Generac key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Generac had return on equity of 6.2%, an operating margin of 6.9%, debt equal to 50.6% of equity and a current ratio of 2.03. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Generac: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Gross margin	40.1%	40.0%	37.2%	37.4%	38.3%	35.3%	34.9%	35.4%	34.8%	35.8%	36.2%	38.5%	36.4%	33.3%	33.9%	38.8%	38.3%	39.5%
Operating margin	16.7%	15.2%	14.3%	19.0%	23.7%	20.1%	13.6%	14.0%	14.9%	17.7%	16.9%	19.3%	19.3%	12.4%	9.6%	12.5%	6.9%	9.5%
Net margin	7.3%	9.6%	41.0%	7.9%	11.7%	12.0%	5.9%	6.7%	9.4%	11.8%	11.4%	14.1%	14.7%	8.8%	5.3%	7.4%	3.8%	5.8%
Free-cash-flow margin	11.9%	17.7%	19.9%	18.1%	15.4%	14.9%	12.0%	14.6%	13.3%	9.9%	11.3%	17.1%	8.1%	−0.6%	9.8%	14.1%	6.4%	8.5%
Return on equity	—	—	53.7%	15.1%	44.7%	43.3%	16.3%	22.4%	33.0%	36.2%	28.1%	28.9%	30.5%	17.9%	9.3%	13.1%	6.2%	9.4%
Return on assets	—	4.7%	23.5%	5.9%	10.3%	9.5%	4.3%	5.3%	8.1%	10.7%	9.9%	11.9%	13.6%	8.0%	4.2%	6.2%	3.0%	4.6%
Asset turnover	—	0.49	0.57	0.75	0.87	0.80	0.72	0.79	0.86	0.91	0.87	0.84	0.92	0.91	0.78	0.84	0.79	0.78
Current ratio	—	3.14	2.32	1.77	2.61	3.04	2.96	2.00	2.08	2.00	2.41	2.60	1.60	2.20	2.27	1.97	2.03	2.04
Debt to equity	—	149.0%	78.6%	192.8%	385.6%	227.1%	231.2%	262.5%	172.8%	124.7%	87.1%	63.7%	44.3%	63.5%	67.3%	53.5%	50.6%	46.2%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	1.4x	3.3x	4.8x	4.6x	6.5x	6.2x	4.2x	4.5x	5.9x	8.7x	9.0x	14.5x	21.9x	10.3x	4.0x	6.0x	4.1x	6.2x
Effective tax rate	0.8%	0.5%	—	40.4%	37.4%	32.4%	36.8%	36.8%	21.7%	22.5%	21.1%	22.2%	19.5%	19.6%	25.2%	22.6%	18.9%	23.3%
R&D as % of revenue	1.8%	2.5%	2.1%	2.0%	2.0%	2.2%	2.5%	2.6%	2.6%	2.5%	3.1%	3.2%	2.8%	3.5%	4.3%	5.1%	5.8%	5.6%
Capital spending as % of revenue	0.8%	1.6%	1.5%	1.9%	2.1%	2.4%	2.3%	2.1%	2.0%	2.4%	2.8%	2.5%	2.9%	1.9%	3.2%	3.2%	4.0%	3.8%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	162.8%	184.2%	48.6%	228.7%	131.3%	125.0%	203.2%	216.8%	142.0%	83.8%	98.4%	121.1%	54.7%	−6.9%	182.9%	191.1%	168.0%	146.9%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	0.0%	0.0%	433.7%	196.8%	0.5%	1.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%	—
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	0.0%	0.0%	189.6%	149.9%	0.4%	64.2%	71.2%	13.4%	13.0%	0.1%	0.0%	41.8%	—	64.1%	25.3%	55.3%	0.0%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Generac: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q3Sept 2024	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026
Gross margin	40.2%	40.6%	39.5%	39.3%	38.3%	36.3%	38.7%	44.5%
Operating margin	14.4%	16.0%	8.9%	10.5%	9.3%	−0.9%	11.1%	17.9%
Net margin	9.7%	9.5%	4.7%	7.0%	5.9%	−2.2%	6.9%	12.2%
Free-cash-flow margin	15.6%	23.2%	2.9%	1.4%	8.7%	11.9%	8.5%	5.4%
Current ratio	2.03	1.97	1.97	2.00	2.18	2.03	2.03	2.04
Debt to equity	59.1%	51.0%	51.0%	52.4%	48.9%	45.8%	45.2%	42.1%
R&D as % of revenue	4.9%	4.8%	6.6%	5.7%	5.4%	5.6%	5.9%	5.6%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

4 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $5.8bn

Short-term assets $2.4bnLonger-term assets $3.3bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $5.8bn

Short-term liabilities $1.2bnLonger-term liabilities $1.7bnShareholders' equity $2.9bn

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.4bn of assets due within a year against $1.2bn of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.4bn short-term assets against $1.7bn of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $265m of cash against $1.2bn of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 42% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 40% to 42% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $548m of operating cash flow against $1.2bn of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $421m against $68m of interest.

From Generac's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

78 /100

Strong moat

How hard Generac's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 19 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 14.2% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 13 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 36.0%, moving by 2.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 12 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 15.2%; its worst year was 8.1%.
Cash conversion 16 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 12.0% of revenue.
Discipline 19 / 20

The diluted share count fell 7.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Generac's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Generac.