NASDAQ:GNTX - Gentex Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Gentex announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 12th. Investors of record on Friday, April 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.11 per share on Wednesday, April 18th. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 5th. This is an increase from Gentex's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. View Gentex's Dividend History.

Gentex shares split before market open on Friday, January 2nd 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, December 5th 2014. The newly created 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.

Gentex announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Saturday, March 10th 2018, which allows the company to buyback 20,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April, 20th. The auto parts company reported $0.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.40. The auto parts company had revenue of $465.42 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $478.06 million. Gentex had a net margin of 23.27% and a return on equity of 19.05%. Gentex's quarterly revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.33 earnings per share. View Gentex's Earnings History.

Gentex is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July, 20th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Gentex.

9 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Gentex's shares. Their predictions range from $23.00 to $29.00. On average, they expect Gentex's share price to reach $25.6667 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Gentex.

Gentex saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 11,395,409 shares, an increase of 16.0% from the April 13th total of 9,822,386 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,956,902 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 4.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

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Headlines about GNTX stock have been trending very positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Gentex earned a news sentiment score of 0.51 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the auto parts company an impact score of 47.26 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Gentex's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.78%), Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (4.06%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.35%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.96%), Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN (1.55%) and Millennium Management LLC (1.24%). Company insiders that own Gentex stock include Fred Bauer, Frederick A Sotok, Gary F Goode, James H Wallace, John A Mulder, Joseph E Iv Matthews, Kevin C Nash, 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 Wells Fargo & Company MN, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Bahl & Gaynor Inc., Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN, Pegasus Partners Ltd. and Sei Investments Co.. Company insiders that have sold Gentex company stock in the last year include Fred Bauer, Frederick A Sotok, James H Wallace, John A Mulder, Joseph E Iv Matthews, Kevin C Nash, 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 Millennium Management LLC, WBI Investments Inc., Origin Asset Management LLP, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Eaton Vance Management, American Century Companies Inc., Robecosam AG and First Pacific Advisors LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GNTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.41.

Gentex has a market capitalization of $6.59 billion and generates $1.79 billion in revenue each year. The auto parts company earns $406.79 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.28 on an earnings per share basis. Gentex employs 5,481 workers across the globe.

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]