profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Gentex
$19.20-0.88% today
-17.5% in 1 year
1-year low $19.201-year high $26.04
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $10.24 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Gentex sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.92 billion in 2022 to $2.53 billion in 2025, with $385 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Gentex handed back 92% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $315M$107M
Free cash flow 2025$458M
Bought back its own shares$315M
Paid as dividends$107M
Cash vs. debt$146M vs. $4M
Gentex vs. similar companies
Gentex grows the fastest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gentex | 10.2× · Cheap | ||
 Magna International | 19.3× · Fair price | ||
 Autoliv | 11.8× · Cheap | ||
 Lear | 12.0× · Cheap | ||
 LKQ | 8.1× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Gentex's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,688 | 1,731 | 1,919 | 2,299 | 2,313 | 2,534 | |
| 605 | 620 | 610 | 763 | 771 | 867 | |
| 400 | 410 | 370 | 496 | 469 | 486 | |
| 504 | 509 | 467 | 589 | 563 | 590 | |
| 348 | 361 | 319 | 428 | 404 | 385 | |
| 1.41 | 1.50 | 1.36 | 1.84 | 1.76 | 1.74 | |
| 35.9% | 35.8% | 31.8% | 33.2% | 33.3% | 34.2% | |
| 23.7% | 23.7% | 19.3% | 21.6% | 20.3% | 19.2% | |
| 20.6% | 20.8% | 16.6% | 18.6% | 17.5% | 15.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,198 | 2,131 | 2,327 | 2,611 | 2,761 | 2,929 |
| Cash | 423 | 262 | 215 | 226 | 233 | 146 |
| Total debt | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Total liabilities | 234 | 193 | 261 | 299 | 289 | 438 |
| 1,964 | 1,938 | 2,066 | 2,313 | 2,468 | 2,488 | |
| 244 | 237 | 234 | 233 | 230 | 221 | |
| 16.1% | 16.7% | 14.1% | 16.9% | 15.0% | 15.4% | |
| 17.7% | 18.6% | 15.4% | 18.5% | 16.4% | 15.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 464 | 362 | 338 | 537 | 498 | 587 | |
| 52 | 69 | 146 | 184 | 145 | 129 | |
| 413 | 293 | 192 | 354 | 354 | 458 | |
| Dividends paid | 117 | 115 | 113 | 112 | 110 | 107 |
| 288 | 325 | 113 | 147 | 206 | 315 | |
| 31 | 27 | 30 | 39 | 40 | 37 |
Valuation
- 10.2×
- 9.7×
- 2.38
- 2.0×
- 1.6×
- 8.6×
- 6.4×
- 11.6%
- 9.8%
- 2.0%
Profitability
- 34.2%
- 19.2%
- 15.2%
- 20.4%
- 16.0%
- 16.9%
- 15.7%
- 13.0%
- 19.2%
- 7.9%
Growth
- +8.5%
- +4.3%
- +29.6%
- +0.2%
- −1.7%
Financial health
- -0.3×
- 0.00
- 0.4%
- –
- 2.72
- 1.54
- 0.88
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 15%of 982
Top 13%of 994
Top 21%of 853
Top 48%of 993
Top 19%of 980
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $26.00
- Range
- $26.00 – $26.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2026 | 0.48 | 0.44 | +9.1% |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 0.43 | 0.43 | +0.0% |
| Oct 24, 2025 | 0.46 | 0.47 | −3.0% |
| Jul 25, 2025 | 0.47 | 0.40 | +17.5% |
| Apr 25, 2025 | 0.43 | 0.43 | +0.0% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 0.39 | 0.49 | −20.4% |
| Oct 25, 2024 | 0.53 | 0.48 | +10.4% |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 0.37 | 0.52 | −28.8% |
2.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$20a year at today's yield, before tax
+0.2%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.33 in 2015 → $0.48 in 2025
How safe it looks
27.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 23.3%
News
Gentex Corporation Q3 2026 Earnings Call SummaryYahoo Finance · Oct 23, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
6/7Passes 6 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
76Pass
Benjamin Graham
86Pass
Philip Fisher
66Pass
Peter Lynch
42No pass
Joel Greenblatt
64Pass
Charlie Munger
74Pass
Terry Smith
67Pass
Questions about Gentex
Is Gentex a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 6 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Gentex AI analysis
What does Gentex do?
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, and internationally. It operates through Automotive Products and Other segments. It is in Auto - Parts, based in Zeeland, MI, United States, with 6,398 employees.
Does Gentex pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.0% a year, about 28% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $107 million in dividends.
Is Gentex stock halal?
Yes. Gentex passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is under 0.1% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Gentex stock done over the past year?
Down 17.5% over the past twelve months, to $19.20. It traded between $19.20 and $26.04 and is 26.3% below its high.
Who are Gentex's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Magna International, Autoliv, Lear and LKQ. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Gentex's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.