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Makes auto-dimming rearview mirrors and camera-based driver-assistance electronics for automakers.
Makes auto-dimming rearview mirrors and camera-based driver-assistance electronics for automakers.
Wins supply contracts model by model, so sales follow global car production and how many Gentex features each vehicle carries. Mirrors remain the main line, with camera-based driver-monitoring and sensing electronics adding content per car. Aircraft windows are a small side business, and buyers are the automakers or their first-tier suppliers.
Moat: wide (IP / patents, customer qualification, scale). Dominant global share in auto-dimming mirrors protected by decades of patents and OEM qualification.
Headquarters: Zeeland, Michigan, US · Founded: 1974 · Employees: 6,398
Size Gentex (GNTX) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Auto Parts: OEM) with a market value of $4.19B, the 1319th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $19.88 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 15.0%, against -10.9% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 7.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.1%); the operating margin is 19.4% (peer median 6.8%).
Valuation It trades at 9.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.5× (6th cheapest of 19).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +8%, so the hurdle is -13 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 8.1 points above its cost of capital (9.1% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 9.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 22 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.62B | $2.53B | $2.31B | $2.30B | $1.92B |
| Revenue growth | — | +10% | +1% | +20% | — |
| Gross profit | $987M | $867M | $771M | $763M | $610M |
| EBITDA | n/a | $593M | $563M | $589M | $467M |
| Net income | $392M | $379M | $399M | $422M | $314M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | $458M | $354M | $354M | $192M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | $131M | $151M | $188M | $150M |
| Total debt | n/a | $3.80M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentex GNTX | $4.19B | -15% | +8% | 19% | 9.9× | -4.7% |
| Magna International MG.TO | $16.1B | +4% | 0% | 6% | 8.2× | 0.1% |
| Murakami 7292.T | $503M | +3% | +8% | 7% | n/a | -19.1% |
| Samvardhana Motherson International MOTHERSON.NS | $17.9B | +22% | +14% | 6% | 30.2× | 30.9% |
| Tokai Rika 6995.T | $1.57B | 0% | +5% | 5% | 9.9× | -4.6% |
| Seeing Machines SEE.L | n/a | -16% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Visteon VC | $1.87B | -34% | +2% | 5% | 8.0× | 5.3% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | GNTX | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -6.0% | -3.3% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -15.0% | -10.9% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -24.9% | -30.7% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +7.7% | +9.1% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 19.4% | 6.8% | highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 9.9× | 14.5× | 6th cheapest of 19 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -4.7% | 0.9% | 5th least demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +8.5% | +9.4% | 7th lowest of 16 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -13.1 pp | -7.9 pp | 5th least demanding of 16 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +8.1 pp | +0.9 pp | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentex GNTX | United States | $4.19B | -15% | +8% | 19% | 9.9× | -4.7% | +8.5% |
| Atmus Filtration Technologies ATMU | United States | $4.13B | -9% | +13% | 17% | 16.2× | 8.1% | +7.4% |
| Koito Manufacturing 7276.T | Japan | $4.27B | -6% | +6% | 6% | 13.3× | -0.8% | +6.1% |
| Ningbo Joyson Electronic 600699.SS | China | $4.44B | -27% | -6% | 5% | 21.9× | -1.1% | +5.0% |
| Fulin Precision 300432.SZ | China | $3.84B | -47% | +95% | 5% | 20.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Inter Cars CAR.WA | Poland | $3.83B | +38% | +12% | 6% | 13.9× | 9.5% | +18.3% |
| Jtekt 6473.T | Japan | $3.82B | -1% | +4% | 5% | 11.4× | 1.2% | +9.1% |
| Toyoda Gosei 7282.T | Japan | $3.81B | +26% | +13% | 7% | 9.8× | 0.5% | +9.7% |
| ZCZL Industrial Technology 601717.SS | China | $3.80B | -19% | -1% | 8% | 6.3× | -9.8% | +9.4% |
| Garrett Motion GTX | United States | $3.72B | -31% | +7% | 15% | 9.9× | -6.9% | +3.4% |
| Bethel Automotive Safety Systems 603596.SS | China | $3.70B | -11% | +21% | 10% | 16.0× | 7.0% | +31.7% |
| Linamar LNR.TO | Canada | $3.63B | -9% | +9% | 9% | 7.1× | -8.4% | +12.0% |
| Aumovio AMV0.DE | Germany | $3.57B | -12% | -6% | -6% | n/a | 10.2% | n/a |
| Suzhou Inovance Automotive 301656.SZ | China | $4.95B | -31% | +28% | 1% | 676.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Yinlun Machinery 002126.SZ | China | $3.53B | -39% | +28% | 7% | 23.0× | 14.6% | +19.9% |
| CIE Automotive CIE.MC | Spain | $3.46B | -11% | +4% | 14% | 8.5× | -6.7% | +6.5% |
| Jiangsu Xinquan Automotive Trim 603179.SS | China | $5.07B | +5% | +12% | 6% | 33.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Sensteed Hi-Tech 000981.SZ | China | $3.36B | -42% | -15% | -39% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Anhui Zhongding Sealing Parts 000887.SZ | China | $3.32B | -3% | +9% | 8% | 15.1× | 3.8% | +11.4% |
| Lear LEA | United States | $5.31B | -21% | +4% | 4% | 6.9× | -1.3% | +6.4% |
| Exide Industries EXIDEIND.NS | India | $3.20B | -2% | +13% | 8% | 21.7× | 27.5% | +11.7% |