NASDAQ:CTAS - Cintas Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Cintas announced an annual dividend on Tuesday, October 30th. Investors of record on Friday, November 9th will be given a dividend of $2.05 per share on Friday, December 7th. This represents a yield of 1.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 8th. This is a positive change from Cintas's previous annual dividend of $1.62. View Cintas' Dividend History.

Cintas Co. (NASDAQ:CTAS) issued its earnings results on Thursday, December, 20th. The business services provider reported $1.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.72 by $0.04. The business services provider earned $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.69 billion. Cintas had a return on equity of 24.87% and a net margin of 14.10%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.31 earnings per share. View Cintas' Earnings History.

Cintas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Cintas.

Cintas updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of $7.30-7.38 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.26. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.87-6.91 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.84 billion.Cintas also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $7.30-7.38 EPS.

11 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Cintas' shares. Their forecasts range from $160.00 to $235.00. On average, they anticipate Cintas' share price to reach $190.65 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cintas.

11 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, 5 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Cintas.

Media stories about CTAS stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cintas earned a news impact score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Cintas saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 14th, there was short interest totalling 2,228,880 shares, a drop of 30.4% from the November 30th total of 3,203,334 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 653,360 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.4 days. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Cintas' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Cintas include VF (VFC), Ralph Lauren (RL), PVH (PVH), Oxford Industries (OXM), Naked Brand Group (NAKD) and Perry Ellis International (PERY).

Cintas' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Contravisory Investment Management Inc. (0.04%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%) and First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Cintas stock include Gerald S Adolph, J Michael Hansen, James Phillip Holloman, Paul F Adler 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 Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., Visionary Asset Management Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI and First Hawaiian Bank. Company insiders that have sold Cintas company stock in the last year include James Phillip Holloman and Thomas E Frooman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cintas.

CTAS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., CENTRAL TRUST Co, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, RB Capital Management LLC, Bristlecone Advisors LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CTAS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $177.54.

Cintas has a market capitalization of $18.59 billion and generates $6.48 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $842.58 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.94 on an earnings per share basis. Cintas employs 41,000 workers across the globe.

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]