NASDAQ:GNTXGentex Stock Price, Forecast & News

Gentex's stock was trading at $25.16 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GNTX shares have increased by 7.6% and is now trading at $27.07.
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7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gentex in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Gentex is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 16th 2020.
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Gentex Co. (NASDAQ:GNTX) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July, 24th. The auto parts company reported $0.02 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.12 by $0.10. The auto parts company earned $229.93 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $266.36 million. Gentex had a net margin of 18.60% and a return on equity of 16.26%. Gentex's revenue for the quarter was down 50.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.42 earnings per share.
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Gentex declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, July 22nd. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 9th.
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Gentex shares split on the morning of Friday, January 2nd 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, December 5th 2014. The newly minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes 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.

7 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Gentex's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $32.00. On average, they anticipate Gentex's stock price to reach $29.14 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.7% from the stock's current price.
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News headlines about GNTX stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Gentex earned a news sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the auto parts company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.
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Gentex saw a drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,550,000 shares, a drop of 9.2% from the July 15th total of 5,010,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,980,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Gentex investors own include Gilead Sciences (GILD), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Alibaba Group (BABA), CVS Health (CVS), Micron Technology (MU), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Activision Blizzard (ATVI).

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

Gentex's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (1.48%), Country Trust Bank (0.41%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.35%), Well Done LLC (0.31%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.30%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.27%). Company insiders that own Gentex stock include Gary F Goode, Jae Kim, James A Hollars, James H Wallace, John A Mulder, Kathleen Starkoff, Kevin C Nash, Matthew Chiodo, Neil Boehm, Roger Perry Campbell, Scott P Ryan and Steven R Downing.
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GNTX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., State of Michigan Retirement System, First Quadrant L P CA, Hancock Whitney Corp, BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S, Unigestion Holding SA, Raymond James & Associates, and Stone Ridge Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Gentex company stock in the last year include Gary F Goode, James H Wallace, John A Mulder, Kevin C Nash, Neil Boehm, and Roger Perry Campbell.
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GNTX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including UBS Group AG, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., First Trust Advisors LP, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, IFP Advisors Inc, Swiss National Bank, and Vident Investment Advisory LLC. Company insiders that have bought Gentex stock in the last two years include Kathleen Starkoff, Kevin C Nash, Matthew Chiodo, Neil Boehm, Scott P Ryan, and Steven R Downing.
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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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of GNTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.07.

Gentex has a market capitalization of $6.63 billion and generates $1.86 billion in revenue each year. The auto parts company earns $424.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.66 on an earnings per share basis. Gentex employs 5,874 workers across the globe.

The official website for Gentex is www.gentex.com.

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]