WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) _ Generac Holdings Inc. (GNRC) on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $113.9 million.

On a per-share basis, the Waukesha, Wisconsin-based company said it had profit of $1.57. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $2.09 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.90 per share.

The generator maker posted revenue of $1.14 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.08 billion.

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