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 stock has increased by 8.1% and is now trading at $270.65. 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, 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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March, 19th. The business services provider reported $2.16 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' 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 net margin of 13.19% and a return on equity of 30.73%. Cintas's quarterly revenue was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.84 EPS. View Cintas' earnings history.

Cintas announced an annual dividend on Tuesday, October 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 8th will be paid 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 authorized a stock buyback program on Tuesday, October 29th 2019, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 3.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

11 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Cintas' stock. Their forecasts range from $160.00 to $318.00. On average, they anticipate Cintas' stock price to reach $243.80 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.9%. View analysts' price targets for Cintas.

Media stories about CTAS stock have trended negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Cintas earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles 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 effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Cintas.

Cintas saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,040,000 shares, an increase of 14.6% from the June 15th total of 1,780,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 878,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 2.3% of the company's stock are short sold. 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.01%). 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Financial Bank Trust Division. 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 $270.65.

Cintas has a market capitalization of $28.16 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]