For the quarter ended December 2025, Gentex (GNTX) reported revenue of $644.4 million, up 19% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.43, compared to $0.39 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $652.99 million, representing a surprise of -1.32%. The company has not delivered EPS surprise, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.43.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Gentex performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Auto-Dimming Mirror Shipments - Total Interior Mirrors: 6.5 million compared to the 6.33 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Auto-Dimming Mirror Shipments - Total Exterior Mirrors: 3.96 million versus 3.75 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Auto-Dimming Mirror Shipments - Total Auto-Dimming Mirror Units: 10.46 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 10.08 million.
- Auto-Dimming Mirror Shipments - Total North American Mirror Units: 3.37 million compared to the 3.4 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Auto-Dimming Mirror Shipments - International Exterior Mirrors: 2.56 million compared to the 2.34 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Auto-Dimming Mirror Shipments - North American Exterior Mirrors: 1.4 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1.41 million.
- Auto-Dimming Mirror Shipments - Total International Mirror Units: 7.09 million compared to the 6.67 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Auto-Dimming Mirror Shipments - International Interior Mirrors: 4.53 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 4.33 million.
- Auto-Dimming Mirror Shipments - North American Interior Mirrors: 1.97 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1.99 million.
- Revenue- Automotive Products: $527.6 million versus $552.36 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -0.7% change.
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Shares of Gentex have returned +3.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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