Gencor Industries Inc. Stock Upgraded (GENC)

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Gencor Industries (Nasdaq:GENC) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, good cash flow from operations, increase in stock price during the past year, increase in net income and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

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Highlights from the ratings report include:

• GENC has no debt to speak of therefore resulting in a debt-to-equity ratio of zero, which we consider to be a relatively favorable sign. Along with this, the company maintains a quick ratio of 8.47, which clearly demonstrates the ability to cover short-term cash needs.
• Net operating cash flow has increased to -$2.70 million or 22.37% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, GENCOR INDUSTRIES INC has also vastly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of -53.45%.
• The stock has risen over the past year as investors have generally rewarded the company for its earnings growth and other positive factors like the ones we have cited in this report. The stock's price rise over the last year has driven it to a level which is somewhat expensive compared to the rest of its industry. We feel, however, that other strengths this company displays justify these higher price levels.
• The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has exceeded that of the S&P 500, but is less than that of the Machinery industry average. The net income increased by 9.3% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, going from $1.09 million to $1.19 million.
• Regardless of the drop in revenue, the company managed to outperform against the industry average of 0.5%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly dropped by 0.1%. The declining revenue has not hurt the company's bottom line, with increasing earnings per share.

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Gencor Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells machinery products for the production of highway construction materials, synthetic fuels, and environmental control equipment. The company has a P/E ratio of 193.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Gencor has a market cap of $62.1 million and is part of the industrial goods sector and industrial industry. Shares are up 11.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

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-- Written by a member of TheStreet Ratings Staff

Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model.

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