Cintas Stock Forecast, Price & News

Cintas' stock was trading at $250.41 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CTAS shares have increased by 25.6% and is now trading at $314.55.
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12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cintas in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Cintas is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, December 15th 2020.
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Cintas Co. (NASDAQ:CTAS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, September, 23rd. The business services provider reported $2.78 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.13 by $0.65. The business services provider earned $1.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.69 billion. Cintas had a return on equity of 27.90% and a net margin of 13.18%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.32 earnings per share.
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Cintas declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.70 per share on Friday, December 4th. This represents a $2.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 5th. This is a boost from Cintas's previous quarterly dividend of $0.64.
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Cintas announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Tuesday, October 29th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 3.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Cintas issued an update on its second quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, September, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.00-2.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.09. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.725-1.750 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.75 billion.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Cintas' shares. Their forecasts range from $175.00 to $400.00. On average, they expect Cintas' stock price to reach $299.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.7%.
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Cintas saw a decline in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,280,000 shares, a decline of 14.1% from the September 15th total of 1,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 460,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Cintas trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CTAS."

Cintas' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include AMI Asset Management Corp (0.11%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.10%), BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.07%), Braun Stacey Associates Inc. (0.06%) and Polaris Wealth Advisory Group LLC (0.06%). Company insiders that own Cintas stock include J Michael Hansen, Joseph Scaminace, Michael Lawrence Thompson, Ronald W Tysoe and Thomas E Frooman.
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CTAS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Polaris Wealth Advisory Group LLC, Palmer Knight Co, AMI Asset Management Corp, KBC Group NV, NewFocus Financial Group LLC, Dupont Capital Management Corp, and Reik & CO. LLC. Company insiders that have sold Cintas company stock in the last year include J Michael Hansen, Michael Lawrence Thompson, and Ronald W Tysoe.
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CTAS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jag Capital Management LLC, Columbus Circle Investors, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Fenimore Asset Management Inc., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Sanders Morris Harris LLC, and Forsta AP Fonden.
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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 $314.55.

Cintas has a market capitalization of $32.91 billion and generates $7.09 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $876.04 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.11 on an earnings per share basis. Cintas employs 40,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Cintas is 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]