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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-018543"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNRC"
cik: "0001474735"
company_name: "GENERAC HOLDINGS INC."
filed_at: "2022-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T05:05:12.134124+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Generac Q2 record sales $1.29B (+40% YoY); adj EPS $2.99 vs $2.39; maintains FY22 guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $1.29B (+40% YoY); core sales +33%; residential $896M (+49%), C&I $309M (+22%).
- GAAP net income $156M ($2.21 diluted EPS); adjusted net income $194M ($2.99 adj EPS) – both records.
- Adjusted EBITDA record $271M (21.0% margin) vs $218M (23.7%) last year; operating cash flow $23.8M.
- Full-year 2022 guidance maintained: net sales growth ~36-40%, adj EBITDA margin ~21.5-22.5%.
- Amended credit facility: $750M term loan, $1.25B revolver; new $500M share repurchase program approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-018543
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNRC
- cik: 0001474735
- company_name: GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.
- filed_at: 2022-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774922018543/0001437749-22-018543-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774922018543/gnrc20220801_8k.htm

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