---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-21-014294"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNTX"
cik: "0000355811"
company_name: "GENTEX CORP"
filed_at: "2021-07-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T03:03:49.287168+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gentex Q2 EPS $0.36, rev $428M (+86% YoY); H2 guidance $970M-$1.07B

## Summary
- Net sales $428M (+86% YoY); EPS $0.36 vs -$0.01 loss; gross margin 35.4% vs 19.1%.
- Auto-dimming mirror shipments up 98% YoY; exterior mirror shipments up 140%.
- Repurchased 3.4M shares for $115.9M in Q2.
- H2 2021 revenue guidance $970M-$1.07B; gross margin 37.5%-38.5%.
- Estimates 2022 revenue 10-15% higher than 2021 estimate of $1.88-1.98B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-21-014294
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNTX
- cik: 0000355811
- company_name: GENTEX CORP
- filed_at: 2021-07-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/355811/000162828021014294/0001628280-21-014294-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/355811/000162828021014294/gntx-20210723.htm

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