Gentex (GNTX)

• Market cap: $6.38B
• 1 day: 1.93%
• 5 days: 3.6%
• 1 month: 6.92%
• 3 months: 35.48%
• 6 months: 20.38%
• Year to date: 3.38%
• 1 year: -1.46%
• 5 years: 9.41%
• 10 years: 79.6%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Auto Parts

About: Gentex was founded in 1974 to produce smoke-detection equipment. The company sold its first glare-control interior mirror in 1982 and its first model using electrochromic technology in 1987. Automotive revenue is about 98% of total revenue. The company is constantly developing new applications for the technology to remain on top. Sales in 2024 totaled about $2.3 billion with 47.7 million mirrors shipped. The unit mix breaks out as 63% interior and 37% exterior, versus 31% exterior in 2019. The company is based in Zeeland, Michigan.

Employees: 5,466

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

8% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 191 | Existing positions reduced: 177

0.65% more ownership

Funds ownership: 96.1% [Q1] → 96.75% (+0.65%) [Q2]

6% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $5.09B [Q1] → $4.78B (-$308M) [Q2]

7% less funds holding

Funds holding: 514 [Q1] → 478 (-36) [Q2]

36% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 55 | Existing positions closed: 86

50% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q1] → 2 (-2) [Q2]

64% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.4M | Put options by funds: $3.9M

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $28
• Avg. target: $30
• High target: $32

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 1 33%
• neutral: 2 67%
• negative: 0 0%

UBS Joseph Spak	$28	Neutral Maintained	28 Jul 2025
B. Riley Securities Josh Nichols	$32	Buy Maintained	28 Jul 2025
Baird David Leiker	$30	Neutral Maintained	28 Jul 2025