MASON (dpa-AFX) - Cintas Corporation (CTAS) Tuesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $127.2 million or $1.03 per share, up from $86.0 million or $0.69 per share in the comparable quarter last year.
On average, 15 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to earn $0.75 per share for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.
Revenues increased 2.5 percent to $1.16 billion from $1.13 billion last year, while 14 analysts expected revenues of $1.17 billion.
Looking ahead to fiscal 2015, the company expects earnings to be in the range of $3.06 to $3.15 per share and revenues of $4.43 billion to $4.53 billion. Analysts currently expect the company to report full-year earnings of $3.08 per share on revenues of $4.70 billion.
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