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 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
116% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 179 | Existing positions closed: 83
46% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 26 [Q4 2024] → 38 (+12) [Q1 2025]
45% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $359M | Put options by funds: $247M
12% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $46.6B [Q4 2024] → $52B (+$5.41B) [Q1 2025]
5% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,369 [Q4 2024] → 1,431 (+62) [Q1 2025]
1.09% more ownership
Funds ownership: 63.15% [Q4 2024] → 64.24% (+1.09%) [Q1 2025]
8% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 549 | Existing positions reduced: 508
Research analyst outlook
9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
9 analyst ratings
RBC Capital Ashish Sabadra | 8%upside $240 | Sector Perform Maintained | 9 Jun 2025 |
B of A Securities Joshua Dennerlein | 13%upside $250 | Buy Reinstated | 10 Apr 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Toni Kaplan | 4%downside $213 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 27 Mar 2025 |
Goldman Sachs George Tong | 5%upside $233 | Buy Maintained | 27 Mar 2025 |
UBS Joshua Chan | 8%upside $240 | Buy Maintained | 27 Mar 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 16 articles about CTAS published over the past 30 days
