NASDAQ:CTAS - Cintas Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Cintas declared an annual dividend on Tuesday, October 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 8th will be paid a dividend of $2.55 per share on Friday, December 6th. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 7th. View Cintas' Dividend History.

Cintas declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, October 29th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 3.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Cintas Co. (NASDAQ:CTAS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September, 24th. The business services provider reported $2.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.15 by $0.17. The business services provider earned $1.81 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.79 billion. Cintas had a net margin of 13.18% and a return on equity of 28.61%. Cintas's quarterly revenue was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.93 EPS. View Cintas' Earnings History.

Cintas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, December 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Cintas.

Cintas will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, December 17th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Cintas issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, September, 24th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $8.47-8.57 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $8.47. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.28-7.32 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.30 billion.

12 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Cintas' shares. Their forecasts range from $223.00 to $308.00. On average, they expect Cintas' share price to reach $265.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cintas.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cintas in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Cintas.

Press coverage about CTAS stock has trended somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cintas earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Cintas.

Some companies that are related to Cintas include Copart (CPRT), Iron Mountain (IRM), UniFirst (UNF), KAR Auction Services (KAR), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), McGrath RentCorp (MGRC), Mobile Mini (MINI), Viad (VVI), Performant Financial (PFMT) and Schawk (SGK).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Cintas investors own include Mastercard (MA), Visa (V), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), 3M (MMM), Netflix (NFLX), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), salesforce.com (CRM), NVIDIA (NVDA), Boeing (BA) and Walt Disney (DIS).

Cintas' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.73%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.72%), Select Equity Group L.P. (0.40%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (0.39%), Stifel Financial Corp (0.38%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.36%). Company insiders that own Cintas stock include James Phillip Holloman, Joseph Scaminace, Michael Lawrence Thompson, Ronald W Tysoe and Thomas E Frooman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cintas.

CTAS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Select Equity Group L.P., Congress Asset Management Co. MA, Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Castleark Management LLC and Pictet Asset Management Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Cintas company stock in the last year include Joseph Scaminace, Michael Lawrence Thompson, Ronald W Tysoe and Thomas E Frooman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cintas.

CTAS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Squarepoint Ops LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and Man Group plc. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cintas.

Shares of CTAS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CTAS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $261.81.

Cintas has a market capitalization of $27.10 billion and generates $6.89 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $884.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.60 on an earnings per share basis. Cintas employs 45,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Cintas.

The official website for Cintas is http://www.cintas.com/.

Cintas' mailing address is 6800 CINTAS BOULEVARD; P O BOX 625737, CINCINNATI OH, 45262. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 513-459-1200 or via email at [email protected]