Which is more profitable, Cintas or Waste Management?

Cintas keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Cintas or Waste Management?

Waste Management grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Cintas or Waste Management?

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

Which has less debt, Cintas or Waste Management?

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

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Cintas vs Waste Management 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 and has less debt. Waste Management grows faster and is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Cintas	Waste Management
	$89.8 billion	$97.0 billion
	17.8%	10.7%
	+9.6%	+10.6%
	44.9×	35.8×
	0.8 years	3.2 years
	27.0%	10.7%
	1.1%	1.6%

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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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