Cintas Stock Forecast, Price & News

Cintas' stock was trading at $250.41 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CTAS stock has increased by 27.1% and is now trading at $318.27.
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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."
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Cintas is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, September 23rd 2020.
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Cintas will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, September 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Cintas Co. (NASDAQ:CTAS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The business services provider reported $1.35 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.22 by $0.13. The business services provider had revenue of $1.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.56 billion. Cintas had a net margin of 12.36% and a return on equity of 27.57%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 9.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.07 EPS.
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Cintas declared an annual dividend on Tuesday, October 29th. Shareholders 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.
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Cintas announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Tuesday, October 29th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 3.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Cintas updated its first quarter 2021 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.00-2.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.53. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.675-1.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.61 billion.

11 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Cintas' shares. Their forecasts range from $175.00 to $347.00. On average, they anticipate Cintas' share price to reach $266.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.3%.
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Cintas saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 1,670,000 shares, a drop of 15.2% from the July 30th total of 1,970,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 658,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Cintas trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CTAS."

Cintas' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.92%), FMR LLC (2.30%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.79%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.71%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.59%) and London Co. of Virginia (0.57%). Company insiders that own Cintas stock include 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 FMR LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Neuberger Berman Group LLC, BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A., and Bank of America Corp DE. Company insiders that have sold Cintas company stock in the last year include Michael Lawrence Thompson, and Ronald W Tysoe.
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CTAS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, Rathbone Brothers plc, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, London Co. of Virginia, Captrust Financial Advisors, Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC, and CIBC Asset Management Inc.
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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 $318.27.

Cintas has a market capitalization of $33.59 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]