Iron Mountain (IRM) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, IRM or CTAS?

Cintas has higher revenue and earnings than Iron Mountain. Cintas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iron Mountain, 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
Iron Mountain	$6.27B	4.78	$180.16M	$0.41	247.56
Cintas	$10.14B	8.84	$1.57B	$4.32	51.38

Is IRM or CTAS a better dividend stock?

Iron Mountain pays an annual dividend of $3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Cintas pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Iron Mountain pays out 765.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cintas pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Iron Mountain has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Cintas has increased its dividend for 42 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, IRM or CTAS?

Iron Mountain has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cintas has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of IRM or CTAS?

80.1% of Iron Mountain shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of Cintas shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Iron Mountain shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Cintas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor IRM or CTAS?

In the previous week, Cintas had 22 more articles in the media than Iron Mountain. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Cintas and 13 mentions for Iron Mountain. Cintas' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Iron Mountain's score of 1.29 indicating that Cintas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Iron Mountain	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cintas	28 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is IRM or CTAS more profitable?

Cintas has a net margin of 17.23% compared to Iron Mountain's net margin of 2.95%. Cintas' return on equity of 40.62% beat Iron Mountain's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Iron Mountain	2.95%	-401.83%	2.87%
Cintas	17.23%	40.62%	18.72%

Do analysts recommend IRM or CTAS?

Iron Mountain currently has a consensus target price of $121.71, indicating a potential upside of 19.92%. Cintas has a consensus target price of $215.81, indicating a potential downside of 2.78%. Given Iron Mountain's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Iron Mountain is more favorable than Cintas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Iron Mountain	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13
Cintas	3 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IRM or CTAS?

Cintas received 123 more outperform votes than Iron Mountain when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.76% of users gave Iron Mountain an outperform vote while only 59.14% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Iron Mountain	Outperform Votes 424 63.76%	Underperform Votes 241 36.24%
Cintas	Outperform Votes 547 59.14%	Underperform Votes 378 40.86%

Summary

Cintas beats Iron Mountain on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.