NASDAQ:GNTXGentex Stock Price, Forecast & News

Gentex's stock was trading at $25.16 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GNTX stock has increased by 1.6% and is now trading at $25.56. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Gentex is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Gentex.

Gentex will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, July 24th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Gentex Co. (NASDAQ:GNTX) announced its earnings results on Friday, April, 24th. The auto parts company reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.36. The auto parts company earned $453.76 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $430.65 million. Gentex had a net margin of 22.23% and a return on equity of 21.58%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.40 earnings per share. View Gentex's earnings history.

Gentex declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, July 22nd. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 9th. 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 created shares were payable 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 updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Friday, April, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.58-1.67 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.69 billion.

7 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Gentex's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $37.00. On average, they expect Gentex's stock price to reach $29.86 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Gentex.

News coverage about GNTX stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Gentex earned a news sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the auto parts company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Gentex.

Gentex saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,410,000 shares, an increase of 9.3% from the June 15th total of 4,950,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,170,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.5 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Gentex's Current Options Chain.

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

Gentex's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (1.48%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.20%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.13%), Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.09%), West Coast Financial LLC (0.09%) and Whittier Trust Co. (0.04%). Company insiders that own Gentex stock include Gary F Goode, Jae Kim, James A Hollars, James H Wallace, John A Mulder, 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 Cascade Investment Advisors Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., West Coast Financial LLC, Whittier Trust Co., and MorganRosel Wealth Management LLC. 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 activity for Gentex.

GNTX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Insight Partners LLC, Reinhart Partners Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Riverbridge Partners LLC, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, and Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada 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 activity 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 $25.56.

Gentex has a market capitalization of $6.26 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 5,874 workers across the globe.

The official website for Gentex is 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]