Copart (CPRT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CPRT or CTAS?

Cintas received 162 more outperform votes than Copart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.65% of users gave Copart an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Copart	Outperform Votes 380 63.65%	Underperform Votes 217 36.35%
Cintas	Outperform Votes 542 59.30%	Underperform Votes 372 40.70%

Is CPRT or CTAS 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
Copart	32.27%	19.31%	17.24%
Cintas	17.23%	40.62%	18.72%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CPRT or CTAS?

85.8% of Copart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of Cintas shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Copart 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend CPRT or CTAS?

Copart presently has a consensus target price of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.34%. Cintas has a consensus target price of $199.79, indicating a potential upside of 3.27%. Given Copart's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Copart is more favorable than Cintas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Copart	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Cintas	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.19

Does the media favor CPRT or CTAS?

In the previous week, Cintas had 5 more articles in the media than Copart. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Cintas and 31 mentions for Copart. Copart's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Cintas' score of 1.41 indicating that Copart is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Copart	25 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cintas	26 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CPRT or CTAS?

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
Copart	$4.51B	11.92	$1.36B	$1.49	37.31
Cintas	$9.94B	7.85	$1.57B	$4.15	46.62

Which has more risk and volatility, CPRT or CTAS?

Copart has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cintas has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cintas beats Copart on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.