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Gentex Corp dividend history

Gentex Corp's dividend was $0.480 a share in fiscal 2025, up 0.0% on the year before. That was 27.8% of net income.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q2 TTM
Buybacks (TTM)
$255M
Dividends (TTM)
$104M
Returned to shareholders
72%
of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years
$669M
Diluted share count
−4.8%
year over year
Total shareholder yield
8.1%
dividends 2.4% + buybacks 5.8% of market value
Dividend payout ratio
26%
of net income paid out
R&D spending
7.9%
of revenue
Sales & admin spending
7.6%
of revenue
Days sales outstanding
54 days
receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Gentex Corp: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Dividend per share$0.220$0.220$0.240$0.260$0.280$0.310$0.335$0.355$0.390$0.440$0.460$0.480$0.480$0.480$0.480$0.480$0.480—
Dividend per share growth—0.0%+9.1%+8.3%+7.7%+10.7%+8.1%+6.0%+9.9%+12.8%+4.5%+4.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%—
Dividends paid61616773798897101109117116117115113112110107104
Share buybacks00034030111163231592331288325113147206315255
Dividends ÷ net income93.8%44.6%40.8%43.5%35.5%30.4%30.5%29.1%26.7%26.6%27.4%33.7%32.0%35.5%26.2%27.3%27.8%25.6%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow67.7%75.6%312.6%52.3%30.2%34.4%37.8%28.4%27.4%25.0%27.6%28.4%39.3%59.0%31.7%31.2%23.3%20.9%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

Recent dividend announcements

  • Gentex Announces Third Quarter 2026 Cash Dividend Source

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Figures from Gentex Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Gentex Corp.