Cintas (CTAS) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, CTAS or CPRT?

Cintas has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Copart has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% 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%

Do analysts rate CTAS or CPRT?

Cintas presently has a consensus price target of $213.88, indicating a potential downside of 3.25%. Copart has a consensus price target of $58.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.86%. Given Cintas' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cintas is more favorable than Copart.

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	8.80	$1.57B	$4.32	51.17
Copart	$4.51B	13.07	$1.36B	$1.49	40.91

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CTAS or CPRT?

Cintas received 167 more outperform votes than Copart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.65% of users gave Copart an outperform vote while only 59.20% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cintas	Outperform Votes 547 59.20%	Underperform Votes 377 40.80%
Copart	Outperform Votes 380 63.65%	Underperform Votes 217 36.35%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to CTAS or CPRT?

In the previous week, Cintas had 4 more articles in the media than Copart. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Cintas and 28 mentions for Copart. Copart's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Cintas' score of 1.39 indicating that Copart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cintas	28 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Copart	26 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

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