Gentex Stock Forecast, Price & News

Gentex's stock was trading at $25.16 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GNTX stock has increased by 45.0% and is now trading at $36.48.
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8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gentex in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Gentex stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GNTX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1,448 employees have rated Gentex CEO Doug Parker on Glassdoor.com. Doug Parker has an approval rating of 60% among Gentex's employees. This puts Doug Parker in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Gentex is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 29th 2021.
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Gentex will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, January 29th 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) issued its earnings results on Friday, October, 23rd. The auto parts company reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.07. The auto parts company had revenue of $474.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $459.79 million. Gentex had a net margin of 18.96% and a return on equity of 16.59%. Gentex's quarterly revenue was down .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.44 EPS.
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Gentex announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, January 20th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 7th.
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Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.31%. Gentex has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Gentex is 28.92%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Gentex will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.74% next year. This indicates that Gentex will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Gentex shares split on Friday, January 2nd 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, December 5th 2014. The newly created 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.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Gentex's stock. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $39.00. On average, they expect Gentex's stock price to reach $29.34 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 19.6%.
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Gentex saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,770,000 shares, an increase of 53.5% from the December 15th total of 4,410,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,820,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 2.8% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Gentex trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GNTX."

Gentex's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Maj Invest Holding A S (2.93%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (1.60%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.21%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.08%), Miracle Mile Advisors LLC (0.06%) and Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Gentex stock 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.
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GNTX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Denali Advisors LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Huntington National Bank, Hammer Asset Management LLC, and OLD National Bancorp IN. Company insiders that have sold Gentex company stock in the last year include James H Wallace, John A Mulder, Kevin C Nash, Scott P Ryan, and Steven R Downing.
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GNTX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Maj Invest Holding A S, Riverbridge Partners LLC, Park Avenue Securities LLC, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Kestra Advisory Services LLC, 6 Meridian, Uncommon Cents Investing LLC, and Exchange Traded Concepts LLC. Company insiders that have bought Gentex stock in the last two years include Kevin C Nash, Matthew Chiodo, Neil Boehm, Scott P Ryan, and Steven R Downing.
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Shares of GNTX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of GNTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.48.

Gentex has a market capitalization of $8.94 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]