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 1.82%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 5th. This is a boost from Gentex's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. View Gentex's Dividend History.

Shares of Gentex split on the morning of Friday, January 2nd 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, December 5th 2014. The newly issued 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 declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program 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 buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April, 20th. The auto parts company reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, hitting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.40. The auto parts company earned $465.42 million during 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%. The firm's revenue was up 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous 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 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Gentex's stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Gentex's share price to reach $25.6667 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Gentex.

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

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Press coverage about GNTX stock has been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Gentex earned a news impact score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the auto parts company an impact score of 48.04 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Gentex's stock is owned by a variety 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 $24.23.

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]