Generac Holdings Inc. (GNRC) earnings on July 29, 2026

Before the market opens Q2 2026

More Generac Holdings Inc. earnings

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Partial

Generac beat earnings expectations but missed on revenue. The stock jumped as much as 12.6% during the day but closed slightly lower.

GNRC price around the earnings

195.19

Change: -0.2%

2026-07-29, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
192.06 200.38 208.69 217.01 195.60
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July 29, 2026
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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Partial

Thesis published
Results released

Severe trend strength collapse (-30%) but recovering; Cantor Fitzgerald $325 target creates a scenario with 50% upside asymmetry.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend
Recovering from severe trend strength collapse; trajectory improved from 41.7 to 59.0 mid-week before settling at 41.7.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Buy
Consensus average (1-5)
1.7
Analysts covering the stock
16
Average price target
293.75
Lowest price target
212
Highest price target
338
Upside to price target
50.2%
Quarterly earnings growth
67.1%
Revenue growth
12.4%
Forward EPS
11.31
Trailing EPS
3.17
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
4
  • Strong buy: 2
  • Buy: 12
  • Hold: 6
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 0
Strong buy
2
Buy
12
Hold
6
Sell
0
Strong sell
0
  • July 22, 2026 · Cantor Fitzgerald: Initiates coverage (Overweight)
  • July 2, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
  • June 30, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
  • June 11, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Constructive
Mention volume
Low
Normalized volume
33%
News
Sources (4)

Technicals

Evidence

Price when the context was analyzed
195.45
Average true range (ATR)
5.3%
Distance to 52-week high
-33.2%
14-day change (14d)
-13.2%
30-day change (32d)
-29.9%
30-day relative strength
-31.4%
SPY change (32d)
+1.6%
Nearest support
195.27
Distance to nearest support
0.1%
Nearest resistance
198.32
Distance to nearest resistance
1.5%
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
1.37
  • Major: 195.27 (0.1% away, 0.02 ATR, 26 touches)
  • Mid: 192.42 (1.6% away, 0.29 ATR, 19 touches)
  • Major: 187.74 (4% away, 0.75 ATR, 30 touches)
  • Mid: 198.32 (1.5% away, 0.28 ATR, 14 touches)
  • Mid: 201.53 (3.1% away, 0.59 ATR, 23 touches)
  • Minor: 205.17 (5% away, 0.94 ATR, 5 touches)

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
+8.6%
  • April 29, 2026: actual EPS 1.8 vs estimate 1.33 (surprise +35.5%)
  • February 11, 2026: actual EPS 1.61 vs estimate 1.77 (surprise -9.0%)
  • October 29, 2025: actual EPS 1.83 vs estimate 2.2 (surprise -16.7%)
  • July 30, 2025: actual EPS 1.65 vs estimate 1.32 (surprise +24.6%)

Expected move

Implied move
+10.4%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
7.8%
75th percentile move
14.3%
90th percentile move
18.1%
Up / down moves
12 / 8
Average up move
+10.1%
Average down move
-7.1%

Monitoring and close

What Generac Holdings Inc. reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS2.91
EPS estimate2.01
EPS surprise+44.8%
Revenue$1,173 million
Revenue estimate$1,177 million
Revenue surprise-0.3%

Generac beats Q2 estimates driven by data center demand. Optimistic outlook despite residential challenges.

Sources (13)

Pre-market second reading after the results

Verdict
Beat expectations

Heading into the open, the figures confirm the optimistic scenario. In the 1266 past cases with a similar move, the close held that direction 86% of the time.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Partial
Consolidated
-0.2%
Max favorable move (MFE)
12.6%
Max adverse move (MAE)
2%