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. Since then, CTAS shares have decreased by 1.0% and is now trading at $247.96. 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, 6 hold ratings and 4 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 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.02 by $0.14. The business services provider earned $1.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.80 billion. Cintas had a net margin of 13.19% and a return on equity of 30.73%. Cintas's revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.84 EPS. View Cintas' earnings history.

Cintas declared an annual dividend on Tuesday, October 29th. Investors 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 announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Tuesday, October 29th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 3.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

11 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Cintas' shares. Their forecasts range from $160.00 to $308.00. On average, they expect Cintas' stock price to reach $237.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.4%. View analysts' price targets for Cintas.

News headlines about CTAS stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cintas earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutCintas.

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

Cintas' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail 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 bought 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, 1832 Asset Management L.P., and Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc.. 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 $247.96.

Cintas has a market capitalization of $25.80 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]