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Profile - Gentex Corporation (NasdaqNM:GNTX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
July 30Price hit new 52-week high ($34.23)
Location
600 North Centennial Street
Zeeland, MI 49464
Phone: (616) 772-1800
Fax: (616) 772-7348
Email: ir@gentex.com
Employees (last reported count): 1,590
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Competitors:
 ·Sector: Consumer Cyclical
 ·Industry: Auto & Truck Parts
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 7%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 7 insider sells; 62.0K shares
  (1.2% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 61% (66% of float)
(419 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 670.0K shares (+1.44%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Gentex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets proprietary electro-optical products, specifically automatic rearview mirrors for the automotive industry and fire protection products for the commercial building industry. The Company markets its automatic rearview mirrors to domestic and foreign automotive manufacturers under the trademarks Night Vision Safety (NVS) Mirrors. The Company's exterior NVS Mirror Sub-Assemblies are sold to General Motors, Ford and DaimlerChrysler AG by means of sales to exterior mirror suppliers. The Company also manufactures over 60 different models of smoke alarms and smoke detectors, combined with over 160 different models of signaling appliances. These products are sold directly to fire protection and security product distributors, electrical wholesale houses and to original equipment manufacturers of fire protection systems.
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Financial Summary
Gentex Corp. designs, develops, manufactures and markets proprietary products employing electro-optic technology in two product lines: automatic rearview mirrors and fire protection products. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales rose 4% to $156.5 million. Net income fell 9% to $33.4 million. Revenues reflect increased penetration of NVS Mirrors. Earnings were offset by increased R&D costs due to additional staffing and engineering for new products.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Fred Bauer, 58
Chairman and CEO
$367K--  
Kenneth La Grand, 60
Exec. VP, Director
270K$859K
Garth Deur, 44
Sr. VP
--  --  
Enoch Jen, 49
VP-Fin., Treasurer
184K325K
John Mulder, 64
VP- Customer Relations, Director
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:GNTXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 7-Dec-2000
$16.188
Recent Price$29.90 
52-Week High
on 30-July-2001
$34.23 
Beta1.25 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)537.8K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)340.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+13.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+52.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$2.24B
Shares Outstanding74.8M
Float69.6M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 22-June-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$5.92 
Earnings (ttm)$0.89 
Earnings (mrq)$0.21 
Sales (ttm)$4.01 
Cash (mrq)$2.25 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)5.05 
Price/Earnings (ttm)33.67 
Price/Sales (ttm)7.45 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$303.3M
EBITDA (ttm)$99.2M
Income available to common (ttm)$67.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)22.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)27.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)15.54%
Return on Equity (ttm)16.67%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)10.33 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$168.5M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.89M
Percent of Float2.7%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
2.09M
Short Ratio2.53 
Daily Volume745.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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