Cintas (CTAS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cintas in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" CTAS shares.
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8 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Cintas' stock. Their CTAS share price forecasts range from $419.00 to $540.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $501.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price.
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Cintas' stock was trading at $451.62 at the start of the year. Since then, CTAS stock has increased by 3.8% and is now trading at $468.72.
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Cintas saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,220,000 shares, an increase of 10.9% from the April 30th total of 1,100,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 334,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 13th 2023.
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Cintas Co. (NASDAQ:CTAS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March, 29th. The business services provider reported $3.14 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.01 by $0.13. The business services provider earned $2.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.15 billion. Cintas had a net margin of 15.06% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 38.12%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.69 earnings per share.
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Cintas declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 11th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $1.15 per share on Thursday, June 15th. This represents a $4.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 12th.
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Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.00%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 39 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 36.92%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CTAS will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.86% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Cintas issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $12.70-$12.90 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $12.73. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.74 billion-$8.80 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.73 billion.

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Cintas trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CTAS."

Cintas' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.81%), State Street Corp (3.70%), FMR LLC (2.07%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.84%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.40%) and Impax Asset Management Group plc (1.23%). Insiders that own company stock include J Michael Hansen, Joseph Scaminace, Melanie W Barstad, Michael Lawrence Thompson, Ronald W Tysoe, Thomas E Frooman and Todd M Schneider.
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Shares of CTAS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CTAS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $468.72.

Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) has a market capitalization of $47.67 billion and generates $8.61 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $1.24 billion in net income (profit) each year or $12.46 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 43,000 workers across the globe.

Cintas' mailing address is 6800 CINTAS BOULEVARD; P O BOX 625737, CINCINNATI OH, 45262. The official website for the company is www.cintas.com. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (513) 459-1200, via email at webmaster@cintasmail.com, or via fax at 513-573-4030.