Rightscorp (OTCMKTS:RIHT) versus Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) Head-To-Head Comparison

Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) and Rightscorp (OTCMKTS:RIHT) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Cintas and Rightscorp’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cintas	17.58%	41.07%	19.27%
Rightscorp	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cintas and Rightscorp”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cintas	$10.34 billion	7.68	$1.81 billion	$3.43	57.89
Rightscorp	$290,000.00	6.64	-$410,000.00	N/A	N/A

Cintas has higher revenue and earnings than Rightscorp.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

63.5% of Cintas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Rightscorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.9% of Cintas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Cintas has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rightscorp has a beta of -0.05, meaning that its share price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Cintas and Rightscorp, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cintas	1	7	5	1	2.43
Rightscorp	0	0	0	0	0.00

Cintas presently has a consensus target price of $218.17, suggesting a potential upside of 9.88%. Given Cintas’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Cintas is more favorable than Rightscorp.

Summary

Cintas beats Rightscorp on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cintas

Cintas Corporation engages in the provision of corporate identity uniforms and related business services primarily in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Uniform Rental and Facility Services, First Aid and Safety Services, and All Other segments. The company rents and services uniforms and other garments, including flame resistant clothing, mats, mops and shop towels, and other ancillary items; and provides restroom cleaning services and supplies, as well as sells uniforms. In addition, the company offers first aid and safety services, and fire protection products and services. It provides its products and services through its distribution network and local delivery routes, or local representatives to small service and manufacturing companies, as well as major corporations. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cintas Corporation was formerly a subsidiary of Cintas Corporation.

About Rightscorp

Rightscorp, Inc. operates as a technology company that has a patent-pending proprietary method for collecting payments from illegal downloaders of copyrighted content through notifications sent to their Internet service providers (ISP’s). The company’s technology system monitors peer-to-peer file sharing networks and sends through email to ISP’s notifications of copyright infringement by the ISPs’ customers with date, time, copyright title, and other specific technology identifiers worldwide. It primarily serves copyright holders. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.