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David Whiston, CFA, CPA, CFE
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Gentex's Soft Fourth Quarter Seems Like a Temporary Bump in the Road

Gentex reported fourth-quarter results that saw a bump in the company’s long growth road, but we think the problems were short term in nature and we are leaving our moat and fair value estimate in place. We will update our report and model for any possible fair value estimate changes after the company files its 10-K. For the quarter, revenue increased 4% year over year to $419.9 million versus consensus of $442.9 million and EPS grew 3.3% to $0.31 missing consensus of $0.32.
The company lost $1...
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Gentex Corporation

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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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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David Whiston, CFA, CPA, CFE

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