Copart (CPRT) Competitors

Copart (NASDAQ:CPRT) and Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Is CPRT or CTAS more profitable?

Copart has a net margin of 32.21% compared to Cintas' net margin of 17.53%. Cintas' return on equity of 41.30% beat Copart's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Copart	32.21%	18.20%	16.36%
Cintas	17.53%	41.30%	19.11%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CPRT or CTAS?

85.8% of Copart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of Cintas shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Copart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Cintas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CPRT or CTAS?

Copart has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cintas has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CPRT or CTAS?

Cintas has higher revenue and earnings than Copart. Copart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cintas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Copart	$4.24B	11.20	$1.36B	$1.52	32.29
Cintas	$9.60B	9.07	$1.57B	$4.32	49.92

Do analysts rate CPRT or CTAS?

Copart presently has a consensus target price of $55.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.08%. Cintas has a consensus target price of $219.58, suggesting a potential upside of 1.82%. Given Copart's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Copart is more favorable than Cintas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Copart	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Cintas	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media favor CPRT or CTAS?

In the previous week, Cintas had 16 more articles in the media than Copart. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Cintas and 25 mentions for Copart. Cintas' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Copart's score of 1.32 indicating that Cintas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Copart	17 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cintas	30 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Cintas beats Copart on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.