CTAS vs. CPRT, IRM, VFC, KTB, UNF, MGRC, KAR, OXM, HCSG, and VVI
Should you be buying Cintas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cintas include Copart (CPRT), Iron Mountain (IRM), V.F. (VFC), Kontoor Brands (KTB), UniFirst (UNF), McGrath RentCorp (MGRC), OPENLANE (KAR), Oxford Industries (OXM), 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Copart has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cintas has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 net margin of 33.33% compared to Copart's net margin of 15.98%. Copart's return on equity of 37.19% beat Cintas' return on equity.
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. Cintas' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Copart's score of 0.63 indicating that Copart is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Copart presently has a consensus price target of $51.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.88%. Cintas has a consensus price target of $664.07, indicating a potential downside of 2.05%. Given Copart's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cintas is more favorable than Copart.
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.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Cintas beats Copart on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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