Which is more profitable, Cintas or Fastenal?

Cintas keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Cintas or Fastenal?

Cintas grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Cintas or Fastenal?

Cintas costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Cintas or Fastenal?

Fastenal would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Cintas vs Fastenal stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Cintas is more profitable, grows faster and is cheaper for its profits. Fastenal has less debt.

Side by side

	Cintas	Fastenal
	$89.8 billion	$63.3 billion
	17.8%	15.3%
	+9.6%	+7.7%
	44.9×	50.3×
	0.8 years	0.1 years
	27.0%	28.8%
	1.1%	2.1%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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