Cintas (CTAS) Competitors

Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) and Copart (NASDAQ:CPRT) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CTAS or CPRT?

Cintas has higher revenue and earnings than Copart. Copart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cintas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cintas	$10.14B	8.84	$1.57B	$4.32	51.38
Copart	$4.59B	10.55	$1.36B	$1.52	32.95

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CTAS or CPRT?

63.5% of Cintas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Copart shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Cintas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Copart shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CTAS or CPRT?

Cintas has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Copart has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CTAS or CPRT more profitable?

Copart has a net margin of 32.27% compared to Cintas' net margin of 17.23%. Cintas' return on equity of 40.62% beat Copart's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cintas	17.23%	40.62%	18.72%
Copart	32.27%	19.31%	17.24%

Does the media prefer CTAS or CPRT?

In the previous week, Cintas had 15 more articles in the media than Copart. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Cintas and 14 mentions for Copart. Cintas' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Copart's score of 1.27 indicating that Cintas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cintas	25 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Copart	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CTAS or CPRT?

Cintas received 167 more outperform votes than Copart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.55% of users gave Copart an outperform vote while only 59.14% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cintas	Outperform Votes 547 59.14%	Underperform Votes 378 40.86%
Copart	Outperform Votes 380 63.55%	Underperform Votes 218 36.45%

Do analysts recommend CTAS or CPRT?

Cintas currently has a consensus target price of $215.81, indicating a potential downside of 2.77%. Copart has a consensus target price of $55.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.80%. Given Copart's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Copart is more favorable than Cintas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cintas	3 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Copart	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

Cintas beats Copart on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.