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. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 9th will be paid a dividend of $2.05 per share on Friday, December 7th. This represents a yield of 1.13%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 8th. This is an increase from Cintas's previous annual dividend of $1.62. View Cintas' Dividend History.

Cintas Co. (NASDAQ:CTAS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 20th. The business services provider reported $1.76 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.72 by $0.04. The business services provider earned $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.69 billion. Cintas had a return on equity of 24.87% and a net margin of 14.10%. The firm's revenue was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.31 EPS. 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 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives 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 twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.1%. 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 headlines about CTAS stock have been trending neutral recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Cintas earned a news sentiment score of 0.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Lunia Capital LP (15.01%), BlackRock Inc. (5.57%), Brown Advisory Inc. (1.81%), Bessemer Group Inc. (1.25%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.12%) and Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH (1.02%). Company insiders that own Cintas stock include Gerald S Adolph, J Michael Hansen, James Phillip Holloman, Michael Lawrence Thompson, Paul F Adler, 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 Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, King Luther Capital Management Corp, BP PLC, Bank of Montreal Can and Citigroup Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Cintas company stock in the last year include James Phillip Holloman, Michael Lawrence Thompson, Ronald W Tysoe 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 Lunia Capital LP, Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd., Brown Advisory Inc., State Treasurer State of Michigan, Millennium Management LLC, Lunia Capital LP, Bahl & Gaynor Inc. and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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 $203.06.

Cintas has a market capitalization of $21.23 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]