Cintas Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:CTAS)

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

Cintas declared an annual dividend on Tuesday, October 30th. Shareholders 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 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) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, September, 24th. The business services provider reported $2.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.15 by $0.17. The business services provider had revenue of $1.81 billion for 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%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.93 earnings per share. View Cintas' Earnings History.

Cintas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Cintas.

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 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.

11 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Cintas' stock. Their predictions range from $223.00 to $300.00. On average, they expect Cintas' stock price to reach $260.44 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.0%. 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 and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Cintas.

Media headlines about CTAS stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cintas earned a media sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines 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 impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Cintas.

Cintas saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 3,210,000 shares, an increase of 14.6% from the August 30th total of 2,800,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 609,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.3 days. Currently, 3.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View Cintas' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Cintas include VF (VFC), Ralph Lauren (RL), PVH (PVH), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Oxford Industries (OXM) and Naked Brand Group (NAKD).

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

Cintas' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.25%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.23%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.12%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.07%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.05%) and Welch & Forbes LLC (0.04%). 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 Artemis Investment Management LLP, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Decatur Capital Management Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Contravisory Investment Management Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Welch & Forbes LLC and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFG Advisors LLC, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Rockland Trust Co. and Pacer Advisors Inc.. 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 $268.40.

Cintas has a market capitalization of $27.78 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]