Gentex (GNTX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gentex in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" GNTX shares.
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6 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Gentex's stock. Their GNTX share price targets range from $33.00 to $44.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $37.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.9% from the stock's current price.
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Gentex's stock was trading at $32.66 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GNTX stock has increased by 2.6% and is now trading at $33.51.
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Gentex saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,200,000 shares, an increase of 9.9% from the March 15th total of 3,820,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,440,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 26th 2024.
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Gentex will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, April 26th at 9:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Gentex Co. (NASDAQ:GNTX) announced its earnings results on Friday, January, 26th. The auto parts company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.06. The auto parts company had revenue of $589.13 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $563.42 million. Gentex had a net margin of 18.63% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.25%. The firm's revenue was up 19.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.37 earnings per share.

Gentex declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, April 17th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.43%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 4th.
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Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.41%. The dividend payout ratio is 26.09%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GNTX will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.67% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Gentex shares split before market open 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 market closes on Wednesday, December 31st 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Gentex issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Friday, January, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.5 billion-$2.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.5 billion.

54 employees have rated Gentex Chief Executive Officer Steve Downing on Glassdoor.com. Steve Downing has an approval rating of 67% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Gentex investors own include Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Walt Disney (DIS), CVS Health (CVS), Micron Technology (MU), Pfizer (PFE), Visa (V) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Gentex's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Reinhart Partners LLC. (0.43%), Alaska Permanent Fund Corp (0.09%), Touchstone Capital Inc. (0.06%), Financial Enhancement Group LLC (0.05%), Alpha Omega Wealth Management LLC (0.05%) and Capital Insight Partners LLC (0.04%). Insiders that own company stock include Gary F Goode, James A Hollars, James H Wallace, John A Mulder, Kathleen Starkoff, Kevin C Nash, Ling Zang, Matthew Chiodo, Neil Boehm, Richard O Schaum, Scott P Ryan and Steven R Downing.
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Shares of GNTX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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