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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-032683"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNRC"
cik: "0001474735"
company_name: "GENERAC HOLDINGS INC."
filed_at: "2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:22:58.038209+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Generac Q3 sales $1.17B (+10% YoY); residential up 28%; raises FY24 guidance on outage activity

## Summary
- Net sales $1.17B, up 10% YoY; residential segment surged 28% to $723M, driven by home standby and portable generators.
- GAAP net income $114M ($1.89 EPS); adjusted net income $136M ($2.25 EPS), up from $1.64 prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA $232M (19.8% margin vs 17.6% prior year); free cash flow $184M, up from $117M.
- Raised FY24 guidance: net sales growth 5-9% (prev. 4-8%), adj. EBITDA margin 17.5-18.5% (prev. 17-18%).
- Repurchased 690,711 shares for $102M in Q3; $347M remaining under buyback program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-032683
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNRC
- cik: 0001474735
- company_name: GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.
- filed_at: 2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774924032683/0001437749-24-032683-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474735/000143774924032683/gnrc20241028_8k.htm

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