NASDAQ:GNTXGentex Stock Price, Forecast & News

Gentex's stock was trading at $25.16 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GNTX stock has increased by 1.2% and is now trading at $25.45. 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April, 24th. The auto parts company reported $0.36 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.36. The auto parts company had revenue of $453.76 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $430.65 million. Gentex had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 22.23%. The company's revenue was down 3.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.40 EPS. View Gentex's earnings history.

Gentex announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 9th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, July 22nd. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.89%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 9th. View Gentex's dividend history.

Gentex shares split on 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 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 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 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Gentex's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate Gentex's share price to reach $29.86 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Gentex.

Headlines about GNTX stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Gentex earned a coverage optimism score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the auto parts company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Gentex.

Gentex saw a increase in short interest in 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. Currently, 2.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 variety of retail and institutional 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%), Whittier Trust Co. (0.04%) and Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. (0.01%). 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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Whittier Trust Co.. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Reinhart Partners Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Riverbridge Partners 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 $25.45.

Gentex has a market capitalization of $6.23 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]