Cintas (CTAS) Competitors

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

Is CPRT or CTAS 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
Copart	32.17%	19.55%	17.38%
Cintas	16.80%	39.56%	18.19%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Cintas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, CPRT or CTAS?

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

Do analysts prefer CPRT or CTAS?

Copart presently has a consensus price target of $55.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.21%. Cintas has a consensus price target of $199.63, indicating a potential downside of 8.94%. Given Copart's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.24

Which has stronger 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	$4.24B	12.63	$1.36B	$1.39	39.96
Cintas	$9.60B	9.21	$1.57B	$3.96	55.36

Does the media refer more to CPRT or CTAS?

In the previous week, Cintas had 38 more articles in the media than Copart. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Cintas and 22 mentions for Copart. Cintas' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Copart's score of 1.30 indicating that Cintas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Copart	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cintas	58 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 favor CPRT or CTAS?

Cintas received 159 more outperform votes than Copart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.76% of users gave Copart an outperform vote while only 59.49% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Copart	Outperform Votes 380 63.76%	Underperform Votes 216 36.24%
Cintas	Outperform Votes 539 59.49%	Underperform Votes 367 40.51%

Summary

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