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Company snapshot — Gentex Corporation

GNTX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Gentex makes electronic components fitted inside vehicles, chiefly auto-dimming rearview mirrors that darken automatically to cut glare, along with camera and sensor modules built into those mirrors for driver-assistance systems. It also sells HomeLink garage-door and gate controls, dimmable aircraft windows, fire-detection alarms and sensors, and audio and biometric products through smaller side businesses. Customers are car makers and their suppliers, plus aircraft manufacturers and fire-safety distributors. It is based in Zeeland, Michigan.
Where it sits in the stack
Gentex has no seat in Rubin, our AI infrastructure index, so it sits outside that build-out framework entirely. Within our wider coverage it sits in the auto parts sector, supplying dimming glass and camera-carrying mirror assemblies that support driver-assistance features rather than data-centre compute.
Who it is priced against
The diary holds no peer group for Gentex from Closelook's own grouping, so the natural comparison is with other automotive mirror and electronics suppliers such as Magna International.
Why Closelook tracks it
Gentex carries a Russell 1000 seat but no Rubin seat, no Halo seat, and it does not yet carry a Closelook score. The diary has recorded no quotes on the name so far.
What the diary watches
Whether the shares hold above both the 50-day and 200-day averages after slipping further below the 52-week high, and whether the driver-assistance content in its mirrors keeps expanding per vehicle.

Gentex Corporation (GNTX) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for GNTX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Auto Parts · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Auto Parts · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against GNTX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.14%, quarterly · last 0.12 USD on 2026-07-08

Dividends and capital return

What GNTX pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.48 USD per share · a 2.14% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.48 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.12 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-08
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.12 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.48 USD · 2025: 0.48 USD · 2026: 0.36 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-05

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Gentex Corporation (GNTX)?

Gentex Corporation trades as GNTX on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is GNTX in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Gentex Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does GNTX trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -4.3% vs the 50-day and -3.9% vs the 200-day average, 22.4% below the 52-week high and +10.3% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 59 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Gentex Corporation do?

Gentex makes electronic components fitted inside vehicles, chiefly auto-dimming rearview mirrors that darken automatically to cut glare, along with camera and sensor modules built into those mirrors for driver-assistance systems. It also sells HomeLink garage-door and gate controls, dimmable aircraft windows, fire-detection alarms and sensors, and audio and biometric products through smaller side businesses. Customers are car makers and their suppliers, plus aircraft manufacturers and fire-safety distributors. The diary holds no peer group for Gentex from Closelook's own grouping, so the natural comparison is with other automotive mirror and electronics suppliers such as Magna International.

Where does Gentex Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Gentex has no seat in Rubin, our AI infrastructure index, so it sits outside that build-out framework entirely. Within our wider coverage it sits in the auto parts sector, supplying dimming glass and camera-carrying mirror assemblies that support driver-assistance features rather than data-centre compute. Gentex carries a Russell 1000 seat but no Rubin seat, no Halo seat, and it does not yet carry a Closelook score. The diary has recorded no quotes on the name so far.

Does Gentex Corporation pay a dividend?

Gentex Corporation has paid 0.48 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.14% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.12 USD on 2026-07-08. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for GNTX, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Auto Parts. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.