Head to Head Comparison: Legacy Education Alliance (OTCMKTS:LEAI) & Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS)

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

63.5% of Cintas shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Legacy Education Alliance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Cintas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Legacy Education Alliance and Cintas, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Legacy Education Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.00
Cintas	2	8	5	1	2.31

Cintas has a consensus price target of $215.07, suggesting a potential upside of 16.94%. Given Cintas’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cintas is more favorable than Legacy Education Alliance.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Legacy Education Alliance and Cintas”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Legacy Education Alliance	$150,000.00	0.10	-$2.62 million	($0.07)	0.00
Cintas	$10.56 billion	7.00	$1.81 billion	$4.41	41.70

Cintas has higher revenue and earnings than Legacy Education Alliance. Legacy Education Alliance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cintas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Legacy Education Alliance and Cintas’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Legacy Education Alliance	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cintas	17.54%	40.41%	19.17%

Summary

Cintas beats Legacy Education Alliance on 14 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Legacy Education Alliance

Legacy Education Alliance, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides educational training on the topics of personal finance, entrepreneurship, real estate, and financial markets investing strategies and techniques in North America, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company markets its products and services under the Building Wealth with Legacy and Homemade Investor by Tarek El Moussa brands. It provides its programs through various formats and channels, including free workshops, basic trainings, forums, telephone mentoring, one-on-one mentoring, coaching, and e-learning. Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Cape Coral, Florida.

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.