Company Dossier · Industrials
Generac
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Generac is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $4.44 billion, up 0.7% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.38 billion, down 25% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.17 billion, about level with a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.15 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.13 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 29, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 2 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 0 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 18, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $4.0 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,004 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+132 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 18 (14 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 4 — latest CPSC product recall, Oct 8, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Generac is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending20th pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex95th pct
- Hiring filings59th pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications11th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment88th pct
- Call confidence89th pct
- Guidance changes93rd pct
- Risk factors added46th pct
- Insider open-market trades44th pct
- + Guidance changes
- + Call sentiment
- + Call confidence
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver63rd pct
- Stress filings50th pct
Credit
How these are built →Generac's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$1.4B
- Due within a year $0.1B
- Longer term $1.3B
- Default point $0.7B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Generac, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralA Look at Generac Holdings Inc (GNRC) After 4.3% Gain -- GF Value $170.89 vs Price $216.80
gurufocus.com · via Marketaux · Oct 2, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS INC.)third_quarter 2026
- Oct 13, 2026PatentPatent granted: Load Shed SystemUS 12763598
- Oct 8, 2026Risk event
- Sep 16, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Aug 17, 2026Federal awardFederal award from Department of Veterans Affairs$69.0 million
- Aug 6, 2026Risk event
- Jul 28, 2026Patent
- Jun 16, 2026Patent
- Jun 12, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- May 26, 2026Patent
- May 19, 2026Patent
- May 14, 2026Risk event
- Mar 25, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 18, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jan 8, 2026Risk event
- Oct 13, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.)third_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
- Jul 14, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.)second_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Jul 2, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jun 26, 2025Risk event
- Jun 13, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Jun 5, 2025Risk event
- Apr 22, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.)first_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Apr 21, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.)first_quarter 2025
- Feb 19, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
- Feb 21, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)6 risk factors added, 2 removed
Peers
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| Moog Inc. MOG.A | $4.3B | $0.3B | Jun 27, 2026 |
| Allegion ALLE | $4.3B | $0.7B | Jun 30, 2026 |