Gentex Corporation

GNTX

Auto - Parts · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$24.35

-0.56 (-2.25%)

Market Cap

$5.19B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−7.2% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 236.6M (2021) → 219.5M (2025)

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. The company offers automotive products, including interior and exterior electrochromic automatic-dimming rearview mirrors, automotive electronics, and non-automatic-dimming rearview mirrors for automotive passenger cars, li

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+17.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+9.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$203M/ year

↑ Rising (+12% vs prior year)

8.0% of revenue

2.0x the sector average (4%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

0.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$165M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Gentex Corporation is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 17%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

33.8%

Modest — 33.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

18.8%

Healthy — 18.8% operating margin

ROCE

5.1%

Weak — 5.1% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+14.5%

Fast-growing sales (14.5% YoY)

EPS YoY

+4.1%

Modest earnings growth (4.1% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

148%

Turns 148% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

17.7%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (17.7%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.00

Conservative — low debt load (0.00)

Interest Cover

100.00x

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Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

13.7x

Attractive valuation — P/E 13.7

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

+3.7

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (13.7 → 10.0)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

1.91%

Small dividend — 1.91% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+0.0%

Dividend flat

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