Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) Vs. CAT, DE, ABB, ITW, ETN, EMR, JCI, ROP, PH, and ROK
Should you be buying Cintas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cintas include Caterpillar (CAT), Deere & Company (DE), ABB (ABB), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Eaton (ETN), Emerson Electric (EMR), Johnson Controls International (JCI), Roper Technologies (ROP), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Rockwell Automation (ROK). These companies are all part of the "diversified support services" industry.These companies are all part of the "mens' & boy's furnishings, work clothing, & allied garments" industry.These companies are all part of the "mens' & boy's furnishings, work clothing, & allied garments" industry.These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Cintas vs.
Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) and Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Cintas has a net margin of 15.50% compared to Deere & Company's net margin of 13.55%. Deere & Company's return on equity of 37.66% beat Cintas' return on equity.
Deere & Company pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Cintas pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Deere & Company pays out 22.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cintas pays out 35.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Deere & Company has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Cintas has increased its dividend for 39 consecutive years. Deere & Company is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Deere & Company had 4 more articles in the media than Cintas. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Deere & Company and 2 mentions for Cintas. Deere & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Cintas' score of 0.11 indicating that Deere & Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Deere & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Cintas. Deere & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cintas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Deere & Company has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cintas has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
74.8% of Deere & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Cintas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Deere & Company shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Cintas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Deere & Company presently has a consensus price target of $417.87, suggesting a potential upside of 14.71%. Cintas has a consensus price target of $436.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.02%. Given Cintas' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cintas is more favorable than Deere & Company.
Deere & Company received 620 more outperform votes than Cintas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.68% of users gave Deere & Company an outperform vote while only 62.37% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote.
Summary
Deere & Company beats Cintas on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) vs. Its Competitors
Cintas Competitors List
