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Gentex (STU:GTX) PB Ratio : 1.76 (As of Apr. 10, 2025)


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What is Gentex PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2025-04-10), Gentex's share price is €18.30. Gentex's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was €10.37. Hence, Gentex's PB Ratio of today is 1.76.

Good Sign:

Gentex Corp stock PB Ratio (=1.9) is close to 10-year low of 1.9.

The historical rank and industry rank for Gentex's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

STU:GTX' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.9   Med: 3.19   Max: 4.7
Current: 1.9

During the past 13 years, Gentex's highest PB Ratio was 4.70. The lowest was 1.90. And the median was 3.19.

STU:GTX's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
66.88% of 1265 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 1.24 vs STU:GTX: 1.90

During the past 12 months, Gentex's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Gentex was 49.20% per year. The lowest was -2.00% per year. And the median was 13.80% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Gentex PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gentex's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Gentex PB Ratio Chart

Gentex Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.12 4.22 3.07 3.23 2.70

Gentex Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.23 3.53 3.22 2.78 2.70

Competitive Comparison of Gentex's PB Ratio

For the Auto Parts subindustry, Gentex's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Gentex's PB Ratio Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Gentex's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gentex's PB Ratio falls into.


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Gentex PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Gentex's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2024)
=18.30/10.373
=1.76

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Gentex  (STU:GTX) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Gentex Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
600 North Centennial Street, Zeeland, MI, USA, 49464
Gentex was founded in 1974 to produce smoke-detection equipment. The company sold its first glare-control interior mirror in 1982 and its first model using electrochromic technology in 1987. Automotive revenue is about 98% of total revenue. The company is constantly developing new applications for the technology to remain on top. Sales in 2024 totaled about $2.3 billion with 47.7 million mirrors shipped. The unit mix breaks out as 63% interior and 37% exterior, versus 31% exterior in 2019. The company is based in Zeeland, Michigan.