secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. (GNRC)
CIK:        0001474735
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-22-024347
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774922024347/0001437749-22-024347-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774922024347/gnrc20221018_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-024347

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