Cintas Corp (CTAS)

Unemployment rates at all time high. As it goes down, and consumer spending picks up...so will the stock's earnings.

The improving economy will lead to employment gains which will improves this tock's earnings.

Nice, boring company with a wide moat, selling at a meaningful discount to fair value.

p/e is right above 12 -- the company has shown previous growth trends around 15%. That gives it a decent PEG coupled with Cintas dependable earnings and I think we have a 5 year winner.

I am thinking about adding on any irrational market drop.

I also see their trucks all over town. :)

cintas is company to watch. fools if it falls to $18/$19-then buy & hold!!!!!! fool on

I'm putting my money where the Motley Fool's mouth is. Maybe it's blind faith in the ability of a couple of guys who look cool in jester's hats.

My experience at investing is limited to losing money at investing, so I figured the time is right to let greater fools than I lead the way.

Today I sold off most my unfoolish investments (for an overall modest gain) and started a $10k portfolio of totally foolish Stock Advisor stocks.

Bought today:
CTAS 50 @ 23.79
OMTR 100 @ 9.17
LLTC 50 @ 24.28
NATI 50 @ 21.35
FO 50 @ 37.86

Still in Portfolio:
DOW 190 @ 15.86 (not a Stock Advisor pick)
ATVI 100 @ 9.10

Blind faith and a slow learning curve. We'll see how it works out.

Little debt. Good stock!!

Industry leader, solid ratios. Love it.

Like a Volvo --it's boxy, but it's good. Boring, steady, reliable business that continues to leads its field. Management eats its own cooking, so it's my kind of business.

Uniform business is well-recognized. Document management business growing significantly. Undervalued.

Selling well below its estimated low of $45.68

Est. 12 mo. range: $58.61-45.68

great moat

The company dominates its sector. In additon to uniforms, Cintas now sells fire protection systems and first aid eiquipment. They have a very bright future, lots of cash, and dedicated employees.

"We're more comfortable in that kind of business. It means we miss a lot of very big winners. But we wouldn't know how to pick them out anyway. It also means we have very few big losers - and that's quite helpful over time. We're perfectly willing to trade away a big payoff for a certain payoff." - 1999 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting

Should be able to command a higher p/e

Widely used in commercial industry

THIS MAY BE THE ONLY OUTPERFORMER OF THE FIVE IN THE ARTICLE I READ.THE LIST WAS AT BEST SUSPECT!!!!DID YOU EVER SEE THE MOVIE"RISKY BUSINESS"????

good management, 20% of market share and gaining 2 to 3% each year...margins holding well

Solid Company, Proven Track Record, this stock has taken a beating for no reason. Sales force re-org is complete and I expect better results.