NASDAQ:GNTX - Gentex Stock Price, Price Target & More

Gentex trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GNTX."

Gentex declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 12th. Investors of record on Friday, April 6th will be given a dividend of $0.11 per share on Wednesday, April 18th. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 5th. This is a positive change from Gentex's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. View Gentex's Dividend History.

Shares of Gentex split on the morning of Friday, January 2nd 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, December 5th 2014. The newly issued shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, December 31st 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of Gentex stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Gentex announced that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Saturday, March 10th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase 20,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Gentex Co. (NASDAQ:GNTX) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April, 20th. The auto parts company reported $0.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.40. The auto parts company earned $465.42 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $478.06 million. Gentex had a net margin of 23.27% and a return on equity of 19.05%. The firm's revenue was up 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.33 EPS. View Gentex's Earnings History.

Gentex is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July, 20th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Gentex.

9 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Gentex's shares. Their predictions range from $23.00 to $29.00. On average, they expect Gentex's stock price to reach $25.6667 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Gentex.

Gentex saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 11,395,409 shares, an increase of 16.0% from the April 13th total of 9,822,386 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,956,902 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Approximately 4.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Some companies that are related to Gentex include Aptiv (APTV), Magna International (MGA), Valeo (VLEEY), Lear (LEA), Autoliv (ALV), Isuzu Motors (ISUZY), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), BorgWarner (BWA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Adient (ADNT), Delphi Technologies (DLPH), Dana (DAN), Dongfeng Motor Group (DNFGY), Tenneco (TEN) and Cooper Standard (CPS).

Media coverage about GNTX stock has trended somewhat negative this week, Accern reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Gentex earned a daily sentiment score of -0.19 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the auto parts company an impact score of 46.46 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Gentex's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.78%), Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (4.06%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.35%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.96%), Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN (1.55%) and Millennium Management LLC (1.24%). Company insiders that own Gentex stock include Fred Bauer, Frederick A Sotok, Gary F Goode, James H Wallace, John A Mulder, Joseph E Iv Matthews, Kevin C Nash, Scott P Ryan and Steven R Downing. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Gentex.

GNTX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wells Fargo & Company MN, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Bahl & Gaynor Inc., Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN, Pegasus Partners Ltd. and Sei Investments Co.. Company insiders that have sold Gentex company stock in the last year include Fred Bauer, Frederick A Sotok, James H Wallace, John A Mulder, Joseph E Iv Matthews, Kevin C Nash, Scott P Ryan and Steven R Downing. View Insider Buying and Selling for Gentex.

GNTX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, WBI Investments Inc., Origin Asset Management LLP, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Eaton Vance Management, American Century Companies Inc., Robecosam AG and First Pacific Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Gentex.

Shares of GNTX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GNTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.97.

Gentex has a market capitalization of $6.64 billion and generates $1.79 billion in revenue each year. The auto parts company earns $406.79 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.28 on an earnings per share basis. Gentex employs 5,481 workers across the globe.

Gentex's mailing address is 600 NORTH CENTENNIAL STREET, ZEELAND MI, 49464. The auto parts company can be reached via phone at 616-772-1800 or via email at [email protected]