Gentex (GNTX)

• Market cap: $6.21B
• 1 day: 0.75%
• 5 days: 2.24%
• 1 month: 1.36%
• 3 months: 28.64%
• 6 months: 15.42%
• Year to date: 0.68%
• 1 year: -9.56%
• 5 years: 2.24%
• 10 years: 85.33%
• 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)

9% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 190 | Existing positions reduced: 175

0.5% more ownership

Funds ownership: 96.07% [Q1] → 96.58% (+0.5%) [Q2]

6% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $5.09B [Q1] → $4.77B (-$314M) [Q2]

8% less funds holding

Funds holding: 514 [Q1] → 474 (-40) [Q2]

37% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 55 | Existing positions closed: 87

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 1% downside
• Avg. target: $30 6% upside
• High target: $32 13% upside

3 analyst ratings

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

UBS Joseph Spak	1% downside $28	Neutral Maintained	28 Jul 2025
B. Riley Securities Josh Nichols	13% upside $32	Buy Maintained	28 Jul 2025
Baird David Leiker	6% upside $30	Neutral Maintained	28 Jul 2025