Cintas (CTAS) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CTAS or CPRT?

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

Does the media refer more to CTAS or CPRT?

In the previous week, Cintas and Cintas both had 33 articles in the media. Copart's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Cintas' score of 1.50 indicating that Copart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cintas	31 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Copart	28 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$9.60B	8.60	$1.57B	$4.15	49.29
Copart	$4.24B	12.87	$1.36B	$1.42	39.87

Which has more volatility & risk, CTAS or CPRT?

Cintas has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Copart has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CTAS or CPRT 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
Cintas	17.23%	40.62%	18.72%
Copart	31.92%	18.96%	16.93%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CTAS or CPRT?

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

Do analysts recommend CTAS or CPRT?

Cintas currently has a consensus target price of $198.46, indicating a potential downside of 2.92%. Copart has a consensus target price of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.45%. 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
Cintas	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.19
Copart	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Cintas beats Copart on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.