Gentex
GNTX · Automotive Parts & Equipment
$20.66
5.0%Patrick Industries
PATK · Automotive Parts & Equipment
$68.86
2.0%The short version
- Patrick Industries is the larger business, with $4.0B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $2.5B for Gentex, about 1.6 times as much.
- Gentex grew revenue faster (9.6%, against 6.3%).
- Gentex kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (18.7% operating margin, against 7.0% operating margin).
- Gentex turned more of its sales into free cash flow (18.1% FCF margin, against 6.2% FCF margin).
- Gentex earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (17.4%, against 8.6%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Patrick Industries’s earnings: a P/E of 16.4x against 10.9x for Gentex.
| Latest fiscal year | GNTX · FY25 | PATK · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $4.3B | $2.3B |
| Revenue | $2.5B | $4.0B |
| Free cash flow | $458M | $246M |
| Net income | $385M | $135M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 9.6% | 6.3% |
| 5-year growth | 8.5% | 9.7% |
| Share count change | −3.6% | 2.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 34.2% | 23.1% |
| Operating margin | 18.7% | 7.0% |
| Net margin | 15.2% | 3.4% |
| FCF margin | 18.1% | 6.2% |
| Return on capital | 17.4% | 8.6% |
| Return on equity | 15.5% | 11.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$147M | $1.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.3x | 2.9x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $422M | $87.3M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 10.9x | 16.4x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
FY16
GNTX $1.7B
PATK $1.2B
FY17
GNTX $1.8B
PATK $1.6B
FY18
GNTX $1.8B
PATK $2.3B
FY19
GNTX $1.9B
PATK $2.3B
FY20
GNTX $1.7B
PATK $2.5B
FY21
GNTX $1.7B
PATK $4.1B
FY22
GNTX $1.9B
PATK $4.9B
FY23
GNTX $2.3B
PATK $3.5B
FY24
GNTX $2.3B
PATK $3.7B
FY25
GNTX $2.5B
PATK $4.0B
GNTX
PATK
FY16
GNTX 30.5%
PATK 7.4%
FY17
GNTX 29.2%
PATK 7.5%
FY18
GNTX 27.7%
PATK 7.9%
FY19
GNTX 26.3%
PATK 6.6%
FY20
GNTX 23.7%
PATK 7.0%
FY21
GNTX 23.7%
PATK 8.6%
FY22
GNTX 19.3%
PATK 10.2%
FY23
GNTX 21.6%
PATK 7.5%
FY24
GNTX 19.9%
PATK 6.9%
FY25
GNTX 18.7%
PATK 7.0%
GNTX
PATK
FY16
GNTX $356M
PATK $81.7M
FY17
GNTX $397M
PATK $77.4M
FY18
GNTX $466M
PATK $166M
FY19
GNTX $421M
PATK $165M
FY20
GNTX $413M
PATK $128M
FY21
GNTX $293M
PATK $187M
FY22
GNTX $192M
PATK $332M
FY23
GNTX $354M
PATK $350M
FY24
GNTX $354M
PATK $251M
FY25
GNTX $458M
PATK $246M
GNTX
PATK
FY16
GNTX 25.3%
PATK 15.4%
FY17
GNTX 29.7%
PATK 15.8%
FY18
GNTX 30.4%
PATK 15.8%
FY19
GNTX 27.9%
PATK 11.0%
FY20
GNTX 22.4%
PATK 10.7%
FY21
GNTX 22.3%
PATK 16.0%
FY22
GNTX 18.2%
PATK 17.7%
FY23
GNTX 21.6%
PATK 9.0%
FY24
GNTX 18.4%
PATK 8.9%
FY25
GNTX 17.4%
PATK 8.6%
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