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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-024347"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNRC"
cik: "0001474735"
company_name: "GENERAC HOLDINGS INC."
filed_at: "2022-10-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T02:38:40.373883+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Generac Q3 prelim sales $1.09B (+15% YoY) but net income drops 56% to $58M; FY22 guidance slashed

## Summary
- Preliminary Q3 net sales $1.09B (+15% YoY); net income $58M ($0.83 EPS) vs $132M ($1.93) in Q3 2021.
- Adjusted net income $112M ($1.75 EPS); adjusted EBITDA $184M (17% margin) vs $209M (22% margin) YoY.
- $55M pre-tax charges: $37M clean energy warranty, $18M bad debt from customer bankruptcy.
- FY2022 sales growth guidance cut to 22-24% from 36-40%; net income margin to 9-10% from 13-14%.
- Home standby generator orders pressured by field inventory; headwinds expected through H1 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-024347
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNRC
- cik: 0001474735
- company_name: GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.
- filed_at: 2022-10-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1474735/000143774922024347/0001437749-22-024347-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774922024347/gnrc20221018_8k.htm

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