Dorman Products vs Gentex
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I put Dorman Products and Gentex side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- Gentex is the larger business, with $2.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $2.1B for Dorman Products.
- Gentex grew revenue faster (9.6%, against 6.0%).
- Gentex kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (18.7% operating margin, against 14.1%).
- Gentex turned more of its sales into free cash flow (18.1% FCF margin, against 3.6%).
- Gentex earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (17.4%, against 12.4%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Dorman Products’s earnings: a P/E of 17.3x against 10.9x for Gentex.
Who comes out ahead
Of the 11 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
Dorman Products
DORM
3/11
5-year growthGross marginPiotroski F-score
Gentex
GNTX
8/11
Revenue growthOperating marginNet marginFCF marginReturn on capitalReturn on equityNet debt / EBITDAShare count change
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | DORM FY25 | GNTX FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.7B | $4.3B |
| Revenue | $2.1B | $2.5B |
| Free cash flow | $75.7M | $458M |
| Net income | $204M | $385M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 6.0% | 9.6% |
| 5-year growth | 14.3% | 8.5% |
| Share count change | −0.7% | −3.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 42.1% | 34.2% |
| Operating margin | 14.1% | 18.7% |
| Net margin | 9.6% | 15.2% |
| FCF margin | 3.6% | 18.1% |
| Return on capital | 12.4% | 17.4% |
| Return on equity | 14.7% | 15.5% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $391M | −$147M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.2x | −0.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.0M | $422M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 17.3x | 10.9x |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 6 |
Ten years
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Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.