NASDAQ:CTASCintas Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cintas' stock was trading at $250.41 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CTAS stock has increased by 14.4% and is now trading at $286.50. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

11 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 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Cintas.

Cintas is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 21st 2020. View our earnings forecast for Cintas.

Cintas Co. (NASDAQ:CTAS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March, 19th. The business services provider reported $2.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.02 by $0.14. The business services provider earned $1.81 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.80 billion. Cintas had a return on equity of 30.73% and a net margin of 13.19%. Cintas's revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.84 earnings per share. View Cintas' earnings history.

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

Cintas declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan 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 reacquire up to 3.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

11 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Cintas' shares. Their forecasts range from $160.00 to $308.00. On average, they anticipate Cintas' stock price to reach $237.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 17.3%. View analysts' price targets for Cintas.

Headlines about CTAS stock have been trending negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of news 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 impact score of -2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutCintas.

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

Cintas' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.91%), State Street Corp (3.72%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.51%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.46%), Invesco Ltd. (1.18%) and Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.70%). Company insiders that own Cintas stock include 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 Wellington Management Group LLP, Invesco Ltd., Fred Alger Management LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, BlackRock Inc., The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , and Pictet Asset Management Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Cintas company stock in the last year include Michael Lawrence Thompson, and Thomas E Frooman. View insider buying and selling activity for Cintas.

CTAS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Korea Investment CORP, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, London Co. of Virginia, PGGM Investments, Pictet & Cie Europe SA, 1832 Asset Management L.P., and Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $286.50.

Cintas has a market capitalization of $29.81 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.

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]