Copart (CPRT) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, CTAS or CPRT?

Cintas has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Copart has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CTAS or CPRT?

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
Cintas	$9.76B	8.90	$1.57B	$3.96	54.34
Copart	$4.24B	12.89	$1.36B	$1.39	40.77

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CTAS or CPRT?

63.5% of Cintas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Copart shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Cintas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Copart shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CTAS or CPRT?

In the previous week, Cintas had 38 more articles in the media than Copart. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Cintas and 20 mentions for Copart. Cintas' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Copart's score of 1.52 indicating that Cintas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cintas	51 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Copart	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CTAS or CPRT?

Cintas received 159 more outperform votes than Copart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.87% of users gave Copart an outperform vote while only 59.49% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cintas	Outperform Votes 539 59.49%	Underperform Votes 367 40.51%
Copart	Outperform Votes 380 63.87%	Underperform Votes 215 36.13%

Do analysts recommend CTAS or CPRT?

Cintas presently has a consensus target price of $199.63, suggesting a potential downside of 7.23%. Copart has a consensus target price of $53.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.48%. Given Copart's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Copart is more favorable than Cintas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cintas	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.24
Copart	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is CTAS or CPRT more profitable?

Copart has a net margin of 32.17% compared to Cintas' net margin of 16.80%. Cintas' return on equity of 39.56% beat Copart's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cintas	16.80%	39.56%	18.19%
Copart	32.17%	19.55%	17.38%

Summary

Cintas beats Copart on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.