Generac Holdings Valuation

Is GNRC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of GNRC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$209.71
Fair Value
28.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
23
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: GNRC ($149.33) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($209.71)

Significantly Below Fair Value: GNRC is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for GNRC?

Key metric: As GNRC is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for GNRC. This is calculated by dividing GNRC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is GNRC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio30.4x
EarningsUS$292.37m
Market CapUS$9.06b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does GNRC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for GNRC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.4x
AYI Acuity Brands
23.8x11.3%US$10.3b
NVT nVent Electric
18.6x-0.04%US$10.9b
RRX Regal Rexnord
49.8x34.3%US$10.8b
ENS EnerSys
13.4x11.5%US$3.9b
GNRC Generac Holdings
30.4x17.4%US$9.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GNRC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.4x) compared to the peer average (26.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does GNRC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Electrical Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CGEH Capstone Green Energy Holdings
1xn/aUS$15.05m
KRFG OneSolution Technology
1xn/aUS$1.33m
No more companies available in this PE range
No. of Companies5PE01632486480+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GNRC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.4x) compared to the US Electrical industry average (23.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GNRC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

GNRC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio30.4x
Fair PE Ratio27.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: GNRC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst GNRC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$149.33
US$176.16
+18.0%
15.6%US$210.00US$94.00n/a23
Jan ’26US$155.05
US$178.91
+15.4%
15.3%US$210.00US$94.00n/a22
Dec ’25US$188.20
US$177.67
-5.6%
15.5%US$210.00US$94.00n/a21
Nov ’25US$168.91
US$174.14
+3.1%
15.6%US$210.00US$94.00n/a21
Oct ’25US$158.17
US$156.91
-0.8%
19.0%US$200.00US$78.00n/a22
Sep ’25US$156.53
US$157.04
+0.3%
18.5%US$200.00US$78.00n/a23
Aug ’25US$145.50
US$155.87
+7.1%
18.3%US$200.00US$78.00n/a23
Jul ’25US$133.16
US$141.83
+6.5%
15.3%US$175.00US$78.00n/a23
Jun ’25US$147.21
US$141.08
-4.2%
15.3%US$175.00US$78.00n/a23
May ’25US$127.63
US$139.12
+9.0%
14.5%US$175.00US$78.00n/a24
Apr ’25US$127.41
US$136.60
+7.2%
15.7%US$175.00US$78.00n/a25
Mar ’25US$114.18
US$136.30
+19.4%
15.6%US$175.00US$78.00n/a25
Feb ’25US$115.33
US$136.86
+18.7%
18.7%US$175.00US$78.00US$149.3325
Jan ’25US$129.24
US$135.56
+4.9%
18.6%US$175.00US$78.00US$155.0526
Dec ’24US$122.30
US$135.50
+10.8%
18.9%US$175.00US$78.00US$188.2025
Nov ’24US$96.13
US$134.19
+39.6%
21.0%US$175.00US$76.00US$168.9124
Oct ’24US$108.96
US$138.20
+26.8%
20.2%US$179.00US$75.00US$158.1723
Sep ’24US$118.94
US$139.30
+17.1%
20.5%US$179.00US$75.00US$156.5323
Aug ’24US$153.38
US$149.09
-2.8%
18.2%US$189.00US$85.00US$145.5022
Jul ’24US$149.13
US$142.86
-4.2%
17.5%US$185.00US$85.00US$133.1621
Jun ’24US$113.56
US$139.77
+23.1%
20.2%US$185.00US$75.00US$147.2122
May ’24US$102.52
US$138.96
+35.5%
21.2%US$185.00US$75.00US$127.6323
Apr ’24US$108.01
US$140.61
+30.2%
20.7%US$185.00US$75.00US$127.4123
Mar ’24US$118.24
US$153.73
+30.0%
36.8%US$380.00US$75.00US$114.1822
Feb ’24US$126.54
US$147.95
+16.9%
40.4%US$380.00US$75.00US$115.3322
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 23 Analysts
US$176.16
Fair Value
15.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
23
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/31 05:02
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/31 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Generac Holdings Inc. is covered by 42 analysts. 25 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Michael HalloranBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Christine ChoBarclays