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

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

Gentex declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 12th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 5th. This is a positive change from Gentex's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. View Gentex's Dividend History.

Gentex shares split on the morning of 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 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 announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Saturday, March 10th 2018, which permits the company to buyback 20,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Gentex Co. (NASDAQ:GNTX) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April, 20th. The auto parts company reported $0.40 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 the consensus estimate of $478.06 million. Gentex had a return on equity of 19.05% and a net margin of 23.27%. Gentex's revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.33 EPS. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Gentex's shares. Their predictions range from $23.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Gentex's share price to reach $25.6667 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Gentex.

Gentex saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume of 2,956,902 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.9 days. Currently, 4.2% of the company's stock are sold short.

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News articles about GNTX stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Gentex earned a coverage optimism score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the auto parts company an impact score of 45.49 out of 100, indicating that recent media 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 bought 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 $24.36.

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]