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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025
OR
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number 001-34627
GENERAC HOLDINGS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
20-5654756
(State or other jurisdiction of
(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
S45 W29290 Hwy 59, Waukesha, WI
53189
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(262) 544-4811
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
GNRC
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☑ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☑
Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐
Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☑
As of November 1, 2025, there were 58,684,066 shares of registrant's common stock outstanding.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024
1
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
2
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
5
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
6
Item 2.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
19
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
31
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Legal Proceedings
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
32
Item 6.
Exhibits
Signatures
33
Item 1. Financial Statements
Generac Holdings Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
September 30,
December 31,
2025
2024
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivable, less allowance for credit losses of $34,543 and $35,465 at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively
Inventories
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total current assets
Property and equipment, net
Customer lists, net
Patents and technology, net
Other intangible assets, net
Tradenames, net
Goodwill
Deferred income taxes
Operating lease and other assets
Total assets
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Short-term borrowings
Accounts payable
Accrued wages and employee benefits
Accrued product warranty
Other accrued liabilities
Current portion of long-term borrowings and finance lease obligations
Total current liabilities
Long-term borrowings and finance lease obligations
Deferred revenue
Operating lease and other long-term liabilities
Total liabilities
Redeemable non-controlling interests
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, par value $0.01, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 74,050,637 and 73,785,631 shares issued at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively
Additional paid-in capital
Treasury stock, at cost, 15,365,404 and 14,173,697 shares at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively
Excess purchase price over predecessor basis
Retained earnings
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Stockholders’ equity attributable to Generac Holdings Inc.
Noncontrolling interests
Total stockholders' equity
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(U.S. Dollars in Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
Net sales
Costs of goods sold
Gross profit
Operating expenses:
Selling and service
Research and development
General and administrative
Amortization of intangibles
Total operating expenses
Income from operations
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense
Investment income
Change in fair value of investments
Loss on refinancing of debt
Other, net
Total other expense, net
Income before provision for income taxes
Provision for income taxes
Net income
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
Net income attributable to Generac Holdings Inc.
Net income attributable to Generac Holdings Inc. per common share - basic:
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic:
Net income attributable to Generac Holdings Inc. per common share - diluted:
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted:
Comprehensive income attributable to Generac Holdings Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity
(U.S. Dollars in Thousands, Except Share Data)
Common Stock
Paid-In
Treasury Stock
Predecessor
Retained
Comprehensive
Stockholders'
Noncontrolling
Shares
Amount
Capital
Basis
Earnings
Income (Loss)
Equity
Interests
Total
Balance at July 1, 2025
Unrealized loss on interest rate swaps, net of tax benefit of $929
Foreign currency translation adjustment
Common stock issued under equity incentive plans, net of forfeitures and shares withheld for employee taxes and strike price
Net share settlement of restricted stock awards
Stock repurchases
Share-based compensation
Cash dividends paid to noncontrolling interest of subsidiary
Balance at September 30, 2025
Excess Purchase Price
Accumulated
Additional
Over
Other
Balance at January 1, 2025
Unrealized loss on interest rate swaps, net of tax benefit of $3,364
Balance at July 1, 2024
Unrealized loss on interest rate swaps, net of tax benefit of $3,400
Balance at September 30, 2024
Balance at January 1, 2024
Unrealized loss on interest rate swaps, net of tax benefit of $3,316
Redemption value adjustment
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(U.S. Dollars in Thousands)
Operating activities
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and finance lease amortization
Amortization of intangible assets
Amortization of deferred financing costs and original issue discount
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)
Share-based compensation expense
Loss (gain) on disposal of assets
Loss attributable to the disposition of a business
Other noncash charges
Excess tax expense (benefits) from equity awards
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
Other assets
Net cash provided by operating activities
Investing activities
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
Contribution to tax equity investment
Purchase of long-term investments
Proceeds from sale of long-term investments
Expenditures for property and equipment
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired
Other investing activities
Net cash used in investing activities
Financing activities
Proceeds from short-term borrowings
Proceeds from long-term borrowings
Repayments of short-term borrowings
Repayments of long-term borrowings and finance lease obligations
Payment of debt issuance costs
Payment of contingent acquisition consideration
Payment of deferred acquisition consideration
Contributions received from noncontrolling interest in subsidiary
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest of subsidiary
Purchase of additional ownership interest
Taxes paid related to equity awards
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options
Net cash used in financing activities
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
Generac Holdings Inc. Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
1. Description of Business and Basis of Presentation
Founded in 1959, Generac Holdings Inc. (the Company) is a leading global designer and manufacturer of a wide range of energy technology solutions. The Company provides power generation equipment, energy storage systems, energy management devices & solutions, and other power products and services serving the residential, light commercial, data & telecom, and industrial markets. Generac’s power products and solutions are available globally through a broad network of independent dealers, distributors, retailers, e-commerce partners, wholesalers, and equipment rental companies, as well as sold direct to certain end user customers.
Over the years, the Company has executed a number of acquisitions that support its strategic plan (refer to Item 1 in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, for a discussion of the Company's “Powering a Smarter World” strategic plan). A summary of acquisitions affecting the reporting periods presented include:
The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2025, the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 have been prepared by the Company and have not been audited. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments except where disclosed) necessary for the fair presentation of the financial position, results of operation, and cash flows have been made. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.
The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries that are consolidated in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). All intercompany amounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
New Accounting Pronouncements
Changes to GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in the form of accounting standard updates (ASUs) to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC).
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06 Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40). The update is intended to better align internal use software guidance with modern development methods, which have evolved to commonly include incremental and iterative development approaches. The ASU requires an entity to start capitalizing software costs when management has authorized and committed to funding a software project and when it is probable the project will be completed and used to perform the intended function. The ASU amendments also supersede previous guidance on website development costs. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027 and may be adopted prospectively, retrospectively or with a modified transition approach. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact and timing of adopting the updated standard.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03 Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. The new guidance is intended to provide investors with more detailed disclosures around specific types of expenses. The new disclosures require additional quantitative and qualitative information for certain expenses contained within the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income to be presented in the notes to the financial statements. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The disclosure updates are required to be applied prospectively with the option for retrospective application. The Company is currently assessing the impact and timing of adopting the updated standard.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09 Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The ASU establishes new income tax disclosure requirements in addition to modifying and eliminating certain existing requirements. Under the new guidance, the Company must consistently categorize and provide greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation. It must also further disaggregate income taxes paid. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Entities may apply the amendments prospectively or may elect retrospective application. The Company is evaluating the impact of the new required disclosures but does not expect the adoption of ASU 2023-09 to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07 Segment Reporting - Improving Reportable Segment Disclosures (Topic 280). The update is intended to improve reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant expenses. The ASU requires disclosures to include significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (CODM), a description of other segment items by reportable segment, and any additional measures of a segment's profit or loss used by the CODM when deciding how to allocate resources. The ASU also requires all annual disclosures currently required by Topic 280 to be included in interim periods. The update was effective for fiscal year 2024 and is effective for interim periods in fiscal 2025. The required annual disclosures are reflected in Note 7, "Segment Reporting," to the 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K and the required quarterly disclosures are reflected in Note 7, "Segment Reporting," of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
There have been no other recent accounting pronouncements, changes in accounting pronouncements, or recently adopted accounting guidance during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, that are of significance or potential significance to the Company's consolidated financial statements or disclosures.
2. Acquisitions
Fiscal 2024 Acquisitions
On November 1, 2024, the Company acquired Wolverine, headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan. Wolverine is an industrial and residential generator distributor as well as a provider of maintenance and repair services.
On August 1, 2024, the Company acquired the assets and liabilities of Ageto. Ageto designs and integrates microgrid control solutions and is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado.
On June 26, 2024, the Company closed on the acquisition of the C&I BESS product offering from SunGrid Solutions Inc. located in Cambridge, Canada.
On April 1, 2024, the Company acquired Huntington, headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut. Huntington is an industrial and residential generator distributor as well as a provider of maintenance and repair services.
The combined preliminary purchase price for these acquisitions was $46,265, net of cash acquired and inclusive of holdbacks and estimated contingent consideration. The Company recorded its preliminary purchase price allocations for all of these acquisitions based on its estimates of the fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities. Purchase accounting for C&I BESS and Huntington was finalized during the second quarter of 2025 and purchase accounting for Ageto was finalized during the third quarter of 2025. The final purchase accounting for those acquisitions resulted in no material adjustments to the Company's preliminary estimates. Purchase accounting for Wolverine will be finalized prior to December 31, 2025. There have not been any material changes to the preliminary purchase price allocation for Wolverine as of September 30, 2025.
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the results of Wolverine, Ageto, C&I BESS, and Huntington from their dates of acquisition through September 30, 2025. Pro forma and other financial information are not presented as the effects of these acquisitions are not material to the Company's results of operations or financial position.
3. Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
The Company entered into a joint venture with E.A. Juffali & Brothers ("Juffali") on August 7, 2025, based in Bahrain, aiming to expand its footprint in the Middle East region. The joint venture, operating under the name Generac Juffali Generators WLL, will function as a distinct legal entity with ownership interests divided between the Company and Juffali at 51% and 49%, respectively. As the Company holds a controlling financial interest in the joint venture's operating entity, it will consolidate the entity. During the third quarter of 2025, Juffali funded 49% of the total capital contributed to the new legal entity. The issuance date fair value of the 49% noncontrolling interest was $979 and was recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as a redeemable noncontrolling interest. This classification is based on Juffali’s right to require redemption of its interest in Generac Juffali Generators under specific triggering circumstances outlined in the joint venture agreement. The redeemable noncontrolling interest is initially recognized at its issuance date fair value and is adjusted each reporting period to reflect the noncontrolling interests’ share of comprehensive income (loss). If the redeemable noncontrolling interest becomes currently redeemable or is probable of becoming currently redeemable, it is then adjusted to the greater of the redemption value or the carrying value, with any redemption value adjustments being recorded directly to retained earnings in the consolidated balance sheets.
On February 1, 2019, the Company acquired a 51% ownership interest in Captiva Energy Solutions Private Limited (Captiva). The 49% noncontrolling interest in Captiva had an acquisition date fair value of $3,165 and was recorded as a redeemable noncontrolling interest in the consolidated balance sheets, as the noncontrolling interest holder had within its control the right to require the Company to redeem its interest in Captiva. The noncontrolling interest holder had a put option to sell his interest to the Company any time after five years from the date of acquisition, or earlier upon the occurrence of certain circumstances. Further, the Company had a call option that may be redeemed any time after five years from the date of acquisition, or earlier upon the occurrence of certain circumstances. The put and call option price was based on a multiple of earnings, subject to the terms of the acquisition agreement. In May 2022, the Company purchased an additional 15% ownership interest in Captiva for $375, which was paid with cash on hand, bringing the Company's total ownership interest in Captiva to 66%. On April 5, 2024, the Company acquired the remaining 34% ownership interest in Captiva for $9,117.
The following table presents the changes in the redeemable noncontrolling interests for Generac Jufalli Generators and Captiva:
Balance at beginning of period
Contribution received from noncontrolling interest holder
Net income (loss)
Foreign currency translation
Redemption Value Adjustment
Balance at end of period
4. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
The Company records all derivatives in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, which requires derivative instruments to be reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheets at fair value and establishes criteria for designation and effectiveness of hedging relationships. The Company is exposed to market risk such as changes in commodity prices, foreign currencies, and interest rates. The Company does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading purposes.
The Company periodically utilizes commodity derivatives and foreign currency forward purchase and sales contracts in the normal course of business. Because these contracts do not qualify for hedge accounting, the related gains and losses are recorded in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The commodity and foreign currency forward contract gains and losses are not material to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements for the periods presented.
Additionally, the Company maintains interest rate swap agreements and owns stock warrants described in more detail below.
Interest Rate Swaps
In March 2020, the Company entered into three interest rate swap agreements, which were still outstanding as of September 30, 2025. In July 2025, in conjunction with the amendments to the Company’s credit agreements discussed further in Note 11, “Credit Agreements”, the Company modified its interest rate swaps to match the underlying debt and reconfirmed hedge effectiveness. The Company formally documented all relationships between interest rate hedging instruments and the related hedged items, as well as its risk-management objectives and strategies for undertaking various hedge transactions. These interest rate swap agreements qualify as cash flow hedges and therefore, the effective portions of their gains or losses are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
The amount of after-tax unrealized losses recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 was $(2,824) and $(10,227), respectively, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $(10,177) and $(9,925), respectively. The cash flows of the swaps are recognized as adjustments to interest expense each period. The ineffective portions of the derivatives’ changes in fair value, if any, are immediately recognized in earnings.
Stock Warrants
During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company entered into a $30,000 agreement with Wallbox N.V. (Wallbox) to purchase 5% of its Class A common stock (Wallbox Shares) and acquire stock warrants, the latter of which provide the rights to an incremental approximate 5% ownership in the Class A common stock outstanding of Wallbox upon exercise at a fixed price with anti-dilution protections for a period of time. During the third quarter of 2024 and the first and second quarters of 2025, the Company received additional warrants in connection with additional rounds of funding performed by Wallbox through the Company's anti-dilution protection rights. In accordance with GAAP, the Company is required to adjust the carrying value of these warrants to market value on a quarterly basis. Gains and losses attributable to the stock warrants are recognized in other expense, net in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income.
The gain (loss) attributable to the stock warrants was $(1,910) and $(6,482) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, and $6,606 and $339 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively.
Fair Value
The following table presents the fair value of all the Company’s interest rate swaps and stock warrants.
September 30, 2025
December 31, 2024
Interest rate swaps
The fair values of the interest rate swaps and stock warrants are included in operating lease and other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024. Excluding the impact of credit risk, the fair value of the interest rate swaps as of September 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, is an asset of $15,218 and $29,254, respectively, which represents the amount the Company would receive to exit all of the agreements on those dates.
5. Fair Value Measurements
ASC 820-10, Fair Value Measurement, defines fair value, establishes a consistent framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosure for each major asset and liability category measured at fair value on either a recurring basis or nonrecurring basis. ASC 820-10 clarifies that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received in the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, the pronouncement establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows: (Level 1) observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets; (Level 2) inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and (Level 3) unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.
The Company believes the carrying amount of its financial instruments (cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, short-term borrowings, and revolving facility (Revolving Facility) borrowings), excluding Term Loan borrowings, approximates the fair value of these instruments based on their short-term nature. The fair value of the New Tranche A Term Loan Facility borrowing, which has a net carrying value of $696,610, was approximately $693,000 (Level 2) as of September 30, 2025. The fair value of the Term Loan B Facility borrowing, which has a net carrying value of $492,457, was approximately $496,856 (Level 2) as of September 30, 2025. These Term Loan fair values were calculated based on independent valuations which contain inputs and significant value drivers that are observable.
For the fair value of the derivatives measured on a recurring basis, refer to the fair value table in Note 4, “Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” to the condensed consolidated financial statements of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The fair value of the Company's interest rate swaps and commodity and foreign currency derivative contracts are classified as Level 2. The valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of these derivative contracts, all of which have counterparties with high credit ratings, were based on quoted market prices or model driven valuations using significant inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data. The fair value of the derivative contracts discussed above considers the Company’s credit risk in accordance with ASC 820-10.
The fair value of the Wallbox stock warrants is classified as Level 3. The fair value of these warrants is measured using a Black Scholes option pricing model, with significant inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data as well as internal estimates, specifically the time period until exercise. The warrants received in the third quarter of 2024 (and incremental awards received since the third quarter of 2024) and fourth quarter of 2023 expire at the earlier of when the price per share equals or exceeds $6.00 or in 2028 and 2029, respectively. The time period until exercise assumption has a significant impact on the fair value of the warrants.
Equity Securities
Equity securities primarily consist of Wallbox Shares. During the third quarter of 2024, the Company invested an incremental $35,000 in additional Wallbox Shares. The Wallbox Shares are classified as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy and are recognized at fair value using the closing price of Wallbox common stock quoted on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the last trading day of the quarter. The Wallbox Shares are included in operating lease and other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The fair value of the Wallbox Shares was $8,515 and $19,075 as of September 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, respectively. Gains and losses attributable to the Wallbox Shares are recognized in other expense, net in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The loss recognized on the Wallbox Shares was $(3,676) and $(10,560) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, and $(1,408) and $(3,277) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively.
Contingent Consideration
Certain of the Company's business combinations involve potential payment of future consideration that is contingent upon the achievement of certain milestones. As part of purchase accounting, a liability is recorded for the estimated fair value of the contingent consideration on the acquisition date. The fair value of the contingent consideration is remeasured at each reporting period, and the change in fair value is recognized within general and administrative expenses in the Company's condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The fair value measurement of contingent consideration is typically categorized as a Level 3 liability, as the measurement amount is based primarily on significant inputs that are not observable in the market.
The combined fair value of contingent consideration for the Chilicon Power LLC (Chilicon), Ageto, and PR Industrial S.r.l. (Pramac) acquisitions as of September 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, was $32,406 and $34,114, respectively. The contingent consideration period for Chilicon extends through December 31, 2028, while the contingent consideration period for Pramac extends through December 31, 2025. The contingent consideration for Ageto can be earned in equal increments with one third of the contingent consideration earned as of August 1, 2025, and the remaining two increments capable of being earned on August 1, 2026 and August 1, 2027. The current portion of contingent consideration totals $6,337 and is reported in other accrued liabilities, and the non-current portion totals $26,069 and is reported in operating lease and other long-term liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
The following table provides a reconciliation of the activity for contingent consideration during 2025:
Beginning balance, January 1, 2025
Payment of contingent consideration (1)
Present value interest accretion
Ending balance, September 30, 2025
(1) Includes payments of $2,700 in cash for the Ageto acquisition.
6. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The following table presents a disclosure of changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, net of tax:
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Cash Flow Hedges
Beginning Balance – July 1, 2025
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Ending Balance – September 30, 2025
Beginning Balance – July 1, 2024
(3)
(4)
Ending Balance – September 30, 2024
Beginning Balance – January 1, 2025
(5)
(6)
Beginning Balance – January 1, 2024
(7)
(8)
7. Segment Reporting
The Company has two reportable segments for financial reporting purposes – domestic and international. The domestic segment includes the legacy Generac business and all historical acquisitions based in the U.S. and Canada, all of which have revenues substantially derived from the U.S. and Canada. The international segment includes all historical acquisitions not based in the U.S and Canada, all of which have revenues substantially derived from outside the U.S and Canada. Both reportable segments design and manufacture a wide range of energy technology solutions and other power products. The Company has multiple operating segments, which it aggregates into the two reportable segments, based on materially similar economic characteristics, products and solutions, production processes, classes of customers and markets served, distribution methods, organizational structure, and regional considerations. Intersegment sales are at an appropriate transfer price.
The Company's product offerings consist primarily of power generation equipment, energy storage systems, energy management devices & solutions, and other power products geared for varying end customer uses. While Residential products and Commercial & Industrial (C&I) products include similar products, they differ based on power output and end customer. The composition of net sales between residential, C&I, and other products & services by reportable segment is as follows:
Net Sales by Reportable Segment
Three Months Ended September 30, 2025
Product Classes
Domestic
International
Residential products
Commercial & industrial products
Total net sales
Three Months Ended September 30, 2024
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
Residential products consist primarily of automatic home standby generators ranging in output from 7.5kW to 150kW, portable generators, residential energy storage systems, energy management devices & solutions, and other outdoor power equipment. These products are predominantly sold through independent residential dealers, national and regional retailers, e-commerce merchants, electrical/HVAC/solar wholesalers, solar installers, and outdoor power equipment dealers. The residential products revenue consists of the sale of the product to the Company's distribution partners, who in turn sell the product to the end consumer, sometimes including installation and maintenance services. In some cases, residential products are sold directly to the end consumer. Substantially all of the residential products' revenues are recorded at a point in time when control is transferred to the customer.
C&I products consist of larger output stationary generators used in C&I applications, with power outputs up to 3,250kW. Also included in C&I products are mobile generators, light towers, C&I battery energy storage systems, mobile heaters, mobile pumps, and related controls for power generation equipment. These products are sold globally through industrial distributors and dealers, Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) companies, equipment rental companies, and equipment distributors. The C&I products revenue consists of the sale of the product to the Company's distribution partners, who in turn sell or rent the product to the end customer, sometimes including installation and maintenance services. In some cases, C&I products are sold directly to the end customer. Substantially all of the C&I products' revenues are recorded at a point in time when control is transferred to the customer.
Other consists primarily of aftermarket service parts and product accessories sold to the Company's distribution partners, the amortization of extended warranty deferred revenue, remote monitoring and grid services subscription revenue, as well as certain design, build, installation, and maintenance service revenue. The aftermarket service parts and product accessories are generally transferred to the customer at a point in time when control is transferred to the customer, while the extended warranty and subscription revenues are recognized over the life of the contract. Other service revenue is recognized when the service is performed, sometimes after certain milestones are met.
The Company views Adjusted EBITDA as a key measure of the Company's performance. The computation of Adjusted EBITDA is based primarily on the definition that is contained in the Company’s credit agreements. The Company presents Adjusted EBITDA not only due to its importance for purposes of the Company's credit agreements, but also because it assists the Company in comparing performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis as it excludes items the Company's management does not believe are indicative of the Company's core operating performance. The Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM) is Aaron Jagdfeld, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He uses Adjusted EBITDA, along with the Company's management:
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The table below presents sales (external and intersegment), significant segment expenses, other segment items, and Adjusted EBITDA by reportable segment, reconciled to consolidated income before provision for income taxes.
External net sales
Intersegment sales
Total sales
Elimination of intersegment sales
Elimination of intersegment cost of goods sold
Operating expenses
Other segment items (1)
Adjusted EBITDA by reportable segment
Depreciation and amortization
Non-cash write-down and other adjustments (2)
Non-cash share-based compensation expense (3)
Transaction costs and credit facility fees (4)
Business optimization and other charges (5)
Provision for legal, regulatory, and other costs (6)
Change in fair value of investment (7)
Loss on refinancing of debt (8)
Change in fair value of investments (7)
Other (9)
(2)
The following tables summarize additional financial information by reportable segment:
Assets by Reportable Segment
Depreciation and Amortization by Reportable Segment
Capital Expenditures by Reportable Segment
The Company’s sales in the U.S. represented approximately 80% and 83% of total sales for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and 79% for both the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Approximately 74% and 76% of the Company's identifiable long-lived assets were located in the U.S. as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
8. Balance Sheet Details
Inventories consist of the following:
Raw material
Work-in-process
Finished goods
Property and equipment consists of the following:
Land and improvements
Buildings and improvements
Machinery and equipment
Dies and tools
Vehicles
Office & information technology equipment and internal use software
Leasehold improvements
Construction in progress
Gross property and equipment
Accumulated depreciation
Total property and equipment includes finance leases of $85,794 and $61,214 on September 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, respectively, primarily consisting of buildings and improvements. Amortization of finance lease right of use assets is recorded within depreciation expense in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The initial measurement of new finance lease right of use assets is accounted for as a non-cash item in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
9. Product Warranty Obligations
The Company records a liability for standard product warranty obligations accounted for as assurance warranties at the time of sale of the related product to a customer based on historical warranty experience. The Company also records a liability for specific warranty matters when they become known and are reasonably estimable. The following is a tabular reconciliation of the Company’s standard product warranty liability accounted for as an assurance warranty:
Payments
Provision for warranty issued
Changes in estimates for pre-existing warranties
The Company also sells extended warranty coverage for certain products, which it accounts for as a service warranty. The sales of extended warranties are recorded as deferred revenue, and typically have a duration of five to ten years. The deferred revenue related to extended warranty coverage is amortized over the duration of the extended warranty contract period, following the standard warranty period, using the straight-line method. The Company believes the straight-line method is appropriate because the performance obligation is satisfied based on the passage of time. The amortization of deferred revenue is recorded to net sales in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The following is a tabular reconciliation of the deferred revenue related to extended warranty coverage:
Deferred revenue contracts issued
Amortization of deferred revenue contracts
The timing of recognition of the Company’s deferred revenue balance related to extended warranties as of September 30, 2025 is as follows:
Remainder of 2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
After 2029
Standard product warranty obligations and extended warranty related deferred revenues are included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as follows:
Product warranty liability
Current portion - Accrued product warranty
Long-term portion - other long-term liabilities
Deferred revenue related to extended warranties
Current portion - Other accrued liabilities
Long-term portion - Deferred Revenue
10. Contract Balances
While the Company’s standard payment terms for its customers are less than one year, the specific payment terms and conditions in its customer contracts vary. In certain cases, the Company’s customers pay for their goods in advance. These prepayments are recognized as customer deposits (contract liabilities) and recorded in other accrued liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The balance of customer deposits and other contract liabilities was $58,901 and $26,858 on September 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company recognized revenue of $23,020 related to amounts included in the December 31, 2024 customer deposit balance. The Company typically recognizes revenue within one year of the receipt of the customer deposit.
11. Credit Agreements
Short-term borrowings included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, consisted of borrowings by the Company’s foreign subsidiaries on local lines of credit totaling $46,046 and $55,848, respectively. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the weighted-average interest rates on the short-term borrowings were 6.33% and 5.44%, respectively.
Long-term borrowings are included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as follows:
Tranche A Term Loan Facility
Term Loan B Facility
Original issue discount and deferred financing costs
Revolving Facility
Finance lease obligations
Less: current portion of debt
Less: current portion of finance lease obligation
Total long-term borrowings and finance lease obligations
As of September 30, 2025, there were $5,267 of unamortized deferred financing costs associated with the New Revolving Facility (as defined below) included in operating lease and other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, and $5,938 of unamortized original issue discount and deferred financing costs linked to the New Tranche A Term Loan Facility and Term Loan B Facility (as defined collectively below) included in long-term borrowings and finance lease obligations in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
The New Tranche A Term Loan Facility and New Revolving Facility mature on July 1, 2030. The New Tranche A Term Loan Facility is repayable in quarterly installments commencing October 1, 2026, with a balloon payment due at maturity. The Term Loan B Facility matures on July 3, 2031, and is repayable in quarterly installments which commenced September 2024, with a balloon payment due at maturity. Maturities of the Company's New Tranche A Term Loan Facility, Term Loan B Facility and New Revolving Facility outstanding on September 30, 2025, before considering original issue discount and deferred financing costs, were as follows:
New Tranche A Term Loan Facility
New Revolving Facility
2030
2031
In July 2024, the Company extinguished the $530,000 balance then outstanding under the Original Term Loan B Facility and replaced it with a new $500,000 Tranche B Term Loan Facility maturing on July 3, 2031 (New Term Loan B Facility and, together with the Original Term Loan B Facility, the Term Loan B Facility). The New Term Loan B Facility continues to include a $300,000 uncommitted incremental term loan on that facility. In accordance with ASC 470-50, the Company capitalized $2,991 of debt issuance costs related to this transaction. Additionally, the Company wrote-off the unamortized deferred financing costs related to the Original Term Loan B of $4,236 and expensed $625 of fees paid to creditors as a loss on refinancing of debt. The New Term Loan B Facility bears interest at the SOFR rate plus an applicable margin of 1.75%, subject to a SOFR floor of 0.0%, resulting in a 6.03% combined rate as of September 30, 2025.
The New Term Loan B Facility does not require an Excess Cash Flow payment (as defined in the New Term Loan B Facility credit agreement) if the Company’s net secured leverage ratio is maintained below 3.75 to 1.00. As of September 30, 2025, the Company’s net secured leverage ratio was 1.35 to 1.00, and the Company was in compliance with all covenants under the Facility. There are no financial maintenance covenants on the Term Loan B Facility.
The Company’s original Tranche A Term Loan Facility provided an aggregate principal amount of $750,000 (Original Tranche A Term Loan Facility), along with a $1,250,000 revolving facility (Original Revolving Facility) with all LIBOR provisions replaced with SOFR provisions. The Original Tranche A Term Loan Facility and the Original Revolving Facility bore interest at a rate based on adjusted SOFR plus an applicable margin between 1.25% and 1.75%, based on the Company's total leverage ratio and subject to a SOFR floor of 0.0%.
On July 1, 2025, the Company amended the Original Tranche A Term Loan Facility and Original Revolving Facility (Prior Amended Credit Agreement), extending the maturity of both to July 1, 2030, revising the Original Tranche A Term Loan Facility outstanding principal balance to $700,000 (New Tranche A Term Loan Facility), reducing the Revolving Facility borrowing capacity to $1,000,000 (New Revolving Facility) (collectively the New Credit Agreements), and redefined the Term Benchmark (as defined in the Prior Amended Credit Agreement) to replace the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (as defined in the Prior Amended Credit Agreement) with the Term SOFR Rate (as defined in the New Credit Agreement), resulting in an interest rate reduction of 0.10%. The New Tranche A Term Loan Facility is repayable in increasing quarterly installments over time, equal to 0.625% to 2.50% of the original principal amount, beginning on October 1, 2026. Except for redefining the Term Benchmark, interest rates for the New Credit Agreements remain unchanged from the original credit agreements. As of September 30, 2025, the interest rate for the New Tranche A Term Loan Facility and the New Revolving Facility is 5.78%.
Both the Original and New Tranche A Term Loan Facility and the Original and New Revolving Facility contain certain financial covenants that require the Company to maintain a total leverage ratio below 3.75 to 1.00, as well as an interest coverage ratio above 3.00 to 1.00. As of September 30, 2025, the Company’s total leverage ratio was 1.41 to 1.00, and the Company's interest coverage ratio was 12.54 to 1.00. The Company was also in compliance with all other covenants of the New Credit Agreements as of September 30, 2025.
The New Term Loan B Facility, New Tranche A Term Loan Facility and New Revolving Facility are guaranteed by substantially all of the Company’s wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries and are secured by associated collateral agreements which pledge a first priority lien on virtually all of the Company’s assets, including fixed assets and intangibles, cash, trade accounts receivable, inventory, and other current assets and proceeds thereof.
As of September 30, 2025, there was $90,000 outstanding under the New Revolving Facility, leaving $909,250 of unused capacity, net of outstanding letters of credit.
See Item 7A of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, for further information on interest rate swaps that are currently outstanding and partially offset the above interest expense on outstanding borrowings.
12. Stock Repurchase Program
In July 2022, the Company's Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program, which commenced on August 5, 2022, and allowed for the repurchase of up to $500,000 of the Company's common stock over a 24-month period. Additionally, on February 12, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase program that allows for the repurchase of up to $500,000 of the Company’s common stock over the following 24 months. The new program replaced the prior share repurchase program, which had $26,297 remaining available for repurchase when the new program was approved. Pursuant to the approved program, the Company may repurchase its common stock from time to time, in amounts and at prices the Company deems appropriate, subject to market conditions and other considerations. The repurchases may be executed using a combination of Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, open market purchases, privately negotiated agreements or other transactions. The actual timing, number and value of shares repurchased under the program will be determined by management at its discretion and in compliance with the terms of the Company's credit agreements. The repurchases may be funded with cash on hand, available borrowings, or proceeds from potential debt or other capital markets sources. The stock repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time without prior notice.
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company repurchased 0 and 1,109,206 shares of common stock for $0 and $147,917, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company repurchased 690,711 and 1,046,351 shares of common stock for $102,134 and $152,743, respectively. The Company has periodically reissued shares out of Treasury stock, including for acquisition contingent consideration payments.
13. Earnings Per Share
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income attributable to the common shareholders of the Company by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, exclusive of restricted shares. Except where the result would be anti-dilutive, diluted earnings per share is calculated by assuming the vesting of unvested in the money restricted stock and the exercise of outstanding in the money stock options, as well as the satisfaction of certain contingent acquisition consideration conditions as of the end of the period. Refer to Note 4, “Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests,” of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, for further information regarding the accounting for redeemable noncontrolling interests within earnings per share.
The following table reconciles the numerator and the denominator used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share:
Numerator
Net income attributable to common shareholders
Denominator
Weighted average shares, basic
Dilutive effect of stock compensation awards (1)
Weighted average shares, diluted
Net income attributable to common shareholders per share
Basic
Diluted
(1) Excludes approximately 177,000 and 316,000 stock options and restricted stock awards for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, and 430,000 and 440,000 stock options and restricted stock awards for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, because they would be anti-dilutive.
14. Income Taxes
The effective income tax rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 were 18.3% and 24.6%, respectively. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the current period was primarily attributable to discrete tax benefits related to a business disposition and certain favorable return-to-provision adjustments in the current year.
On July 4, 2025, the United States signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) into law. This legislation makes permanent several key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including 100% bonus depreciation and the immediate expensing of domestic research and development costs. Under ASC 740, “Income Taxes,” the effects of changes in tax laws are reflected in the Company’s financial statements in the quarter in which the legislation was passed.
The Company expects to realize cash tax savings during 2025 as a result of provisions related to bonus depreciation and domestic research and development expensing. These changes did not have a material impact on the Company’s effective income tax rate for the third quarter or the estimated annual effective tax rate for 2025 as the changes relate to temporary differences in basis.
15. Commitments and Contingencies
The Company has an arrangement with a finance company to provide floor plan financing for certain dealers. The Company receives payment from the finance company after shipment of product to the dealer. The Company participates in the cost of dealer financing up to certain limits and has agreed to repurchase Generac products repossessed by the finance company, but does not indemnify the finance company for any credit losses they incur. The amount financed by dealers which remained outstanding under this arrangement as of September 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, was $165,200 and $165,432, respectively.
On August 1, 2022, Power Home Solar, LLC d/b/a Pink Energy (PHS) filed a lawsuit in the Western District of Virginia against Generac Power Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (Generac Power). The complaint alleges breaches of warranty, product liability, and other various causes of action against Generac Power relating to the sale and performance of certain clean energy equipment and seeks to recover damages, including consequential damages, that PHS allegedly incurred. The Company disputes the allegations in the complaint, including that PHS can seek consequential damages or amounts greater than the $25,000 liability cap set forth in the agreement between the parties. Generac Power moved to dismiss the complaint and compel arbitration consistent with the parties’ agreement. PHS later filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition in the Western District of North Carolina that identified Generac Power as one of its outstanding creditors. The parties agreed to toll PHS’s deadline to respond to the motion to dismiss and all other pretrial deadlines to allow the bankruptcy trustee to evaluate the complaint. The Trustee has not yet taken further action in this lawsuit. Generac Power intends to vigorously defend against the claims in the complaint, in whichever forum they may proceed.
On October 28, 2022, Daniel Haak filed a putative consumer class action lawsuit against Generac Power in the Middle District of Florida. The complaint alleges breaches of warranty, tort-based, and unjust enrichment claims against Generac Power relating to the sale and performance of certain clean energy products, and seeks to recover damages, including consequential damages, that the plaintiff and putative class allegedly incurred. Additional putative class actions were filed by consumers raising similar claims and allegations in other district court cases. These putative class actions have been consolidated into a Multidistrict Litigation, In re: Generac Solar Power Systems Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation currently pending in the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Case No. 23-md-3078. Generac Power and plaintiffs participated in a mediation through which the parties agreed to certain monetary and non-monetary terms to resolve the matter on a classwide basis. The parties will seek court approval for the classwide settlement and Generac Power has reserved for the contemplated $15,000 settlement fund. Generac Power does not concede liability or any charges of wrongdoing in connection with the proposed settlement.
On December 1, 2022, Oakland County Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association and Oakland County Employees’ Retirement System filed a putative securities class action lawsuit against the Company and certain of its officers in the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The court subsequently consolidated a later filed action and appointed a lead plaintiff. The lead plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint alleging violation of federal securities law related to disclosures of certain matters (the Oakland County Lawsuit). On February 7, 2025, the court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss and found that plaintiffs failed to adequately plead a securities fraud claim. Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on March 10, 2025 and the Company has filed a motion to dismiss.
On February 3, 2023, a purported Company shareholder filed a shareholder derivative action against certain of the Company’s officers and directors in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The complaint seeks unspecified damages on behalf of the Company and certain other relief, such as certain reforms to corporate governance practices. The complaint (in which the Company is named as a nominal defendant) generally alleges, among other things, breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with the oversight of the Company’s public statements and legal compliance, and that the Company was damaged as a result of the breaches of fiduciary duties, and the defendants were unjustly enriched. The complaint also alleges, among other things, violations of Sections 14(a), 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, and waste of corporate assets. The Company has received several additional derivative actions filed in both state and federal courts raising similar claims and allegations, including issues raised in the Oakland County Lawsuit. The Company disputes the allegations in the shareholder derivative actions and intends to vigorously defend against the claims in the complaints.
On October 28, 2022, Generac Power received a grand jury subpoena from the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan and, as a result, the Company became aware of an enforcement investigation by the U.S. DOJ. The subpoena requests similar documents and information provided by the Company to the U.S. EPA and the CARB in response to civil document requests related to the Company’s compliance with emissions regulations for approximately 1,850 (not in thousands) portable generators produced by the Company in 2019 and 2020 and sold in 2020. On October 3, 2025, the Company received notice from the EPA that it would seek to void certain emissions certifications for 2020, affecting approximately 4,850 (not in thousands) additional portable generators as the Company previously disclosed in Note 18, “Commitments and Contingencies,” to its 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company is cooperating with the DOJ, EPA and CARB regarding these topics and other ancillary requests for information.
On November 30, 2022, the CPSC notified the Company of its intention to recommend the imposition of a civil penalty for failing to timely submit a report to the CPSC in relation to certain portable generators that were subject to a voluntary recall previously announced on July 29, 2021. On May 3, 2023, the parties entered into a mutual settlement agreement. The agreement does not constitute an admission by Generac or a determination by the CPSC that Generac violated the CPSA. The terms of the settlement agreement require the Company to (i) abide by certain customary agency requirements regarding the ongoing commitment to the Company’s internal CPSA compliance practices and program, and (ii) pay a civil fine of $15,800. On July 21, 2023, Generac Power received a grand jury subpoena from the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and, as a result, the Company became aware of a continuing inquiry by the DOJ related to its statutory obligations under the CPSA in connection with this matter. Additionally, on October 23, 2023, the CPSC notified the Company that it is further investigating whether the Company complied with the reporting requirements to the CPSC in relation to certain portable generators that were subject to a voluntary recall previously announced on September 14, 2023. The Company is cooperating fully with both the CPSC and DOJ investigations and, at this time, is unable to predict the eventual scope, duration or final outcome of such investigations.
On March 8, 2022, Ollnova Technologies Limited, a non-practicing entity, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against ecobee Technologies, ULC. (ecobee) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Case No. 22-cv-00072-JRG). Ollnova claimed that ecobee infringes on four of its patents. Following an October 5, 2023 jury verdict finding one of Ollnova’s patents invalid and that ecobee infringed at least one of the claims of the asserted patents, on March 1, 2024, the trial court entered judgment against ecobee for $11,500, as well as an award of prejudgment and post-judgment interest. In 2023, the Company recorded a reserve of $12,669 related to this matter. In the first quarter of 2024, the Company recorded an additional reserve of $1,826 for estimated prejudgment and post-judgement interest and continues to accrue for post-judgment interest thereafter. ecobee has appealed the trial court’s judgment to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and that appeal is currently pending.
On June 9, 2023, Spartronics Vietnam, Inc., a contract manufacturer of Generac Power’s clean energy products, filed multiple lawsuits against Generac Power and sub-suppliers accusing Generac Power of fraud, breaching its supply agreement with Spartronics, tortiously interfering with Spartronics’ relationships with its sub-suppliers, and requesting a determination of rights under the parties’ agreements in state and federal court. Spartronics subsequently filed additional third-party complaints against Generac Power raising similar claims and allegations. After a court granted Generac Power’s motion to compel arbitration, Spartronics filed a demand for arbitration of its claims and Generac filed a counterclaim. On August 18, 2025, Generac Power prevailed in the defense of Spartronics’ arbitration claims and substantially prevailed on its counterclaim seeking possession of pre-paid raw materials and owned tooling. Generac Power also received an award of its legal fees in connection with the action. The award is binding and not subject of an appeal.
On November 21, 2023, Christopher Walling filed a putative securities class action lawsuit against the Company and certain of its officers in the Western District of Wisconsin and was later appointed lead plaintiff. The complaint asserts claims for alleged violation of federal securities law related to statements concerning the Company’s financial outlook and the impact of macroeconomic trends on the demand for its products. The plaintiff seeks to represent a class of individuals who purchased or otherwise acquired common stock between May 3, 2023, and August 3, 2023, and seeks unspecified compensatory damages and other relief on behalf of a purported class of purchasers of the Company’s stock (the Walling Lawsuit). The Company moved to dismiss the amended complaint on June 21, 2024, and intends to vigorously defend against the claims in the amended complaint.
On February 14, 2024, a purported Company shareholder filed a derivative action against certain of the Company’s officers and directors in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The complaint (in which the Company is named as a nominal defendant) generally alleges, among other things, breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with the oversight of the Company’s public statements and legal compliance, including as to the claims raised in the Walling Lawsuit. The complaint seeks unspecified damages on behalf of the Company and certain other relief, including certain corporate governance reforms. The Company disputes the allegations in the shareholder derivative action and intends to vigorously defend against the claims in the complaint.
On December 5, 2023, seven plaintiffs filed a product liability lawsuit in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas against Generac Power, other Generac affiliates, and unrelated entities for damages sustained in an accident involving a GP15000E portable generator that occurred on October 4, 2023 (Zawaski, et al. v. Generac Power Systems, Inc., et al.). Plaintiffs are pursuing claims against Generac Power for negligence, strict liability, and loss of consortium, seeking compensatory and punitive damages. Discovery and evaluation of the case are ongoing. Generac Power intends to participate in a mediation in January 2026 along with other parties and plaintiffs, in advance of a trial that is likely to occur on or after April 2026. Plaintiffs have not fully quantified their damages but will be seeking damages in excess of Generac Power’s available insurance. The Company continues to defend the matter, and it is uncertain how liability, if any, might be shared among multiple parties.
On October 9, 2024, Champion Power Equipment, Inc. (Champion) filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Generac Power in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Case No. 24-cv-01281-LA). Champion claims that certain Generac and Powermate branded multi-fuel portable generators infringe on Champion’s portfolio of dual and multi-fuel patents. Generac Power denies infringement and has filed a counterclaim against Champion claiming that some of Champion’s portable generators infringe on Generac Power’s patents relating to carbon monoxide detection and engine shutoff technologies. Champion in turn filed new patent infringement claims relating to its own carbon monoxide detection and shutoff technology. Generac Power denies the infringement allegations and intends to vigorously defend the matter.
On October 18, 2024, two individuals filed a putative consumer class action lawsuit against Generac Power and the Company in the Middle District of Florida (Case No. 24-cv-02412). The Amended Complaint, which includes additional plaintiffs, alleges certain defects for home standby generators manufactured or sold to consumers from 2020-2024. Plaintiffs assert breaches of warranty, tort-based, and statutory claims relating to the sale and performance of home standby generators. The Company disputes the allegations and intends to vigorously defend against the claims in the complaint, including that the case should not proceed as a class action.
It is presently unlikely that any legal, regulatory or other proceedings pending against or involving the Company will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. However, in many of these matters, it is inherently difficult to determine whether a loss is probable or to estimate the size or range of the possible loss given the variety and potential outcomes of actual and potential claims, the uncertainty of future rulings, the behavior or incentives of adverse parties, and other factors outside the control of the Company. Accordingly, the Company’s loss reserves may change from time to time, and actual losses could exceed the amounts reserved by an amount that could be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows in any particular reporting period.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
This quarterly report contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements give our current expectations and projections relating to our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements may include words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “project,” “plan,” “intend,” “believe,” “confident,” “may,” “should,” “can have,” “likely,” “future,” “optimistic” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of the timing or nature of future operating or financial performance or other events.
The forward-looking statements contained in this quarterly report are based on assumptions that we have made in light of our industry experience and on our perceptions of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors we believe are appropriate under the circumstances. As you read and consider this report, you should understand that these statements are not guarantees of performance or results. They involve risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) and assumptions. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, you should be aware that many factors could affect our actual financial results and cause them to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this quarterly report include estimates and comments regarding:
our business and markets that we serve, financial and operating results, and future economic performance;
proposed new product and service offerings; and
management's goals, expectations, and objectives, and other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts.
Factors that could affect our actual financial results and cause them to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements include:
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of these assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in any forward-looking statements. A detailed discussion of these and other factors that may affect future results is contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Stockholders, potential investors and other readers should consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements.
Any forward-looking statement made by us in this report speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
Recent Developments
As disclosed in Part I, Item 1A: Risk Factors, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, our business is subject to risks related to, among other factors, tariffs and other changes in U.S. trade policy and international trade relations. Starting in the first quarter of 2025, the United States government enacted additional tariffs on goods imported into the U.S. from numerous countries (such as China, Vietnam, and India) and certain countries announced tariffs on U.S. goods. Some of these tariffs have been subsequently modified or delayed, and the U.S. government has also stated it is willing to negotiate with respect to the tariffs it has enacted.
We have implemented price increases across many of our product offerings and are currently executing a number of supply chain initiatives to attempt to mitigate the impact of these tariffs on our profitability. Despite our efforts, these tariff actions may negatively impact demand due to higher prices and also result in lower margins for some of our products. As U.S. trade policy continues to evolve, Generac will continue to analyze the impact of future tariffs and actions that can be taken to mitigate and/or minimize their effects.
Overview
Founded in 1959, Generac is a leading global designer, manufacturer, and provider of a wide range of energy technology solutions. Generac provides power generation equipment, energy storage systems, energy management devices & solutions, and other power products and services serving the residential, light commercial, data & telecom, and industrial markets. The Company continues to expand its energy technology offerings for homes and businesses in its mission to Power a Smarter World and lead the evolution to more resilient, efficient, and sustainable energy solutions.
We have a long history of providing power generation products across a variety of applications, and we maintain one of the leading positions in the North American market for power equipment with an expanding presence internationally. We believe we have one of the widest ranges of products in the power generation marketplace, including residential, commercial, and industrial standby generators, as well as portable and mobile generators used in a variety of applications. The Company is evolving its product portfolio by building out ecosystems of energy technology products, solutions, and services for homes and businesses, enabling end users to better manage their energy costs and needs. As part of this evolution, we have made significant investments into developing markets such as residential and commercial & industrial (C&I) energy storage, solar power inverters, energy monitoring & management devices, and electric vehicle (EV) charging. Central to these ecosystems are the Company’s advanced connectivity devices, controls capabilities, and software platforms that facilitate the integration of our products into grid services programs. In addition, we have been leveraging our leading position in the growing market for natural gas fueled generators, which we believe represents a cleaner fuel compared to diesel, to expand into applications beyond standby power, allowing us to participate in multi-purpose microgrid projects for C&I customers. As the traditional centralized utility model evolves over time, we believe that a more decarbonized, digitized, and decentralized grid infrastructure will develop, and our energy technology solutions are uniquely and strategically positioned to participate in this next-generation grid.
Given our competitive strengths in our traditional power generation markets, we believe we are well-positioned to execute on the growing opportunity for backup power for homes and businesses, where increased penetration is being driven by multiple mega-trends that are resulting in poorer power quality for end users. In addition, our focus on more resilient, efficient and sustainable energy solutions has increased our served addressable market, and as a result, we believe we can continue to be a leader as energy costs rise and end markets evolve over time.
Mega-Trends, Strategic Growth Themes, and Additional Business Drivers
In 2021, we unveiled our “Powering A Smarter World” strategic plan, which serves as the framework for the significant investments we have made and will continue to make to capitalize on the long-term growth prospects of Generac. Our enterprise strategy is based on the combination of several key mega-trends that we believe will drive a number of significant strategic growth themes for our business.
Key Mega-Trends:
Lower power quality continuing to drive demand for backup power solutions:
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More frequent severe and volatile weather impacting an aging grid, causing increased power outage activity.
Increasing deployment of intermittent generation sources coupled with accelerating electricity demand trends driving supply/demand imbalances for utilities and grid operators.
Higher power prices driving the need for energy management solutions:
Electrification trends causing power demand to exceed supply, driving up power prices.
Investment required to upgrade grid infrastructure and transition to renewable power sources, pushing prices higher.
Artificial intelligence adoption accelerating, creating a large market opportunity for backup power:
Significant power requirements for the buildout of data centers to enable AI adoption could drive further grid instability and higher power prices.
Acceleration in the number of hyperscale and edge data centers that require significant backup power, creates a significant growth opportunity for our C&I products.
Growing demand for cleaner burning fuels:
Natural gas and other alternative fuels are vital to the energy transition.
Demand for natural gas-fueled backup generators growing as homes and businesses desire cleaner-burning fuel sources of generation.
Required investment in global infrastructure, driving demand for our products:
Upgrading of aging and underinvested legacy infrastructure systems, such as power, telecommunications, transportation, and water.
Expanding investment for increasingly critical technology infrastructure as we transition to a more "connected" society.
Home as a Sanctuary, driving increased demand for resiliency solutions that provide peace of mind:
Increasing importance of the home with more people working from home and aging in place.
Growing market for intelligent and connected homes that can provide improved energy efficiency.
Power quality issues continue to increase. Power disruptions are an important driver of consumer awareness for backup power and have historically influenced demand for generators both in the United States and internationally. Increased frequency and duration of major power outage events, that have a broader impact beyond a localized level, increases product awareness and may drive consumers to accelerate their purchase of a standby or portable generator during the immediate and subsequent period, which we believe may last for six to twelve months following a major outage event. Energy storage systems offer similar resiliency advantages to consumers and can benefit from these same awareness drivers, at least for short duration power outages. The optional standby market for C&I power generation is also driven by power quality issues and the related need for backup power. The impact of climate change has received increased global focus in recent years, and an aging and underinvested electrical grid infrastructure remains highly vulnerable to the expectation of more severe and volatile weather. Additionally, rapid growth in renewable power sources such as solar and wind is resulting in increased intermittency of supply as more traditional thermal generation assets are retired, further impairing the reliable supply of electricity. At the same time, power demand is expected to meaningfully accelerate as a result of the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence and related data center energy requirements, the re-industrialization of North America, and the electrification of a wide range of consumer and commercial products, including transportation, HVAC systems, and other major appliances. These developments are causing growing supply/demand imbalances for grid operators across North America, which has led to high-profile examples of rolling blackouts and calls for utility customers to reduce consumption to maintain grid integrity. In fact, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation has labeled significant portions of the United States and Canada as being at high or elevated risk of resource adequacy shortfalls in the 2025-2029 period due in part to these supply/demand dynamics. We believe utility supply shortfalls and related warnings may continue in the future, resulting in continued deterioration of power quality in North America. Finally, certain utilities are adopting preventative power shutoff policies to reduce the risk of wildfires caused by their electrical distribution equipment, predominately in the western half of the country. Taken together, we expect these factors to continue driving increased awareness of the need for backup power and demand for Generac’s products within multiple categories.
Home standby penetration opportunity is significant. Many potential customers are still not aware of the costs and benefits of automatic backup power solutions. With only approximately 6.5% penetration of the addressable market of homes in the United States (which we define as single-family detached, owner-occupied households with a home value of over $175,000, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau's 2023 American Housing Survey for the United States), we believe there are significant opportunities to further penetrate the residential standby generator market both domestically and internationally. In addition to the mega-trends supporting growth of the category, we believe by expanding and developing our distribution network, continuing to invest in our product lines and technologies, and targeting our marketing efforts, we can continue to build awareness and increase penetration for our home standby generators.
Solar, storage, and energy management market opportunities. We believe the electric utility landscape will undergo significant changes in the decade ahead due to accelerating demand growth, grid instability and power quality issues, environmental concerns, and the continuing performance and cost improvements in renewable energy and energy storage technologies. Importantly, we expect that a confluence of factors will continue to drive meaningful increases in power prices for end users in the future. As a result, on-site power generation from renewable sources and cleaner-burning natural gas generators are projected to become more prevalent as will the need to monitor, manage, and store this power – potentially developing into a significant market opportunity as utility customers seek alternative solutions to combat rising power prices. In addition, battery storage provides customers another source of power resiliency for shorter duration outages. These markets have historically been supported by subsidies and investment tax credits for consumers and businesses to help advance the adoption of clean energy technologies. Further, production tax credits are being offered to businesses that meet certain domestic manufacturing requirements in the production of renewable energy products. On July 4, 2025, the United States signed into law the OBBBA. The OBBBA accelerates the phase-out of tax incentives for the solar market and includes certain supply chain requirements to qualify for these incentives. While the change in the availability and duration of tax incentives will negatively impact the solar and storage markets in the near term, we believe the overall mega-trends that are driving the solar, storage, and energy management markets currently provide sufficient incentive for long-term, value-creating investments for market participants in this space. Given the significant long-term market opportunity, we expect to further improve our capabilities in energy technology product development, sourcing, distribution, and marketing. In addition, we plan to leverage our significant competencies in the residential standby generator market to increase our market position in the residential solar, storage, and energy management markets as we continue to build out our residential ecosystem of products and solutions.
Natural gas generators, a continuing growth opportunity. We believe natural gas will continue to be an important and cleaner transition fuel of the future, compared to diesel, as the world continues to shift towards lower emission power generation sources. Demand for natural gas generators continues to represent an increasing portion of the overall C&I market, as the benefits of natural gas power generation are very compelling relative to traditional diesel fueled generators. We also continue to explore and expand our capabilities within new gaseous generator market opportunities, including continuous-duty, prime rated, distributed generation, demand response, microgrids, and overall use as DERs in areas where grid stability is needed. Many of these applications are made possible by our natural gas generators having the capability to participate in available grid services programs, helping to offset the purchase price of the equipment over the product’s lifespan. Expanding our natural gas product offering into larger power nodes is also a part of this growth theme in taking advantage of the continuing shift from diesel to natural gas generators. As a leader in natural gas power generation, we believe we are well positioned to capitalize on this strategic growth theme.
Increasingly critical nature and growing power consumption of digital infrastructure. As the number of “connected” devices continues to rapidly increase and wireless networks are considered critical infrastructure in the United States, network reliability and up-time are necessary for our increasingly connected society. This will require highly resilient cell tower sites across the network, and therefore necessitates the need for backup power sources on site at these cell towers. Generac is the leading supplier of backup power to the telecommunications market in the United States. As more mission-critical data is transmitted over wireless networks, we believe the penetration rate of backup generators on cell towers must increase considerably to maintain a higher level of reliability across the network. We have relationships with key Tier 1 carriers and tower companies globally, in addition to having the distribution partners to provide local service support to the global market. We believe these factors coupled with Generac’s ability to customize solutions to each customer’s needs help us to maintain our strength within the global telecommunications market.
Substantial investment in new data centers and accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence. As a result of the development of artificial intelligence and the expected benefits of this technology, there is significant capital expenditure investment going into the build out of data center infrastructure, which should enable the accelerated adoption of artificial intelligence capabilities. Backup power solutions are a necessary part of the substantial investment in data centers. Given the significant power requirements of increasingly large data center campuses, and the mission critical nature of these applications that require complete resiliency coverage, demand for large backup power generators is expected to continue to grow at a dramatic rate for the foreseeable future. This ongoing rapid demand growth for large generators has resulted in market supply constraints. As a result of our recently introduced high output diesel generator offering, this large and growing data centers market represents a significant incremental opportunity for our global C&I product category. As we continue to ramp our capabilities for large megawatt generators, we believe that we are well positioned to take share in this market over time given our historical focus on backup power generation which allows us to provide customized sales, engineering, and aftermarket support while also providing data center customers with a robust service network to ensure uptime for these critical applications. Additionally, we believe this significant growth in data center power consumption will drive demand for backup power and intelligent energy management solutions for the broader electrical grid and other grid participants as these large power loads contribute to the growing power supply/demand imbalance.
Other Business Drivers
Impact of residential investment cycle. The market for a number of our residential products is affected by the residential investment cycle and overall consumer confidence and sentiment. When homeowners are confident of their household income, the value of their home and overall net worth, they are more likely to invest in their home. These trends can have an impact on demand for residential generators, energy storage systems, and energy management devices. Trends in interest rates and the new housing market, highlighted by residential housing starts, can also impact demand for these products. Demand for outdoor power equipment is also impacted by several of these factors, as well as weather patterns. The existence, or lack thereof, of renewable energy mandates, investment tax credits, and other subsidies can also have an impact on the demand for solar and energy storage systems.
Impact of business capital investment and other economic cycles. The global market for our C&I products is affected by different capital investment cycles, which can vary widely across the different regions and markets that we serve. These cycles include non-residential building construction, durable goods and infrastructure spending, as well as investments in the build out of data centers, as businesses or organizations either add new locations or make investments to upgrade existing locations or equipment. These trends and market conditions can have a material impact on demand for our C&I products. The capital investment cycle may differ for the various C&I end markets that we serve, including light commercial, retail, office, telecommunications, rental, industrial, data centers, healthcare, construction, oil & gas, and municipal infrastructure, among others. The market for these products is also affected by general economic conditions, fluctuations in interest rates, and geopolitical matters in the various countries where we serve, as well as credit availability in those regions.
Factors Affecting Results of Operations
We are subject to various factors that can affect our results of operations, which we attempt to mitigate through factors we can control, including continued product development, expanded distribution, pricing, cost control, and hedging. Certain operational and other factors that affect our business include the following:
Effect of commodity, currency, component price fluctuations, and resource availability. Industry-wide price fluctuations of key commodities, such as steel, copper and aluminum, along with other components we use in our products, as well as changes in labor costs required to produce our products, can have a material impact on our results of operations. Acquisitions over the years have increased our use of advanced electronic components and battery cells, as well as further expanded our commercial and operational presence outside of the United States. Our international acquisitions, along with our existing global supply chain, expose us to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and regulatory tariffs that can also have a material impact on our results of operations.
We have historically attempted to mitigate the impact of any inflationary pressures through improved product design and sourcing, manufacturing efficiencies, price increases, and select hedging transactions. Our results are also influenced by changes in fuel prices in the form of freight rates, which in some cases are accepted by our customers and in other cases are paid by us.
Seasonality. Although there is demand for our products throughout the year, in each of the past five years, approximately 19% to 25% of our net sales occurred in the first quarter, 22% to 28% in the second quarter, 24% to 28% in the third quarter, and 23% to 31% in the fourth quarter, with different seasonality depending primarily on the occurrence, timing and severity of major power outage activity in each year. Major outage activity is unpredictable by nature and, as a result, our sales levels and profitability may fluctuate from period to period. The seasonality experienced during a major power outage, and for the subsequent quarters following the event, will vary relative to other periods where no major outage events occurred.
Acquisitions. Over the years, we have executed a number of acquisitions that support our strategic plan. A summary of the recent acquisitions can be found in Note 1, “Description of Business and Basis of Presentation,” to the condensed consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in Item 8 (Note 1, “Description of Business”) of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Factors Influencing Interest Expense
Interest expense can be impacted by a variety of factors, including market fluctuations in SOFR, interest rate election periods, interest rate swap agreements, repayments or borrowings of indebtedness, and amendments to our credit agreements. Refer to Note 11, “Credit Agreements,” to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further information. The year-over-year decrease in interest expense in the current period was primarily driven by lower borrowings and lower interest rates compared to the prior year period.
Factors Influencing Provision for Income Taxes and Cash Income Taxes Paid
The effective income tax rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 were 18.3% and 24.6%, respectively. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the current period was primarily attributable to discrete tax benefits, including those related to a business disposition, as well as certain return-to-provision adjustments in the current year.
In 2021, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released Pillar Two Global Anti-Base Erosion model rules, designed to ensure large corporations are taxed at a minimum rate of 15% in all countries of operation. The OECD continues to release guidance and countries are implementing legislation to adopt the rules, some of which became effective on January 1, 2024. The United States has not yet enacted legislation implementing Pillar Two. We are continuing to implement the Pillar Two rules and evaluate their potential impact on future periods. There was no impact to our financial results for the three or nine months ended September 30, 2025, and we do not expect the rules to have a material impact on our effective tax rate for the remainder of the year. We will update our future tax provisions based on new regulations or guidance accordingly.
On July 4, 2025, the United States signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) into law. This legislation makes permanent several key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including 100% bonus depreciation and the immediate expensing of domestic research and development costs. Under ASC 740, “Income Taxes,” the effects of changes in tax laws are reflected in the Company’s financial statements in the quarter in which the legislation was passed. We expect to realize cash tax savings during 2025 as a result of provisions related to bonus depreciation and domestic research and development expensing. These changes did not have a material impact on our effective income tax rate for the third quarter or the estimated annual effective tax rate for 2025 as the changes relate to temporary differences in basis.
Results of Operations
Three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024
The following table sets forth our consolidated statements of operations information for the periods indicated:
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The following tables set forth our reportable segment information for the periods indicated:
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Adjusted EBITDA
Total Adjusted EBITDA
The following table sets forth our product class information for the periods indicated:
Net sales. Domestic segment total sales (including inter-segment sales) decreased approximately 8% to $938.1 million as compared to $1.02 billion in the prior year, including an approximate 1% benefit from acquisitions. The total sales decrease was primarily driven by weaker home standby and portable generator sales as a result of the significantly lower power outage environment in the current year quarter together with a strong prior year comparison which included multiple major landed hurricanes. This was partially offset by robust growth in residential energy technology shipments and an increase in C&I product sales to the telecom and industrial distributor channels.
In addition, total contribution from non-annualized acquisitions for the third quarter of 2025 was $10.7 million for the domestic segment.
International segment total sales (including inter-segment sales) increased approximately 11% to $185.5 million from $166.7 million in the prior year quarter, including an approximate 3% favorable impact from foreign currency. Sales growth for the segment was primarily driven by strength in C&I product shipments to European markets as well as initial shipments of large-megawatt generators to data center customers.
Gross profit. Gross profit margin was 38.3% as compared to 40.2% in the prior-year third quarter. The decrease in gross margin was primarily due to unfavorable sales mix together with the impact of higher tariffs and lower manufacturing absorption, partially offset by increased price realization.
Operating Expenses. Operating expenses increased $20.2 million, or 6.7%, as compared to the third quarter of 2024 primarily due to a $20.8 million increase in legal and regulatory charges and settlements, as disclosed in the accompanying non-GAAP measures reconciliation schedules.
Other Expense. The increase in other expense, net was driven primarily by a $5.7 million loss on the change in fair value of our investment in warrants and equity securities of Wallbox N.V. and a $1.2 million loss on the modification of our Original Tranche A Term Loan Facility and Original Revolving Facility. This was partially offset by a decrease in interest expense compared to the prior year.
Provision for income taxes. Provision for income taxes for the current year quarter was $11.8 million, or an effective tax rate of 15.0%, as compared to $33.5 million, or a 22.7% effective tax rate, for the prior year. The decrease in effective tax rate was primarily driven by favorable discrete tax items in the current-year quarter related to certain return-to-provision adjustments that did not occur in the prior year.
Net income attributable to Generac Holdings Inc. Net income attributable to the Company during the third quarter was $66 million, as compared to $114 million for the same period of 2024. This decrease was primarily driven by the factors outlined above.
Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA for the domestic segment was $165.8 million, or 17.7% of domestic segment total sales, as compared to $211.6 million, or 20.7% of total sales, in the prior year. This decline was primarily driven by unfavorable sales mix together with the impact of incremental tariffs and operating deleverage on lower sales volumes, partially offset by increased price realization.
Adjusted EBITDA for the international segment, before deducting for noncontrolling interests, was $27.4 million, or 14.8% of international segment total sales, as compared to $20.3 million, or 12.2% of total sales, in the prior year. This margin increase was primarily driven by favorable sales mix.
Adjusted Net Income. Adjusted net income attributable to the Company, as defined in the accompanying non-GAAP measures reconciliation schedules, was $108 million in the current year third quarter as compared to $136 million in the prior-year. This decrease was primarily driven by lower net income in the current period as outlined above together with changes in certain add-back items.
See “Non-GAAP Measures” for a discussion of how we calculate Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Net Income and the limitations on their usefulness.
Nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024
Net Sales by Product Class
Net sales. Domestic segment total sales (including inter-segment sales) increased 1.4% to $2,604.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to $2,567.8 million in the prior-year comparable period, including an approximately 1% benefit from acquisitions. This slight increase was primarily driven by higher sales of energy technology solutions, as well as growth in C&I product shipments to national telecom customers and industrial distributors. This growth was partially offset by lower home standby and portable generator sales as a result of a significantly lower power outage environment as well as lower C&I product sales to national rental accounts.
In addition, total contribution from non-annualized acquisitions for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was $28.1 million for the domestic segment.
International segment total sales (including inter-segment sales) increased to $568.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to $537.9 million in the prior-year comparable period, including an approximate 1% unfavorable impact from foreign currency. Excluding the impact of foreign currency, the total sales growth for the segment was primarily driven by higher inter-segment sales to the U.S. market, stronger product sales in Europe, and initial shipments of large-megawatt generators to data center customers, partially offset by softer C&I shipments in other regions.
Gross profit. Gross profit margin for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was 39.0%, as compared to 38.0% in the prior-year comparable period. The increase in gross margin was primarily driven by favorable price realization partially offset by unfavorable sales mix and the impact of higher tariffs.
Operating Expenses. Operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 increased $91.7 million, or 11.1%, as compared to the prior-year comparable period. The growth in operating expenses was primarily driven by increased employee costs to support future growth across the business, higher variable costs, increased marketing spend, and certain legal and regulatory charges and settlements in the current year, as disclosed in the accompanying non-GAAP measures reconciliation schedules.
Other Expense. The decrease in other expense, net was driven primarily by a decrease in interest expense due to lower borrowings and lower interest rates compared to the prior-year comparable period. This was partially offset by a larger loss on the change in the fair value of the Company's investment in Wallbox N.V. shares and warrants, along with a pre-tax loss attributable to the sale of our immaterial Tank Utility fleet business during the second quarter of 2025.
Provision for income taxes. Provision for income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was $41.4 million, or an effective tax rate of 18.3%, as compared to $65.1 million, or a 24.6% effective tax rate, for the prior-year comparable period. The decrease in effective tax rate was primarily due to favorable discrete tax benefits related to the sale of our immaterial Tank Utility fleet business and certain favorable return-to-provision adjustments in the current year period that did not occur in the previous year.
Net income attributable to Generac Holdings Inc. Net income attributable to Generac Holdings Inc. in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was $184.0 million compared to $199.1 million in the prior-year comparable period. This decrease was primarily driven by the factors outlined above.
Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA for the domestic segment in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was $446.5 million, or 17.1% of domestic segment total sales, as compared to $450.4 million, or 17.5% of total sales, in the prior-year comparable period. This decline was primarily driven by unfavorable sales mix together with the impact of incremental tariffs and higher operating expenses, partially offset by increased price realization.
Adjusted EBITDA for the international segment in the nine months ended September 30, 2025, before deducting for non-controlling interests, was $83.9 million, or 14.8% of international segment total sales, as compared to $73.4 million, or 13.6% of total sales, in the prior-year comparable period. This margin increase was primarily driven by favorable price and cost impacts during the current year period.
Adjusted Net Income. Adjusted Net Income in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was $281.1 million compared to $270.2 million in the prior-year comparable period. This increase was primarily driven by changes in certain add-back items, including certain items for legal, regulatory, and other charges, and changes in fair value of investments, partially offset by lower net income in the current period as outlined above.
Liquidity and Financial Condition
Our primary cash requirements include payment for raw materials and components, salaries and benefits, facility and lease costs, operating expenses, interest and principal payments on debt, and capital expenditures. We finance our operations primarily from cash flow generated from operations and, if necessary, borrowings under our revolving credit facility.
On July 1, 2025, we amended our Original Tranche A Term Loan Facility and Original Revolving Facility, extending the maturity of both to July 1, 2030, revising the Original Tranche A Term Loan Facility outstanding principal balance to $700 million, reducing the Original Revolving Facility borrowing capacity to $1 billion and redefining the Term Benchmark (as defined in the Prior Amended Credit Agreement) to replace the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (as defined in the Prior Amended Credit Agreement) with the Term SOFR Rate (as defined in the New Credit agreement), resulting in an interest rate reduction of 0.10%. The New Tranche A Term Loan Facility is repayable in increasing quarterly installments over time, equal to 0.625% to 2.50% of the original principal amount, beginning on October 1, 2026. The New Tranche A Term Loan Facility and the New Revolving Facility bear interest at a rate based on SOFR plus an applicable margin between 1.25% and 1.75%, both based on our total leverage ratio and subject to a SOFR floor of 0.0%. As of September 30, 2025, the interest rate for the New Tranche A Term Loan Facility and the New Revolving Facility is 5.78%.
As of September 30, 2025, there was $495 million outstanding under the Term Loan B Facility, $700 million outstanding under the New Tranche A Term Loan Facility, and $90.0 million of borrowings on the New Revolving Facility, leaving $909.3 million of unused capacity, net of outstanding letters of credit.
The Term Loan B Facility bears interest at the adjusted SOFR rate plus an applicable margin of 1.75%, subject to a SOFR floor of 0.0%. As of September 30, 2025, the interest rate for the Term Loan B Facility is 6.03%. The Term Loan B Facility does not require an Excess Cash Flow payment (as defined in the Term Loan B Facility credit agreement) if our net secured leverage ratio is maintained below 3.75 to 1.00. As of September 30, 2025, our net secured leverage ratio was 1.35 to 1.00, and we were in compliance with all covenants of the Facility. There are no financial maintenance covenants on the Term Loan B Facility. The New Tranche A Term Loan Facility and the New Revolving Facility contain certain financial covenants that require us to maintain a total leverage ratio below 3.75 to 1.00, as well as an interest coverage ratio above 3.00 to 1.00. As of September 30, 2025, our total leverage ratio was 1.41 to 1.00, and our interest coverage ratio was 12.54 to 1.00. We were also in compliance with all other covenants of the New Credit Agreements as of September 30, 2025.
In July 2022, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program, which commenced on August 5, 2022, and allowed for the repurchase of up to $500.0 million of our common stock over a 24-month period. Additionally, on February 12, 2024, our Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase program that allows for the repurchase of up to $500.0 million of our common stock over the next twenty-four months. The new program replaced the prior share repurchase program, which had approximately $26.3 million remaining available for repurchase when the new program was approved. Pursuant to the approved program, we may repurchase our common stock from time to time, in amounts and at prices we deem appropriate, subject to market conditions and other considerations. The repurchases may be executed using a combination of Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, open market purchases, privately negotiated agreements, or other transactions. The actual timing, number and value of shares repurchased under the program will be determined by management at its discretion and in compliance with the terms of our credit agreements. The repurchases may be funded with cash on hand, available borrowings, or proceeds from potential debt or other capital markets sources. The stock repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time without prior notice. As of September 30, 2025, the remaining unused buyback authorization under the current program was $199.3 million.
See Note 11, “Credit Agreements,” and Note 12, "Stock Repurchase Program," to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information on our credit agreements and stock repurchase programs.
We have an arrangement with a finance company to provide floor plan financing for qualifying dealers. This arrangement provides liquidity for our dealers by financing dealer purchases of Generac products with credit availability from the finance company. We receive payment from the finance company after shipment of product to the dealer, and our dealers are given a longer period of time to pay the finance company. If our dealers do not pay the finance company, we may be required to repurchase the applicable inventory held by the dealer. We do not indemnify the finance company for any credit losses they may incur. Total dealer purchases financed under this arrangement accounted for approximately 13% and 12% of net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, and 2024, respectively. The amount financed by dealers which remained outstanding under this arrangement was $165.2 million and $165.4 million as of September 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, respectively.
Long-term Liquidity
As of September 30, 2025, we had total liquidity of $1,209.3 million which consists of $300.0 million of cash and cash equivalents and $909.3 million of availability under our New Revolving Facility.
We believe our cash and cash equivalents, cash flow from operations, and availability under our New Revolving Facility and other short-term lines of credit will provide us with sufficient capital to continue to run our operations. We may use a portion of our cash flow for debt repayments and common stock buybacks, impacting the amount available for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, and other general corporate purposes. As we continue to expand our business, we may require additional capital to fund other activities that could potentially drive incremental shareholder value.
Cash Flow
The following table summarizes our cash flows by category for the periods presented:
The decrease in operating cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was primarily driven by an increase in inventory levels during the current year and lower operating income, which was compounded by a decline in inventory levels during the prior year period.
The $115.5 million net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 primarily represents cash payments of $110.5 million related to the purchase of property and equipment, $3.0 million for the purchase of long-term investments, and $2.0 million related to other investing activities.
The $141.8 million net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 primarily represents cash payments of $83.4 million related to the purchase of property and equipment, $21.8 million for the acquisitions of Huntington, C&I BESS, and Ageto, $1.6 million for a tax equity investment, and $35 million for an incremental minority investment in Wallbox.
The $121.3 million net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 primarily represents proceeds of $30.9 million from short-term borrowings, $134.7 million from long-term borrowings, $1.0 million of contributions received from the noncontrolling interest holder of a subsidiary, and $4.2 million from the exercise of stock options. These cash proceeds were more than offset by $123.0 million of debt repayments ($47.3 million of short-term borrowings and $75.7 million of long-term borrowings and finance lease obligations), $147.9 million of share repurchases, $5.3 million of debt issuance costs, $2.7 million payment of contingent acquisition consideration, and $12.9 million for taxes paid related to equity awards.
The $246.6 million net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 primarily represents proceeds of $29.2 million from short-term borrowings, $506.5 million from long-term borrowings, and $12.3 million from the exercise of stock options. These cash proceeds were more than offset by $609.5 million of debt repayments ($48.9 million of short-term borrowings and $560.6 million of long-term borrowings and finance lease obligations), $152.7 million of share repurchases, a $9.1 million payment for the remaining ownership interest in Captiva, a $6.0 million payment and $1.4 million payment of deferred acquisition consideration related to our Chilicon and Blue Pillar acquisitions, respectively, $12.3 million for taxes paid related to equity awards, and $3.6 million of payments for debt issuance costs related to our Tranche B Term Loan Facility refinancing.
Contractual Obligations
There have been no material changes to our contractual obligations between the February 19, 2025, filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and September 30, 2025, except for the changes in outstanding borrowings and interest rates as discussed in Note 11, “Credit Agreements,” to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
As discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, in preparing the financial statements in accordance with GAAP, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that have an impact on the asset, liability, revenue and expense amounts reported. These estimates can also affect supplemental information disclosures of the Company, including information about contingencies, risk and financial condition. The Company believes, given current facts and circumstances, its estimates and assumptions are reasonable, adhere to U.S. GAAP, and are consistently applied. Inherent in the nature of an estimate or assumption is the fact that actual results may differ from estimates, and estimates may vary as new facts and circumstances arise. The Company makes routine estimates and judgments in determining net realizable value of accounts receivable, inventories, property and equipment, prepaid expenses, product warranties and other reserves. Management believes our most critical accounting estimates and assumptions are in the following areas: goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment assessment; and income taxes.
There have been no material changes in our critical accounting policies since the February 19, 2025, filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Non-GAAP Measures
To supplement our condensed consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company provides the computation of Adjusted EBITDA attributable to the Company, which is defined as net income before noncontrolling interests adjusted for the following items: interest expense, depreciation expense, amortization of intangible assets, income tax expense, certain non-cash gains and losses including certain purchase accounting adjustments and contingent consideration adjustments, share-based compensation expense, certain transaction costs and credit facility fees, business optimization expenses, provision for certain legal and regulatory charges, certain other specific provisions, mark-to-market gains and losses on a minority investment, and Adjusted EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interests. The provision for legal and regulatory charges adjusts for matters that are not part of the ordinary routine litigation or regulatory matters incidental to the Company's business, including but not limited to class action lawsuits, government inquiries, and certain intellectual property litigation. The adjustments to net income in computing Adjusted EBITDA are set forth in the reconciliation table below. The computation of Adjusted EBITDA is based primarily on the definition included in our New and Prior Credit Agreements.
We view Adjusted EBITDA as a key measure of our performance. We present Adjusted EBITDA not only due to its importance for purposes of our credit agreements, but also because it assists us in comparing our performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis as it excludes certain items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating performance. Our management uses Adjusted EBITDA:
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for planning purposes, including the preparation of our annual operating budget and developing and refining our internal projections for future periods;
to allocate resources to enhance the financial performance of our business;
as a target for the determination of the bonus component of compensation for our senior executives under our management incentive plan, as described further in our Proxy Statement;
to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies and as a tool in evaluating our performance against our budget for each period; and
in communications with our Board of Directors and investors concerning our financial performance.
We believe Adjusted EBITDA is used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of the Company. Management believes the disclosure of Adjusted EBITDA offers an additional financial metric that, when coupled with results prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and the reconciliation to U.S. GAAP results, provides a more complete understanding of our results of operations and the factors and trends affecting our business. We believe Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors for the following reasons:
Adjusted EBITDA and similar non-GAAP measures are widely used by investors to measure a company's operating performance without regard to items that can vary substantially from company to company depending upon financing and accounting methods, book values of assets, tax jurisdictions, capital structures and the methods by which assets were acquired;
investors can use Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental measure to evaluate the overall operating performance of our Company, including our ability to service our debt and other cash needs; and
by comparing our Adjusted EBITDA in different historical periods, our investors can evaluate our operating performance excluding the impact of items described below.
The adjustments included in the reconciliation table listed below are presented to illustrate the operating performance of our business in a manner consistent with the presentation used by our management and Board of Directors. These adjustments eliminate the impact of a number of items that:
we do not consider indicative of our ongoing operating performance, such as non-cash write-downs and other charges, non-cash gains, write-offs relating to the retirement of debt, severance costs and other restructuring-related business optimization expenses, certain other specific provisions, and mark-to-market gains and losses on a minority investment;
we believe to be akin to, or associated with, interest expense, such as administrative agent fees, revolving credit facility commitment fees and letter of credit fees;
are non-cash in nature, such as share-based compensation; or
We explain in more detail in the footnotes to the table below, why we believe these adjustments are useful in calculating Adjusted EBITDA as a measure of our operating performance.
Adjusted EBITDA does not represent, and should not be a substitute for, net income or cash flows from operations as determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of the limitations are:
Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect our capital expenditures, or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;
Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our debt;
although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements;
several of the adjustments that we use in calculating Adjusted EBITDA, such as non-cash write-downs and other charges, while not involving cash expense, do have a negative impact on the value of our assets as reflected in our consolidated balance sheet prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP; and
other companies may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.
Furthermore, as noted above, one of our uses of Adjusted EBITDA is as a target for determining elements of compensation for our senior executives. At the same time, some or all of these senior executives have responsibility for monitoring our financial results, generally including the adjustments in calculating Adjusted EBITDA (subject ultimately to review by our Board in the context of the Board's review of our financial statements). While many of the adjustments (for example, transaction costs and credit facility fees), involve mathematical application of items reflected in our financial statements, others involve a degree of judgment and discretion. While we believe all of these adjustments are appropriate, and while the calculations are subject to review by our Board in the context of the Board's review of our financial statements, and certification by our Chief Financial Officer in a compliance certificate provided to the lenders under our New and Prior Credit Agreements, this discretion may be viewed as an additional limitation on the use of Adjusted EBITDA as an analytical tool.
Because of these limitations, Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as a measure of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our U.S. GAAP results and using Adjusted EBITDA only supplementally.
The following table presents a reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Generac Holdings Inc.:
Non-cash write-down and other adjustments (a)
Non-cash share-based compensation expense (b)
Transaction costs and credit facility fees (c)
Business optimization and other charges (d)
Provision for legal, regulatory, and other costs (e)
Change in fair value of investments (f)
Loss on refinancing of debt (g)
Other (h)
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interests
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Generac Holdings Inc.
(a) Represents the following non-cash charges, gains, and other adjustments: gains/losses on the disposition of assets other than in the ordinary course of business, gains/losses on sales of certain investments, unrealized mark-to-market adjustments on commodity contracts, certain foreign currency related adjustments, and certain purchase accounting and contingent consideration adjustments. We believe that adjusting net income for these items is useful for the following reasons:
The gains/losses on disposals of assets and sales of certain investments result from the sale of assets that are no longer useful in our business and therefore represent gains/losses that are not from our core operations;
The adjustments for unrealized mark-to-market gains and losses on commodity contracts represent non-cash items to reflect changes in the fair value of forward contracts that have not been settled or terminated. We believe it is useful to adjust net income for these items because the charges do not represent a cash outlay in the period in which the charge is incurred, although Adjusted EBITDA must always be used together with our U.S. GAAP statements of comprehensive income and cash flows to capture the full effect of these contracts on our operating performance; and
(b) Represents share-based compensation expense to account for stock options, restricted stock, and other stock awards over their respective vesting periods.
(c) Represents transaction costs incurred directly in connection with any investment, as defined in our credit agreement, equity issuance or debt issuance or refinancing, together with certain fees relating to our senior secured credit facilities, such as administrative agent fees and credit facility commitment fees under our Prior and New Credit Agreement.
(d) Represents severance and other restructuring charges related to the consolidation of certain operating facilities and organizational functions.
(e) Represents the following significant litigation, regulatory, and other matters that are not indicative of our ongoing operations:
• A provision for judgments, settlements, and legal expenses related to certain patent lawsuits - $2.7 million and $5.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, and $2.4 million and $4.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. • A provision for a $15.0 million multi-district class action settlement related to clean energy products and legal expenses related to certain class action lawsuits - $17.8 million and $21.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively. • Legal expenses related to certain government inquiries and other significant matters - $2.7 million and $4.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively. • Additional customer support costs related to a clean energy product customer that filed for bankruptcy in 2022 –$0 and $0.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively.
(f) Represents non-cash gains and losses primarily from changes in the fair value of the Company's investment in Wallbox N.V. warrants and equity securities.
(g) For the three and nine months ended September 20, 2025, the loss represents third-party costs and the write-off of certain deferred financing costs in connection with the refinancing of the Original Tranche A Term Loan Facility and Original Revolving Facility. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the loss represents fees paid to creditors and the write-off of the original issue discount and deferred financing costs in connection with the refinancing of the Tranche B Term Loan Facility.
(h) The pre-tax loss in the nine months ended September 30, 2025, relates primarily to the sale of our immaterial Tank Utility fleet business during the second quarter of 2025.
Adjusted Net Income
To further supplement our condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we provide the computation of Adjusted Net Income attributable to the Company, which is defined as net income before noncontrolling interests adjusted for the following items: amortization of intangible assets, amortization of deferred financing costs and original issue discount related to the Company's debt, intangible impairment charges, certain transaction costs and other purchase accounting adjustments, business optimization expenses, provision for certain legal and regulatory charges, certain other specific provisions, mark-to-market gains and losses on a minority investment, other non-cash gains and losses, and adjusted net income attributable to non-controlling interests, as set forth in the reconciliation table below.
We believe Adjusted Net Income is used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of our company’s operations. Management believes the disclosure of Adjusted Net Income offers an additional financial metric that, when used in conjunction with U.S. GAAP results and the reconciliation to U.S. GAAP results, provides a more complete understanding of our ongoing results of operations, and the factors and trends affecting our business.
The adjustments included in the reconciliation table listed below are presented to illustrate the operating performance of our business in a manner consistent with the presentation used by investors and securities analysts. Similar to the Adjusted EBITDA reconciliation, these adjustments eliminate the impact of a number of items we do not consider indicative of our ongoing operating performance or cash flows, such as amortization costs, transaction costs and write-offs relating to the retirement of debt.
Similar to Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income does not represent, and should not be a substitute for, net income or cash flows from operations as determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Adjusted Net Income has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of the limitations are:
Adjusted Net Income does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
although amortization is a non-cash charge, the assets being amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted Net Income does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements; and
other companies may calculate Adjusted Net Income differently than we do, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.
The following table presents a reconciliation of net income to Adjusted Net Income attributable to Generac Holdings Inc.:
(U.S. Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)
Transaction costs and other purchase accounting adjustments (a)
Loss (gain) attributable to business or asset dispositions (c)
Business optimization and other charges (b)
Provision for legal, regulatory, and other costs (b)
Change in fair value of investments (b)
Loss on refinancing of debt (b)
Tax effect of add backs
Adjusted net income
Adjusted net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
Adjusted net income attributable to Generac Holdings Inc.
Adjusted net income per common share attributable to Generac Holdings Inc. - diluted:
(a) Represents transaction costs incurred directly in connection with any investment, as defined in our credit agreement, equity issuance or debt issuance or refinancing, and certain purchase accounting and contingent consideration adjustments.
(b) See reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Generac Holdings Inc. above.
(c) The pre-tax loss in the nine months ended September 30, 2025, relates primarily to the sale of our immaterial Tank Utility fleet business during the second quarter of 2025.
New Accounting Standards
Refer to Note 1, “Description of Business and Basis of Presentation,” to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further information on the new accounting standards applicable to the Company.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Refer to Note 4, “Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” to the condensed consolidated financial statements for a discussion of the Wallbox warrant derivative instruments, changes in commodity, currency and interest rate related risks, and other hedging activities. Otherwise, there have been no material changes in market risk from the information provided in Item 7A (Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk) of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes during the three months ended September 30, 2025 in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f)) that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
See Note 15, "Commitments and Contingencies," to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further information on the Company's legal proceedings.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Risk factors related to our business and industry
Growth of the data center market is difficult to project and may not be sustaining, and we may not be successful in achieving our growth, revenue, or profitability objectives in the future related to it.
The increasing use and development of artificial intelligence has created significant demand for the build out of data center infrastructure, which includes backup power generation. While we believe the potential for this business is very promising, the growth and development of this rapidly evolving industry is difficult to project. Our expectations regarding this market may not prove to be accurate or the market may not be sustainable. Our operating results may fluctuate moving forward as we develop this business and expand our offering of high output diesel generators. Our expectations around growth for this market may also place significant demands on our management team and require significant capital investment as well as other resources. We may not be able to address these challenges in a cost-effective manner or at all. If we do not effectively manage our growth, we may not be able to execute on our business plan, respond to competitive pressures, or take advantage of the market opportunities. All of these could have an impact on our future objectives for growth, revenue, or profitability as well as our financial results and operations.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
The following table summarizes the stock repurchase activity for the three months ended September 30, 2025, which consisted of the withholding of shares upon the vesting of restricted stock awards to pay related withholding taxes on behalf of the recipient:
Total Number of Shares Purchased
Average Price Paid per Share
Total Number Of Shares Purchased As Part Of Publicly Announced Plans Or Programs
Approximate Dollar Value Of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under The Plans Or Programs
For equity compensation plan information, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. For information on the Company’s stock repurchase plans, refer to Note 12, “Stock Repurchase Program,” to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Item 5. Other Information
During the three months ended September 30, 2025, no director or officer of the Company adopted, modified or terminated a "Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" or "non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement," as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibits Number
Description
31.1*
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1**
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2**
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101*
The following materials from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 formatted in Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) related Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
104
The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 formatted as inline XBRL (included in Exhibit 101).
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Furnished herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
By:
/s/ York A. Ragen
York A. Ragen
Chief Financial Officer (Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Dated: November 4, 2025