Cintas - CTAS Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cintas in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CTAS shares.
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9 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Cintas' stock. Their CTAS share price forecasts range from $373.00 to $525.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $448.20 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.6%.
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Cintas' stock was trading at $443.17 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, CTAS stock has increased by 1.7% and is now trading at $450.69.
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Cintas saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,260,000 shares, an increase of 8.6% from the October 31st total of 1,160,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 435,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, December 28th 2022.
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Cintas Co. (NASDAQ:CTAS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September, 28th. The business services provider reported $3.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.13 by $0.26. The business services provider earned $2.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.08 billion. Cintas had a net margin of 15.46% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 36.63%. The company's revenue was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.11 earnings per share.
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Cintas announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 25th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $1.15 per share on Thursday, December 15th. This represents a $4.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 14th.
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Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.01%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 38 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 38.56%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CTAS will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.48% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Cintas updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Monday, October, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $12.30-$12.65 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $12.27. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.58 billion-$8.67 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.50 billion.

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

Cintas' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.81%), BlackRock Inc. (7.46%), State Street Corp (3.71%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.37%), Brown Advisory Inc. (1.16%) and Royal Bank of Canada (1.06%). Insiders that own company stock include J Michael Hansen, Joseph Scaminace, Melanie W Barstad, Michael Lawrence Thompson, Ronald W Tysoe, Thomas E Frooman and Todd M Schneider.
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Shares of CTAS stock 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 $450.69.

Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) has a market capitalization of $45.77 billion and generates $7.85 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $1.24 billion in net income (profit) each year or $11.93 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 43,000 workers across the globe.

Cintas' mailing address is 6800 CINTAS BOULEVARD; P O BOX 625737, CINCINNATI OH, 45262. The official website for the company is www.cintas.com. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (513) 459-1200, via email at webmaster@cintasmail.com, or via fax at 513-573-4030.