Gentex (GNTX) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gentex in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" GNTX shares.
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3 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Gentex's stock. Their GNTX share price forecasts range from $26.00 to $35.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $30.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.5% from the stock's current price.
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Gentex's stock was trading at $27.27 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GNTX stock has decreased by 0.4% and is now trading at $27.15.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 28th 2023.
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Gentex Co. (NASDAQ:GNTX) released its earnings results on Friday, April, 28th. The auto parts company reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.38 by $0.04. The auto parts company earned $550.76 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $529.59 million. Gentex had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.02% and a net margin of 16.43%. The firm's revenue was up 17.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.37 EPS.

Gentex declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 31st. Investors of record on Friday, July 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, July 19th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 6th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) stock in their portfolio include Direxion Daily Electric and Autonomous Vehicles Bull 2X Shares (EVAV), Motley Fool Mid-Cap Growth ETF (TMFM), Motley Fool Small-Cap Growth ETF (TMFS), MFAM Small-Cap Growth ETF (MFMS), Fidelity Electric Vehicles and Future Transportation ETF (FDRV), Schwab Ariel ESG ETF (SAEF), ALPS O'Shares U.S. Small-Cap Quality Dividend ETF (OUSM) and First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF (ROBT).

Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.76%. The dividend payout ratio is 34.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GNTX will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.08% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Gentex's stock split on 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 market closes on Wednesday, December 31st 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Gentex updated its earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.20 billion-$2.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.18 billion.

54 employees have rated Gentex Chief Executive Officer Steve Downing on Glassdoor.com. Steve Downing has an approval rating of 67% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Gentex investors own include Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Walt Disney (DIS), CVS Health (CVS), Micron Technology (MU), Pfizer (PFE), Visa (V) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

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 BlackRock Inc. (9.33%), State Street Corp (2.95%), Boston Partners (2.36%), Cooke & Bieler LP (2.33%), Maj Invest Holding A S (1.86%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.78%). Insiders that own company stock include Gary F Goode, James A Hollars, James H Wallace, John A Mulder, Kevin C Nash, Ling Zang, Matthew Chiodo, Neil Boehm, Richard O Schaum, Scott P Ryan, Scott P Ryan, Steven R Downing and Steven R Downing.
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Shares of GNTX stock 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 $27.15.

Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) has a market capitalization of $6.34 billion and generates $1.92 billion in revenue each year. The auto parts company earns $318.76 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.41 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,466 workers across the globe.

Gentex's mailing address is 600 NORTH CENTENNIAL STREET, ZEELAND MI, 49464. The official website for the company is www.gentex.com. The auto parts company can be reached via phone at (616) 772-1800, via email at marketing@gentex.com, or via fax at 616-772-7348.