NASDAQ:GNTX - Gentex Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Gentex declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 10th. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.115 per share on Wednesday, January 22nd. This represents a $0.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 7th. View Gentex's Dividend History.

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 issued shares were issued 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 declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Saturday, March 10th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase 20,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Gentex Co. (NASDAQ:GNTX) released its earnings results on Friday, January, 31st. The auto parts company reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.38 by $0.01. The auto parts company had revenue of $443.84 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $445.94 million. Gentex had a net margin of 22.85% and a return on equity of 22.29%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.41 earnings per share. View Gentex's Earnings History.

Gentex is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Gentex.

Gentex updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Friday, January, 31st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.91-2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.95 billion.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Gentex's stock. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate Gentex's stock price to reach $32.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Gentex.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gentex in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Gentex.

Media coverage about GNTX stock has been trending very negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Gentex earned a media sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the auto parts company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Gentex.

Gentex saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 6,260,000 shares, a decrease of 15.5% from the January 30th total of 7,410,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,480,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Gentex's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Gentex include Aptiv (APTV), Lear (LEA), BorgWarner (BWA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), LCI Industries (LCII), Dana (DAN), Dorman Products (DORM), Visteon (VC), Gentherm (THRM), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Stoneridge (SRI), American Axle & Manufact. (AXL), Tower International (TOWR), Spartan Motors (SPAR) and Tenneco (TEN).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Gentex investors own include Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Netflix (NFLX), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Alibaba Group (BABA), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Activision Blizzard (ATVI).

Gentex's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (2.54%), Maj Invest Holding A S (1.98%), FMR LLC (1.75%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (1.74%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.56%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.55%). Company insiders that own Gentex stock include Fred Bauer, Frederick A Sotok, Gary F Goode, Jae Kim, James A Hollars, James H Wallace, John A Mulder, Joseph E Iv Matthews, Kathleen Starkoff, Kevin C Nash, Matthew Chiodo, Neil Boehm, Richard O Schaum, Roger Perry Campbell, Scott P Ryan and Steven R Downing. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Gentex.

GNTX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ , Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Nitorum Capital L.P., Prudential Financial Inc., Man Group plc and Grimes & Company Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Gentex company stock in the last year 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. View Insider Buying and Selling for Gentex.

GNTX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Point72 Asset Management L.P., AQR Capital Management LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., State of Michigan Retirement System, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Maj Invest Holding A S and TD Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Gentex stock in the last two years include Kathleen Starkoff, Kevin C Nash, Matthew Chiodo, Neil Boehm, Richard O Schaum, Scott P Ryan and Steven R Downing. View Insider Buying and Selling for Gentex.

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 $26.70.

Gentex has a market capitalization of $6.75 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 5,707 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Gentex.

The official website for Gentex is http://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]