Gentherm
Gentherm's revenue rose 2.9% to $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 5.5%, down from 7.3% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $61 million, up 68.2%. It paid out $10 million in dividends and buybacks, 16% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.7%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share fell 13.1% a year and net income 14.7% a year, while buybacks cut the share count by 16%.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Gentherm yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Gentherm's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Gentherm's fiscal 2025 free cash flow of $61M, net cash of −$28M at December 31, 2025 and 31 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Gentherm: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 7.5% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 12%: 11% for a cyclical or higher-risk business (Automotive Parts & Equipment), plus 1 point as a smaller company, worth $878M; the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $28.59
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Gentherm's earnings per share of $0.29 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 17.7×, the middle of Gentherm's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (the Consumer Discretionary median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 13%, 12% and 11%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $28.59
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- Gentherm's P/E at the last close
- 98.6×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| GenthermTHRM | $28.59 | $0.29 | 98.6× |
| Dorman ProductsDORM | $124.74 | $7.22 | 17.3× |
| Standard Motor ProductsSMP | $37.28 | $2.24 | 16.6× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 191 | 154 | 150 | 134 | 161 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 39 | 235 | 223 | 220 | 189 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | −152 | 81 | 74 | 86 | 28 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −1.0x | 0.9x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.2x |
| Debt to equity | 0.1x | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.4x | 0.3x |
| Interest coverage | 48.4x | 7.6x | 5.8x | 8.2x | 6.6x |
| Current ratio | 2.7x | 2.4x | 2.1x | 2.0x | 1.9x |
| Quick ratio | 1.9x | 1.6x | 1.5x | 1.3x | 1.3x |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, 2 insiders bought $662,600 of Gentherm shares on the open market, and 2 insiders sold $243,056.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2026 | Paul Anthony MascarenasDirector | Bought | 20,000 | $26.63 | $532,600 | Form 4 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | William T. PresleyPresident & CEO, Director | Bought | 5,000 | $26.00 | $130,000 | Form 4 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Breisacher NicholasChief Accounting Officer | Sold | 925 | $43.21 | $39,969 | Form 4 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Wayne S Kauffman IIISVP and General Counsel | Sold | 4,700 | $43.21 | $203,087 | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| F-score | 7 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −6.4% | −3.6% | −7.5% |
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| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentherm | FY25 | 2.9% | 5.5% | 4.1% | 5.8% | 0.2x | 6 | |
| Fox Factory | FY25 | 5.3% | −35.6% | 1.8% | −29.3% | — | 4 | Compare |
| Standard Motor Products | FY25 | 22.4% | 7.6% | 1.0% | 8.2% | 3.0x | 7 | Compare |
| Mobileye | FY25 | 14.5% | −23.2% | 27.6% | — | — | — | Compare |
| Dorman Products | FY25 | 6.0% | 14.1% | 3.5% | 12.4% | 1.2x | 8 | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 918 | 994 | 1,048 | 972 | 913 | 1,046 | 1,205 | 1,469 | 1,456 | 1,499 |
| Revenue growth | 7.1% | 8.3% | 5.5% | −7.3% | −6.0% | 14.6% | 15.2% | 21.9% | −0.9% | 2.9% |
| Gross profit | 295 | 319 | 305 | 288 | 268 | 304 | 274 | 352 | 366 | 362 |
| Research and development | 73 | 82 | 80 | 72 | 68 | 75 | 86 | 94 | 89 | 95 |
| Operating income | 106 | 97 | 73 | 84 | 89 | 115 | 48 | 77 | 107 | 83 |
| Net income | 77 | 35 | 42 | 49 | 60 | 93 | 24 | 40 | 65 | 18 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 2.09 | 0.96 | 1.16 | 1.47 | 1.81 | 2.79 | 0.73 | 1.22 | 2.06 | 0.59 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 37 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 108 | 50 | 118 | 119 | 111 | 143 | 15 | 119 | 110 | 117 |
| Capital expenditure | 66 | 51 | 42 | 24 | 17 | 38 | 40 | 38 | 73 | 56 |
| Free cash flow | 42 | −1 | 77 | 95 | 93 | 105 | −25 | 82 | 36 | 61 |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 5 | 148 | 63 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 91 | 52 | 10 |
| Acquisitions | 74 | 67 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 9 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 177 | 103 | 40 | 50 | 268 | 191 | 154 | 150 | 134 | 161 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 172 | 145 | 140 | 81 | 192 | 39 | 235 | 223 | 220 | 189 |
| Total assets | 843 | 883 | 803 | 739 | 1,023 | 935 | 1,239 | 1,234 | 1,248 | 1,396 |
| Total liabilities | 383 | 330 | 323 | 255 | 436 | 282 | 567 | 590 | 631 | 676 |
| Shareholders' equity | 460 | 554 | 480 | 484 | 586 | 654 | 672 | 645 | 617 | 720 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 32.1% | 32.1% | 29.1% | 29.7% | 29.4% | 29.0% | 22.7% | 23.9% | 25.2% | 24.2% |
| Operating margin | 11.6% | 9.8% | 6.9% | 8.7% | 9.8% | 11.0% | 4.0% | 5.3% | 7.3% | 5.5% |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 3.5% | 4.0% | 5.0% | 6.5% | 8.9% | 2.0% | 2.8% | 4.5% | 1.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.6% | −0.1% | 7.3% | 9.8% | 10.2% | 10.0% | −2.1% | 5.6% | 2.5% | 4.1% |
| Return on capital | 18.6% | 9.4% | 8.9% | 12.7% | 12.7% | 18.6% | 4.9% | 7.7% | 9.6% | 5.8% |
| Return on equity | 18.1% | 7.0% | 8.1% | 10.1% | 11.2% | 15.1% | 3.7% | 6.1% | 10.3% | 2.7% |
| Return on assets | 10.3% | 4.1% | 5.0% | 6.3% | 6.8% | 9.5% | 2.2% | 3.3% | 5.2% | 1.4% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −0.0x | 0.3x | 0.8x | 0.2x | −0.6x | −1.0x | 0.9x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.2x |