Cintas posts 28% profit gain; shares rise

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)
Cintas Corp. reported late Tuesday second-quarter profit rose to $70.8 million, or 49 cents a share, from a year-ago profit of $55.5 million, or 36 cents a share.
Revenue for the three months ended June 30 increased to $1 billion from $909.4 million a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet Research had predicted Cintas would earn 43 cents a share on $967.2 million in revenue.
Shares of the Ohio-based corporate apparel company were up 7% at $33.01 in after-hours trade.
The stock is up 28.5% over the past year.