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 shares have decreased by 3.9% and is now trading at $240.65. 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, 5 hold ratings and 5 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 data on Thursday, March, 19th. The business services provider reported $2.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.02 by $0.14. The business services provider had revenue of $1.81 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.80 billion. Cintas had a return on equity of 30.73% and a net margin of 13.19%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.84 earnings per share. View Cintas' earnings history.

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 is Thursday, November 7th. View Cintas' dividend history.

Cintas declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Tuesday, October 29th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 3.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Cintas' shares. Their forecasts range from $160.00 to $308.00. On average, they anticipate Cintas' share price to reach $240.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.2%. View analysts' price targets for Cintas.

News articles about CTAS stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media 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 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutCintas.

Cintas saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,850,000 shares, an increase of 10.1% from the March 31st total of 1,680,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 913,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 2.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Cintas' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Cintas investors own include Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), Walt Disney (DIS), Adobe (ADBE), Alibaba Group (BABA), Medtronic (MDT) and Netflix (NFLX).

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

Cintas' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional 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, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., and Morgan Stanley. 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 $240.65.

Cintas has a market capitalization of $25.04 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]