Overall impact
C (45)

Commentary

Generac is an average overall performer. With a 'C' rating of 44.6 for overall impact (31st percentile compared to all companies), Generac ranks 51st out of 76 industry peers, behind Cummins, Ocean Power Technologies, Ideal Power and 47 others, and ahead of Piedmont Lithium, Moog, Graco and 22 others. On top material causes for Generac's industry (Manufacturing), Generac performs well in Reduced Green House Gas Emissions (90.2 score) and Sanitation Access (82.0) and performs poorly in Improved Mental Health (1.7 score), Sustainable Use of Water (28.2), Quality Lifelong Education (32.1) and 7 other causes where it received a 'D' or 'F' score.
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Company
Employees
9,400
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Electrical Equipment
Sub-industry
Electrical Components & Equipment
SASB industry
Industrial Machinery & Goods
Headquarters
Wi, United States
Share classes
GNRC
Description
Generac Holdings Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes energy technology products and solutions worldwide. The company offers residential automatic standby generators, automatic transfer switches, air-cooled engine residential standby generators, and liquid-cooled engine generators. It also provides Mobile Link, a remote monitoring system for home standby generators, residential battery storage systems, and smart home solutions, such as smart thermostats and a suite of home monitoring products. Additionally, Generac offers smart home energy management devices and sensors for heating and cooling systems, smart doorbell cameras, and portable and inverter generators. The company provides multiple portable battery solutions, manual transfer switches, and outdoor power equipment, including trimmers, field and brush mowers, log splitters, stump grinders, chipper shredders, lawn and leaf vacuums, pressure washers, and water pumps, as well as battery-powered turf care products. In the commercial and industrial sector, Generac offers cleaner-burning natural gas fueled generators, light-commercial standby generators and related transfer switches, stationary generators, single-engine industrial generators, industrial standby generators, and industrial transfer switches. The company also provides light towers, mobile generators, commercial mobile pumps, heaters, dust-suppression equipment, and mobile energy storage systems, along with battery energy storage systems and related inverter products, as well as aftermarket service parts and product accessories. Furthermore, Generac provides the Concerto energy-balancing software platform for controlling and dispatching distributed energy resources. The company distributes its products through independent residential dealers, industrial distributors and dealers, national and regional retailers, e-commerce partners, electrical/HVAC/solar wholesalers, solar installers, catalogs, equipment rental companies, and other equipment distributors, and directly to end users. The company was founded in 1959 and is based in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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