NASDAQ:CTAS - Cintas Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Cintas declared an annual dividend on Tuesday, October 30th. Investors of record on Friday, November 9th will be given a dividend of $2.05 per share on Friday, December 7th. This represents a yield of 1.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 8th. This is a positive change from Cintas's previous annual dividend of $1.62. View Cintas' Dividend History.

Cintas Co. (NASDAQ:CTAS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 20th. The business services provider reported $1.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.72 by $0.04. The business services provider earned $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.69 billion. Cintas had a return on equity of 24.87% and a net margin of 14.10%. The company's revenue was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.31 earnings per share. View Cintas' Earnings History.

Cintas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Cintas.

Cintas issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of $7.30-7.38 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.26. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.87-6.91 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.84 billion.Cintas also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $7.30-7.38 EPS.

11 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Cintas' shares. Their predictions range from $160.00 to $235.00. On average, they expect Cintas' stock price to reach $190.65 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cintas.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cintas in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings, 5 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Cintas.

News stories about CTAS stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press 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 -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cintas earned a daily sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Cintas saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 14th, there was short interest totalling 2,228,880 shares, a decrease of 30.4% from the November 30th total of 3,203,334 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 653,360 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.4 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Cintas' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Cintas include VF (VFC), Ralph Lauren (RL), PVH (PVH), Oxford Industries (OXM), Naked Brand Group (NAKD) and Perry Ellis International (PERY).

Cintas' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Contravisory Investment Management Inc. (0.04%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%) and First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Cintas stock include Gerald S Adolph, J Michael Hansen, James Phillip Holloman, Paul F Adler 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 Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., Visionary Asset Management Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI and First Hawaiian Bank. Company insiders that have sold Cintas company stock in the last year include James Phillip Holloman and Thomas E Frooman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cintas.

CTAS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., CENTRAL TRUST Co, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, RB Capital Management LLC, Bristlecone Advisors LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CTAS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $177.54.

Cintas has a market capitalization of $18.47 billion and generates $6.48 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $842.58 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.94 on an earnings per share basis. Cintas employs 41,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Cintas is http://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]