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, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do analysts rate CPRT or CTAS?

Copart presently has a consensus price target of $58.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.93%. Cintas has a consensus price target of $198.46, suggesting a potential upside of 0.08%. Given Copart's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Cintas	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.19

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

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

Is CPRT or CTAS more profitable?

Copart has a net margin of 31.92% 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	31.92%	18.96%	16.93%
Cintas	17.23%	40.62%	18.72%

Does the media refer more to CPRT or CTAS?

In the previous week, Cintas had 29 more articles in the media than Copart. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Cintas and 9 mentions for Copart. Cintas' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Copart's score of 1.14 indicating that Cintas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Copart	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cintas	18 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CPRT or CTAS?

Cintas received 162 more outperform votes than Copart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.76% of users gave Copart an outperform vote while only 59.36% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Copart	Outperform Votes 380 63.76%	Underperform Votes 216 36.24%
Cintas	Outperform Votes 542 59.36%	Underperform Votes 371 40.64%

Which has more volatility & risk, CPRT or CTAS?

Copart has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cintas has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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	$4.36B	12.57	$1.36B	$1.42	40.07
Cintas	$9.60B	8.34	$1.57B	$4.15	47.81

Summary

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