secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GENTEX CORP (GNTX)
CIK:        0000355811
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000355811-25-000006
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Gentex Q4 sales down 8% YoY, EPS $0.39 vs $0.50; FY 2024 record sales $2.31B
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- Q4 2024 net sales $541.6M (-8% YoY); gross margin 32.5% vs 34.5%; EPS $0.39 vs $0.50.
- FY 2024 net sales $2.31B (+1% YoY, new record); gross margin 33.3% vs 33.2%; EPS $1.76 vs $1.84.
- Full Display Mirror shipments up 21% to 2.96M units in 2024.
- 2025 guidance: revenue $2.40-2.45B, gross margin 33.5%-34.5%, operating expenses $310-320M.
- 2026 revenue expected $2.55-2.65B; guidance excludes pending VOXX acquisition.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/355811/000035581125000006/0000355811-25-000006-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/355811/000035581125000006/gntx-20250131.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000355811-25-000006

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