Gentex Stock Forecast, Price & News

Gentex's stock was trading at $25.16 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GNTX stock has increased by 42.6% and is now trading at $35.88.
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8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gentex in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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, January 29th 2021.
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Gentex will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Gentex Co. (NASDAQ:GNTX) posted its earnings results on Friday, October, 23rd. The auto parts company reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.07. The auto parts company earned $474.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $459.79 million. Gentex had a return on equity of 16.59% and a net margin of 18.96%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.44 earnings per share.
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Gentex announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, January 20th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 7th.
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Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.34%. 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 28.92%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Gentex will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.74% next year. This indicates that Gentex will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Gentex's stock split before market open on 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 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 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Friday, October, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.624-1.644 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.59 billion.

8 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Gentex's shares. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $39.00. On average, they expect Gentex's stock price to reach $29.34 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 18.2%.
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Gentex saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,770,000 shares, an increase of 53.5% from the December 15th total of 4,410,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,820,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.8% of the company's stock are short sold.
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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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.21%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Uncommon Cents Investing LLC (0.01%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%) and Huntington National Bank (0.00%). Company insiders that own Gentex stock include Gary F Goode, Jae Kim, James A Hollars, James H Wallace, John A Mulder, 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Huntington National Bank, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Gentex company stock in the last year include James H Wallace, John A Mulder, Kevin C Nash, Scott P Ryan, and Steven R Downing.
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GNTX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., 6 Meridian, and Uncommon Cents Investing LLC. Company insiders that have bought Gentex stock in the last two years include 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of GNTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.88.

Gentex has a market capitalization of $8.79 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]