Gentex Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gentex in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Gentex stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GNTX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Gentex is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 23rd 2021.
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Gentex Co. (NASDAQ:GNTX) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 22nd. The auto parts company reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.03. The auto parts company earned $483.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $498.37 million. Gentex had a net margin of 21.62% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.81%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 6.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.36 earnings per share.
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Gentex's stock was trading at $25.16 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GNTX stock has increased by 32.7% and is now trading at $33.39.
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Gentex announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 7th. Investors of record on Friday, July 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, July 21st. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.44%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 8th.
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Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.40%. Gentex has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Gentex is 34.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Gentex will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.78% next year. This indicates that Gentex will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 payable 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 updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of - for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.10 billion-$2.28 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.18 billion.

7 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Gentex's shares. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $45.00. On average, they expect Gentex's share price to reach $32.67 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.2%.
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54 employees have rated Gentex CEO Steve Downing on Glassdoor.com. Steve Downing has an approval rating of 67% among Gentex's employees.

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

Gentex's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.48%), Maj Invest Holding A S (3.09%), Boston Partners (2.06%), Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN (1.97%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.85%) and Riverbridge Partners LLC (1.58%). Company insiders that own Gentex stock include Gary F Goode, Jae Kim, James A Hollars, James H Wallace, John A Mulder, Kevin C Nash, Ling Zang, Matthew Chiodo, Neil Boehm, Richard O Schaum, 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, Nitorum Capital L.P., Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Morgan Stanley, Burgundy Asset Management Ltd., and Millennium Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Gentex company stock in the last year include Gary F Goode, James A Hollars, John A Mulder, Kevin C Nash, Ling Zang, Matthew Chiodo, Neil Boehm, Richard O Schaum, Scott P Ryan, and Steven R Downing.
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GNTX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Factorial Partners LLC, BlackRock Inc., Clark Capital Management Group Inc., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, AQR Capital Management LLC, Alyeska Investment Group L.P., Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN, and NFJ Investment Group LLC. Company insiders that have bought Gentex stock in the last two years include 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GNTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.39.

Gentex has a market capitalization of $8.06 billion and generates $1.69 billion in revenue each year. The auto parts company earns $347.56 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.41 on an earnings per share basis.

Gentex employs 5,303 workers across the globe.

Gentex was founded in 1974.

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

Gentex is headquartered at 600 NORTH CENTENNIAL STREET, ZEELAND MI, 49464.

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]