Gentex (GNTX) risk factors, FY2025 10-K

Gentex's FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2026, lists 9 risk factors. Against the prior year's 8: 1 new, 5 substantially reworded.

Risk factors listed
91 groups
New this year
1vs 8 last year
Dropped
0since the prior 10-K
Substantially reworded
5of those kept
Section length
5k wordsItem 1A

What the changes say

  • Goodwill and intangible-asset impairment is newly identified, with tariffs appearing in the added risk text.
  • 2025 stock-price range fell to $20.83–$29.06 from $28.30–$37.58 in 2024.
  • The company continues facing automotive supply constraints, higher component costs, and inventory-obsolescence exposure.
  • Selected acquisitions and investments are now explicitly described as part of the growth strategy.

What changed since the prior 10-K

New

  • New

    Impairment of Goodwill and Intangible Assets

    Goodwill and intangible assets may require impairment charges if business performance, markets, competition, or other conditions deteriorate, harming results and financial condition.

Reworded

  • 80% rewritten

    Raw Materials and Other Product Component Costs

    The acquisition discussion now says selected acquisitions and investments in businesses, technologies, and assets are part of the growth strategy.

  • 57% rewritten

    Intellectual Property Litigation and Infringement Claims

    The risk now covers evolving products and potential claims involving third-party patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and copyrights; the prior portfolio-building mitigation language was removed.

  • 41% rewritten

    Information Technology ("IT) Infrastructure and Cybersecurity

    No substantive risk change; the wording remains focused on IT capacity, reliability, security, upgrades, enterprise systems, and older-system support.

    Was: IT Infrastructure and Cybersecurity

  • 28% rewritten

    Fluctuations in Market Price

    The reported 2025 closing-price range was $20.83–$29.06, versus $28.30–$37.58 in 2024; “intellectual property” was abbreviated to “IP.”

  • 28% rewritten

    Supply Chain Disruptions

    The supply-chain discussion was lightly revised, emphasizing that changing customer forecasts may exacerbate inventory obsolescence and related write-downs.

All 9 risk factors

Headings as the filing states them, in filing order.

Other

  1. 01Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements
  2. 02The following risk factors, together with all other information provided in this Annual Report on Form 10-K should be carefully considered
  3. 03Raw Materials and Other Product Component Costs80% rewritten
  4. 04Impairment of Goodwill and Intangible AssetsNew
  5. 05Supply Chain Disruptions28% rewritten
  6. 06New Technology and Product Development
  7. 07Intellectual Property Litigation and Infringement Claims57% rewritten
  8. 08Information Technology ("IT) Infrastructure and Cybersecurity41% rewritten
  9. 09Fluctuations in Market Price28% rewritten

About this page

The headings are the filing's own. The one-line readings and the overview are automated and can be wrong: read Item 1A of the 10-K for the exact wording.