Copart (CPRT) Competitors

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

Is CPRT or CTAS more profitable?

Copart has a net margin of 32.27% compared to Cintas' net margin of 17.23%. Cintas' return on equity of 40.62% beat Copart's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Copart	32.27%	19.31%	17.24%
Cintas	17.23%	40.62%	18.72%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CPRT or CTAS?

Cintas received 167 more outperform votes than Copart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.65% of users gave Copart an outperform vote while only 59.20% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Copart	Outperform Votes 380 63.65%	Underperform Votes 217 36.35%
Cintas	Outperform Votes 547 59.20%	Underperform Votes 377 40.80%

Does the media favor CPRT or CTAS?

In the previous week, Cintas had 7 more articles in the media than Copart. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Cintas and 27 mentions for Copart. Copart's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Cintas' score of 1.38 indicating that Copart is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Copart	26 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Cintas	28 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CPRT or CTAS?

85.8% of Copart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of Cintas shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Copart shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Cintas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	$4.51B	13.21	$1.36B	$1.49	41.36
Cintas	$10.14B	8.87	$1.57B	$4.32	51.59

Do analysts recommend CPRT or CTAS?

Copart presently has a consensus target price of $58.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.87%. Cintas has a consensus target price of $213.88, suggesting a potential downside of 4.03%. Given Cintas' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cintas is more favorable than Copart.

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	3 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Which has more risk & volatility, CPRT or CTAS?

Copart has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cintas has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cintas beats Copart on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.