Cintas Starts Fiscal 2018 on an Encouraging Note

The U.S. economy has been strong recently, and job growth has played a key role in the recovery since the 2008 recession. Cintas (NASDAQ: CTAS) has benefited from an improved job market, and strategic moves to grow its business have helped the uniform rental and facility services specialist get into a better position to take advantage of the opportunities that favorable industry conditions for its customer base will bring.

Coming into Tuesday's fiscal first-quarter financial report, Cintas shareholders wanted to see signs that the company would be able to sustain the growth it has seen in previous quarters. Cintas was able to give investors most of what they wanted, and the future looks bright even with some one-time obstacles that it will have to overcome. Let's look more closely at Cintas and what its most recent report means for long-term investors.

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