Gentex stock fell sharply during Oct. 23 trading after reporting third-quarter adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.47, missing the $0.50 LSEG consensus. Management cut 2026 gross margin guidance to 34%-34.5% from 34.5%-35.5% and lowered revenue to $2.65 billion from a midpoint of $2.7 billion.
Auto-dimming technology has applications to other parts of the car, like headlights, as well as airplane windows and healthcare. Although small now, markets outside the auto industry could be very large businesses down the road.
Cameras could replace Gentex's mirrors, if regulators throughout the world allowed it. We don't think this is a likely threat, at least not anytime in the near future in very large volume.
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GNTX
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LEA
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6902
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Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 10.49 | 8.13 | 11.50 |
Price/Book Value | 1.72 | 1.13 | 0.91 |
Price/Sales | 1.67 | 0.26 | 0.66 |
Price/Cash Flow | 7.73 | 5.32 | 6.10 |
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Metric
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GNTX
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LEA
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6902
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Quick Ratio | 1.55 | 0.82 | 1.34 |
Current Ratio | 3.04 | 1.31 | 2.12 |
Interest Coverage | — | 8.34 | 15.55 |
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Metric
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GNTX
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LEA
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6902
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Return on Assets (Normalized) | 15.70% | 4.17% | 5.68% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 18.51% | 12.50% | 9.37% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 18.46% | 8.90% | 7.05% |
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