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Company Dossier · Consumer Discretionary

Gentex

GNTXNasdaqAutomotive Parts & EquipmentUSMid cap
  • Russell 1000
  • MidCap 400

What Gentex is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $2.63 billion, up 11% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.50 billion, up 25% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.10 billion, down 33% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.32 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (July 24, 2026): sentiment 0.10 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.60 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Guidance in the last 90 days: 1 outlook figure raised, 3 lowered, 3 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
  • Latest annual report (filed February 24, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net sellers in Q2 2026: $0.6 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 531 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+25 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 6 (6 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

Risk events (12 months): 2 — latest OSHA inspection, May 15, 2026 →

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No bond term sheets or tagged debt on file for Gentex yet.

Charts

Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.

Cash flow

Business

Gentex: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$0.50BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Gentex: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Gentex: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$2.6BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

Business

Gentex: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.32BData to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Gentex: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2022
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Gentex: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

Business

Gentex: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

−2.0Data 22 days ago
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
Business

Gentex: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.10Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
Business

Gentex: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.60Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation

Hiring and ownership

Business

Gentex: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

6.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
Business

Gentex: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

−$0.6MData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Gentex: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

531.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

In the news

Headlines that name Gentex, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.

30 days
1 headlines
100% positive · 0% negative
90 days
1 headlines
100% positive · 0% negative

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: ELECTRO-OPTIC ASSEMBLY WITH A MICRO-PHOTODIODE LIGHT SENSORUS 12769175
  2. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR HEATER AND ELECTRO-OPTIC ASSEMBLYUS 12767048
  3. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: FULL DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH INTERPOSED CONTROLLER FOR MULTIPLE CAMERASUS 12767049
  4. Oct 13, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING NATURAL VISION IN NEAR-TO-EYE DISPLAYS WITH PAN AND TILT FUNCTIONSUS 12761850
  5. Oct 12, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FEDERAL BUSINESS GROUP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  6. Oct 6, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION PLATFORMUS 12754986
  7. Jul 14, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FEDERAL BUSINESS GROUP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  8. May 26, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  9. May 15, 2026Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: GENTEX CORPORATIONOSHA
  10. Apr 15, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FEDERAL BUSINESS GROUP)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  11. Feb 24, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)
  12. Jan 26, 2026Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: GENTEX CORPORATIONOSHA
  13. Jan 13, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FEDERAL BUSINESS GROUP)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
  14. Nov 6, 2025Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FEDERAL BUSINESS GROUP)third_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
  15. Sep 25, 2025Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FEDERAL BUSINESS GROUP)first_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
  16. Jul 22, 2025Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FEDERAL BUSINESS GROUP)second_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
  17. May 19, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  18. Apr 18, 2025Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FEDERAL BUSINESS GROUP)first_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
  19. Apr 1, 20258-K
    Acquisition or sale completedItem 2.01
  20. Feb 25, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)
  21. Jan 2, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  22. Dec 18, 20248-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  23. Nov 1, 2024Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: GENTEX CORPORATIONOSHA
  24. Feb 22, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
BorgWarner BWA$14.3B—Jun 30, 2026
Aptiv APTV$20.5B$0.7BJun 30, 2026
Lear Corporation LEA$23.7B$0.8BJul 4, 2026
Ollie's Bargain Outlet OLLI$2.8B$0.2BAug 1, 2026
Vail Resorts MTN$2.8B$0.3BJul 31, 2026
Etsy ETSY$2.9B$0.7BJun 30, 2026
Churchill Downs Incorporated CHDN$3.0B—Jun 30, 2026
Bright Horizons BFAM$3.0B$0.2BJun 30, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
355811
Wikidata
Q5533602

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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