CintasCTAS
About: Cintas has roots tracing back to 1929, during which the Farmer family cleaned and re-sold dirty rags to manufacturing plants in Ohio. The firm has grown its business organically and through acquisitions, and today Cintas acts as a one-stop outsourcing partner for businesses. Cintas will design, manufacture, collect, and clean every employee uniform for a small weekly sum, taking on the upfront capital expense itself. In the same stop, Cintas can also replace soiled or depleted mats, mops, trash liners, towels, first aid, fire, and cleaning products. Businesses value an outsourcing partner like Cintas as it simplifies operations and leaves noncore tasks with high regulatory standards in the hands of professionals.
Employees: 46,500
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
50% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 167 | Existing positions closed: 111
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,331 [Q3] → 1,364 (+33) [Q4]
1.85% more ownership
Funds ownership: 61.23% [Q3] → 63.08% (+1.85%) [Q4]
8% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 522 | Existing positions reduced: 484
8% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $50.8B [Q3] → $46.5B (-$4.3B) [Q4]
19% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $260M | Put options by funds: $319M
19% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 32 [Q3] → 26 (-6) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
Morgan Stanley Toni Kaplan 27% 1-year accuracy 7 / 26 met price target | 1%upside $213 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 27 Mar 2025 |
Goldman Sachs George Tong 38% 1-year accuracy 8 / 21 met price target | 10%upside $233 | Buy Maintained | 27 Mar 2025 |
UBS Joshua Chan 35% 1-year accuracy 6 / 17 met price target | 13%upside $240 | Buy Maintained | 27 Mar 2025 |
RBC Capital Ashish Sabadra 54% 1-year accuracy 29 / 54 met price target | 2%upside $215 | Sector Perform Reiterated | 27 Mar 2025 |
Truist Securities Jasper Bibb 55% 1-year accuracy 6 / 11 met price target | 9%upside $230 | Buy Maintained | 27 Mar 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 13 articles about CTAS published over the past 30 days
