CPRT vs. CTAS, IRM, KMX, PAG, MUSA, UNF, MGRC, KAR, HCSG, and VVI
Should you be buying Copart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Copart include Cintas (CTAS), Iron Mountain (IRM), CarMax (KMX), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Murphy USA (MUSA), UniFirst (UNF), McGrath RentCorp (MGRC), OPENLANE (KAR), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), and Viad (VVI).
Copart (NASDAQ:CPRT) and Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Cintas received 151 more outperform votes than Copart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.80% of users gave Copart an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote.
Copart has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cintas has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Copart had 12 more articles in the media than Cintas. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Copart and 5 mentions for Cintas. Copart's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Cintas' score of 0.63 indicating that Copart is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Copart has a net margin of 33.33% compared to Cintas' net margin of 15.98%. Cintas' return on equity of 37.19% beat Copart's return on equity.
85.8% of Copart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of Cintas shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of Copart shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of Cintas shares are owned by 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.
Copart presently has a consensus target price of $51.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.88%. Cintas has a consensus target price of $664.07, indicating a potential downside of 2.05%. Given Cintas' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cintas is more favorable than Copart.
Summary
Cintas beats Copart on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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