Gentex Corporation Company Profile (NASDAQ:GNTX)

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

Gentex Corporation announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 18th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 6th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Wednesday, July 19th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.29%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, July 3rd. This is a positive change from Gentex Corporation's previous quarterly dividend of $0.09. View Gentex Corporation's Dividend History.

Gentex Corporation shares 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 Corporation stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ:GNTX) issued its earnings results on Friday, July, 21st. The company reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $443.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $446.36 million. Gentex Corporation had a return on equity of 18.95% and a net margin of 21.01%. Gentex Corporation's quarterly revenue was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.30 EPS. View Gentex Corporation's Earnings History.

Gentex Corporation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 18th 2017. View Earnings Estimates for Gentex Corporation.

7 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Gentex Corporation's shares. Their predictions range from $18.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Gentex Corporation's share price to reach $21.50 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Gentex Corporation.

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Gentex Corporation stock:

• 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Gentex Corporation is an international company that provides high-quality products to the worldwide automotive industry and North American fire protection market. The Company develops, manufactures and markets proprietary electro-optic products, including interior and exterior electrochromic, automatic-dimming Night Vision Safety automotive rearview mirrors that dim in proportion to the amount of headlight glare from trailing vehicle headlamps, and an extensive line of fire protection products for commercial applications. " (6/26/2017)
• 2. BMO Capital Markets analysts commented, "Our confidence in listing GNTX shares near the top of our pecking order remains very high after spending two days on the road with management. Despite the shares being a top performer in our coverage group over the past 12 months and currently sporting a valuation premium to its peers, we believe the combination of further penetration of auto-dimming mirrors, content gains from embedded features and new product launches will allow revenue to well exceed global auto production over the next several years. Reiterate Outperform." (3/24/2017)
• 3. FBR & Co analysts commented, "We recently attended CES 2017 and were introduced to several new products that we believe could present incremental growth opportunities for the company. Gentex showed several technologies at CES: a camera-based rear vision solution, a biometric driver authentication system, and a HomeLink product that provides cloud-based connectivity from car to home. We think that there are two key takeaways from these launches. (1) The company's steady transition toward more technology-driven revenue continues to be a key theme, and we think the biometric authentication system, in particular, demonstrates the team's innovative capabilities. (2) Perhaps more importantly, we believe that the camera rear-vision system validates our argument that even if exterior mirrors begin to change in their traditional sense, Gentex will still have a significant long-term growth opportunity given its interior-mirror and exterior-based content portfolio. Looking ahead, we think GNTX shares continue to be quite attractive, and we are raising our price target to $25, from $22, following positive takeaways from CES. We reiterate our Outperform rating, and we believe that given our expectation for a SAAR plateau in 2017, automotive investors should be looking at secular growth stories like Gentex." (1/13/2017)

Gentex Corporation saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 14th, there was short interest totalling 20,416,830 shares, an increase of 14.4% from the June 30th total of 17,852,254 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,869,449 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.1 days. Approximately 7.3% of the company's stock are short sold.

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Gentex Corporation's management team includes the folowing people:

• Fred Bauer, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
• Steven R. Downing, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
• Kevin Nash, Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President - Accounting
• Joseph Matthews, Vice President - Purchasing
• Scott P. Ryan, Assistant General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
• James H. Wallace, Lead Independent Director
• Leslie Brown, Independent Director
• Gary F. Goode, Independent Director
• Pete Hoekstra, Independent Director
• James A. Hollars, Independent Director

Gentex Corporation's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (1.63%), American Capital Management Inc. (0.84%), PGGM Investments (0.62%), Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.49%), Country Trust Bank (0.47%) and First Quadrant L P CA (0.46%). Company insiders that own Gentex Corporation stock include Fred Bauer, Frederick A Sotok, Gary F Goode, James H Wallace, John A Mulder, Joseph E Iv Matthews, Kevin C Nash, Mark W Newton, Scott P Ryan and Steven R Downing. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Gentex Corporation.

Gentex Corporation's stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc., Riverbridge Partners LLC, Country Trust Bank, Underhill Investment Management LLC, NGAM Advisors L.P., RK Asset Management LLC and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. Company insiders that have sold Gentex Corporation 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 Corporation.

Gentex Corporation's stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Reinhart Partners Inc., Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, American Capital Management Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Sprott Inc., Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank and James Investment Research Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Gentex Corporation.

Shares of Gentex Corporation can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of Gentex Corporation stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.44.