---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000355811-24-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNTX"
cik: "0000355811"
company_name: "GENTEX CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T06:49:16.648422+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gentex reports record Q1 2024 sales of $590.2M, EPS $0.47, up 12% YoY

## Summary
- Net sales $590.2M (record, +7% YoY); gross margin 34.3% (+260 bps YoY).
- EPS $0.47 (+12% YoY); net income $108.2M (+11% YoY).
- Automotive mirror shipments -2% vs market production -3%; content growth drove outperformance.
- FY 2024 revenue guidance unchanged at $2.45-2.55B; gross margin 34-35%.
- Repurchased 1.2M shares at avg $35.84; 14.7M remaining under buyback.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000355811-24-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNTX
- cik: 0000355811
- company_name: GENTEX CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/355811/000035581124000024/0000355811-24-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/355811/000035581124000024/gntx-20240426.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000355811-24-000024
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000355811-24-000024.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000355811-24-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GENTEX CORP reported first quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $590.2 million, net income $108.2 million, EPS $0.47.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $590.2 million
  - Net income: $108.2 million
  - EPS: $0.47
  - Result: reported results
  source text: car, dimmable glass and fire protection technologies, today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2024. 1st Quarter 2024 Summary • Net sales of $590.2 million, a new quarterly sales record, and a 7% increase compared to the first quarter of 2023 • Gross profit margin of 34.3%, an increase of 260 basis points from the first quarter of
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/355811/000035581124000024/0000355811-24-000024-index.htm

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