Gentex's Second Quarter Shows It Remains in Good Shape While Buybacks Fuel EPS Growth
Gentex's second-quarter earnings showed revenue growth exceeding industry light vehicle production and EPS helped by stock repurchases. We are raising our fair value estimate to $23 from $21 due to a lower share count from further 2019 buybacks modeled, time value of money, and a slightly higher long-term return on new invested capital assumption. Diluted EPS of $0.42 beat consensus of $0.40 and grew 5% year over year, but we calculate flat EPS growth excluding buybacks. Revenue grew 3% to also ...Gentex designs and manufactures automatic-dimming rearview mirrors and electronics for the automotive industry, dimmable aircraft windows for the aviation industry, and commercial smoke alarms and signaling devices for the fire protection industry. The company's key business involves designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing interior and exterior automatic-dimming automotive rearview mirrors that use electrochromic technology to dim in proportion to the amount of headlight glare from trailing vehicle headlamps. The company also designs, develops and manufactures various electronics features to the interior and exterior automotive rearview mirrors as well as interior visors and overhead consoles.
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