Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for Gentex Q1 Earnings

Gentex Co. (NASDAQ:GNTX) – Equities research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Gentex in a research report issued on Monday, February 24th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst G. Chin expects that the auto parts company will earn $0.44 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Gentex’s current full-year earnings is $2.04 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Gentex’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.47 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.52 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.49 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.92 EPS.

Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 31st. The auto parts company reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.49 by ($0.10). Gentex had a return on equity of 16.74% and a net margin of 17.49%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.50 earnings per share.

Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on GNTX. UBS Group reduced their price target on Gentex from $30.00 to $29.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on Gentex from $34.00 to $32.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Guggenheim cut their price objective on Gentex from $35.00 to $34.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Robert W. Baird set a $31.00 price objective on Gentex in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Finally, B. Riley restated a “buy” rating and issued a $32.50 price objective (down from $37.00) on shares of Gentex in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $32.31.

Gentex Stock Up 0.7 %

Shares of NASDAQ:GNTX opened at $24.67 on Tuesday. Gentex has a 52-week low of $24.10 and a 52-week high of $37.58. The stock has a market cap of $5.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.02, a PEG ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 0.91. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $26.99 and a 200-day moving average price of $28.99.

Institutional Trading of Gentex

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in Gentex by 179.7% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,000,796 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $59,404,000 after acquiring an additional 1,285,519 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Gentex by 5.6% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,368,004 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $159,406,000 after buying an additional 285,802 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC raised its stake in shares of Gentex by 54.4% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 107,930 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $3,205,000 after buying an additional 38,027 shares in the last quarter. Reinhart Partners LLC. raised its stake in shares of Gentex by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Reinhart Partners LLC. now owns 1,124,403 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $32,304,000 after buying an additional 20,624 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hendershot Investments Inc. raised its stake in shares of Gentex by 3.8% during the 4th quarter. Hendershot Investments Inc. now owns 659,066 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $18,935,000 after buying an additional 24,231 shares in the last quarter. 86.76% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Gentex Company Profile

Gentex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and supplies digital vision, connected car, dimmable glass, and fire protection products in the United States, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, and internationally. It operates through Automotive Products and Other segments. The company offers automotive products, including interior and exterior electrochromic automatic-dimming rearview mirrors, automotive electronics, and non-automatic-dimming rearview mirrors for automotive passenger cars, light trucks, pick-up trucks, sport utility vehicles, and vans for original equipment manufacturers, automotive suppliers, and various aftermarket and accessory customers.