Cintas Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cintas in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Cintas stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CTAS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Cintas is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 22nd 2021.
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Cintas Co. (NASDAQ:CTAS) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, March, 16th. The business services provider reported $2.37 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.22 by $0.15. The business services provider earned $1.78 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.76 billion. Cintas had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 28.02% and a net margin of 13.90%. Cintas's quarterly revenue was down 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.16 EPS.
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Cintas' stock was trading at $250.41 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CTAS stock has increased by 40.5% and is now trading at $351.86.
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Cintas declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 13th. Investors of record on Saturday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.75 per share on Tuesday, June 15th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 13th.
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Cintas pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.86%. The dividend payout ratio of Cintas is 36.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Cintas will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.33% next year. This indicates that Cintas will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Cintas announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, October 29th 2019, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 3.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Cintas updated its fourth quarter 2021 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 17th. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.20-2.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.18. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.8-1.83 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.8 billion.

11 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Cintas' shares. Their forecasts range from $205.00 to $405.00. On average, they expect Cintas' stock price to reach $341.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.1%.
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Cintas trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CTAS."

Cintas' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Asset Advisors Investment Management LLC (0.05%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.05%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.03%), Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.03%) and First American Bank (0.03%). 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 First Financial Bank Trust Division, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA, Asset Advisors Investment Management LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Private Trust Co. NA, Veracity Capital LLC, and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Cintas company stock in the last year include J Michael Hansen, Joseph Scaminace, Michael Lawrence Thompson, and Ronald W Tysoe.
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CTAS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Park National Corp OH, FDx Advisors Inc., Global Retirement Partners LLC, Harbour Capital Advisors LLC, DnB Asset Management AS, Royal London Asset Management Ltd., and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CTAS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $351.86.

Cintas has a market capitalization of $36.96 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 following companies are subsidiares of Cintas: 3057314 Nova Scotia Company, 3065520 Nova Scotia Company, 3305236 Nova Scotia Company, 912501 Ontario Inc., Alltex Uniform Rental Service LLC, CC Dutch Holding B.V., CC Dutch Shredding Holdco B.V., CC Dutch Storage B.V., CC Shredding Holdco LLC, CDS Equipment Holdings LLC, Cintas (Guangzhou) Enterprise Services Co. Ltd, Cintas (Suzhou) Enterprise Services Co. Ltd, Cintas (Tianjian) Enterprise Services Co. Ltd., Cintas Canada Limited, Cintas China Holding Limited, Cintas Cleanroom Resources de Mexico S.A. de C.V., Cintas Corporate Services Inc., Cintas Corporation No. 2, Cintas Corporation No. 3, Cintas Distribution LLC, Cintas Holdings LLC, Cintas Holland BV, Cintas Hospitality UK Limited, Cintas Manufacturing LLC, Cintas Netherlands Holdings B.V., Cintas Service Transportation LLC, Cintas de Honduras S.A., Document & Data Management Limited, Doritex, Empresa Cintas de Mexico S.A. de C.V., Ensambles de Coahuila S.A. de C.V., G&K Services Co. LLC, G&K Services Holdings LLC, G&K Services Inc, G&K Services LLC, Grand Rapids Coat & Apron Service LLC, Grupo Cintas de Mexico S.A. de C.V., Leef Bros. LLC, Metro Door, Rental Uniform Service of Somerset KY LLC, Sanitizer Supply LLC, Squirrel Storage Limited, Sudbury Mat Rental, The Millennium Mat Company LLC, Van Dyne Crotty, ZEE Medical, and Zee Medical Distributors LLC.

Cintas was founded in 1968.

The official website for Cintas is www.cintas.com.

Cintas is headquartered at 6800 CINTAS BOULEVARD; P O BOX 625737, CINCINNATI OH, 45262.

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]