30 June 2026), producing a gross margin of about 44.5% (521,811 / 1,173,510), versus gross profit $416,749,000 in fiscal Q2 2025 (ended 30 June 2025) and a gross margin of about 39.3% (416,749 / 1,061,169).

XBRL companyfacts · 0001437749-26-025669
OakesAI filings and risk analyst
+0.0

Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.

Nothing in this slice of the evidence rose to a claim — a quiet read, which itself is information.

Which filings the desk reads

The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.

NashAI market signals analyst
−1.0

Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.

Momentum over the past 3 months is -36.2% (3m), which ranks in the 9th percentile of the 547-stock research universe for 6-month momentum and indicates very weak short-to-intermediate momentum.

Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01weakened in debate

Price is below key moving averages: price vs SMA50 is -18.5% and price vs SMA200 is -12.8%, and the security is down -38.6% from its 3-year high with a 3-year max drawdown of -47.8%.

Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01
EllisAI ownership and flow analyst
+1.0

Reads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.

Institutional 13F-reported holdings total $2.9M as of 2026-03-31 (13F filings carry a 45-day reporting lag).

13F holdings · 2 filers · as of 2026-03-31

Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc is reported as a top holder with $2.5M and a quarter-over-quarter value change of 325.2 as of 2026-03-31.

13F holdings · 2 filers · as of 2026-03-31
YatesAI news analyst
+0.0

Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.

Two separate 13F-reporting investors disclosed new purchases of Generac shares in the second quarter, including 18,591 shares by Corient Private Wealth LP and 5,005 shares by Fosun International Ltd.

News · thelincolnianonline.com · 2026-09-01

Coverage includes multiple valuation- and price-movement pieces: GuruFocus published stories noting a 6.8% share decline and a separate 4.5% decline with a reported GF Value of $167.25 versus price $197.29.

News · gurufocus.com · 2026-08-28
TalbotAI insider activity analyst
no data on file

Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.

No insider transactions on file in the trailing 180 days.

ArcherAI valuation analyst
−1.0

Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.

The model calculates an implied free cash flow growth rate of 47.9% (0.479) that today's price would justify under the stated discount and terminal assumptions.

Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeweakened in debate

Trailing twelve‑month free cash flow is $130,845,000 and free cash flow per share is $2.1941.

Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD close

Debate and risk review

A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.

Debate1 round · 11 claims contested

A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.

The bull case

The company-reported fundamentals (revenue, gross profit/margin, operating income/margin, net income, and EPS) for fiscal Q2 2026 show clear sequential year-over-year improvement and are sourced to the company filing, which is high-quality primary evidence. Long-term debt has declined modestly and weighted shares are stable, which supports the view that recent earnings gains are not driven by share-count effects; these balance-sheet and share-count items are also reported in filings and therefore strong evidence. Short-term market signals and valuation-model outputs are based on momentum/price/statistical inputs or model assumptions (growth and discounting) rather than the company’s reported operating results; those data points can reflect market-wide rotation, elevated volatility, or model sensitivity to growth assumptions and therefore are weaker as company-specific counters. Reported 13F buys and post-earnings coverage provide additional, though smaller-scale, corroboration that some investors reacted positively to the reported results.

The bear case

Chair's verdict, claim by claim

Two separate 13F-reporting investors disclosed new purchases of Generac shares in the second quarter, including 18,591 shares by Corient Private Wealth LP and 5,005 shares by Fosun International Ltd.SEC 13F‑derived reporting of two investors' purchases (share counts) is a factual news item and consistent with the cited sources.upheld
Coverage includes multiple valuation- and price-movement pieces: GuruFocus published stories noting a 6.8% share decline and a separate 4.5% decline with a reported GF Value of $167.25 versus price $197.29.Coverage items noting share declines and a reported GF Value vs. price are accurately described as valuation/price‑movement pieces from the named outlet.upheld
Momentum over the past 3 months is -36.2% (3m), which ranks in the 9th percentile of the 547-stock research universe for 6-month momentum and indicates very weak short-to-intermediate momentum.The 3‑month momentum metric appears computed correctly, but a base‑rate flag indicates this type of momentum observation is often a market‑wide descriptor and less company‑specific.weakened
Risk review

Fragility · computed, not argued

balanced0.38

27 surviving claims rest on 11 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 22% of them, and 93% of what the desk raised survived the debate.

The read rests on a moderate number of surviving claims but with a noticeable concentration of influence: 11 distinct sources produced 27 claims and a single analyst accounted for about a fifth of those claims. High survival through internal debate (93%) suggests the desk found the evidence internally consistent, but the source concentration and analyst weight make the overall inference more fragile than an equally diversified evidence base would be.

Peer context · computed, not argued

12-1 momentum ranks 6th of 8 in Specialty Industrial Machinery (as of 2026-09-01).

6-month relative strength ranks 7th of 8 in Specialty Industrial Machinery (as of 2026-09-01).

90-day volatility ranks 1st of 8 in Specialty Industrial Machinery (as of 2026-09-01).

dividend yield ranks 8th of 8 in Specialty Industrial Machinery (as of 2026-09-01).

Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers

Context

Outside consensus, and where this name already sits in your own portfolio.

The street's viewAnalyst consensus · third-party · 2026-09-01
Buy Hold Sell Target

Third-party consensus shown for context. It never enters Moneyta sentiment — when the two diverge, the debate above is where the why lives.

What this was built from

Every figure on this page traces to one of these. The desk reads only what is listed here — no outside knowledge, no browsing — and each card shows who read it and what it contributed to the score.

13 filings· 1 cited

SEC XBRL filings

Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data — not retyped or estimated.

Read by Mercer+0.8 to the score

1 signal set

Moneyta signal set

Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.

Read by Nash−1.4 to the score

2 holdings records· 1 cited

Fund holdings

Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.

Read by Ellis+0.3 to the score

8 headlines· 2 cited

News coverage

Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.

Read by Yatesnothing survived

1 computation

Valuation inputs

TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.

Read by Archercontext only

1 record· 0 cited

Company profile

Sector, industry and company details.

1 record· 0 cited

Analyst consensus

Third-party consensus, shown for context only — it never enters Moneyta sentiment.

Read means we pulled and handed it to an analyst; cited means a claim on this page points at it. Reading twelve quarters to state one trend is normal — the gap is shown rather than hidden.

Social sentiment

Crowd chatter as an evidence stream.

Coming soon

Aggregated tone from public social feeds will join the desk as its own evidence stream — read by its own analyst, contested in the same debate, and shown with the same sourcing as every other claim. Until it earns that bar, nothing renders here.

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Written by AI, checked against sources

The analysts, the bull–bear debate and the editor's note are AI agents reading only the evidence listed on this page. They can misread a filing or a headline, which is why every claim cites a source you can open and check yourself. The sentiment score is arithmetic over the claims that survived the debate, not a language model's opinion.

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