Gentex has retired 32.4% of its shares since 2004, from 311,520,144 to 210,683,331.
At $21.01 a share, a market value of $4.4B. FCF yield 11.2%, P/E 10.9, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-03-01 | 294,009,192 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-03-01 | 297,440,952 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-03-01 | 301,428,724 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2002-06-30 | 303,274,012 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2003-06-30 | 305,591,756 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-02-09 | 311,520,144 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-09 | 309,067,968 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-12 | 285,821,072 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-12 | 288,066,562 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-10 | 275,262,104 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-12-31 | 276,678,770 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-09 | 284,938,904 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-08 | 288,160,088 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-06 | 286,296,462 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-07 | 291,304,514 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-02 | 295,281,110 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-01 | 288,888,033 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-01 | 287,297,892 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-01 | 274,421,032 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-01 | 259,230,913 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-01 | 251,274,340 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-01 | 243,666,492 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-01 | 236,421,351 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-01 | 234,177,812 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-01 | 231,491,896 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-01-31 | 227,195,734 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-01-30 | 215,402,363 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Gentex on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Read the full storyCash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $21.01.
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Yes. Gentex has 3.8% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 210,683,331 as of July 24, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 10.9%.
Net of every new share it issued, Gentex has 100.8 million fewer shares than at its 2004 peak. That is 32.4% of the company.
210,683,331 shares, as of July 24, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2004 peak it had 311,520,144.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Gentex stock in 2004 owns 1.5 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Gentex ranks No. 246 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: C. H. Robinson Worldwide (32.6%), Oshkosh (32.6%), Encore Capital Group (32.3%), Olin (31.8%).
Every answer is computed from Gentex's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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