Shares of Cintas Corp. CTAS, -0.54% sank 0.54% to $415.77 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.34% falling 0.34% to 4,397.45 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.26% falling 0.26% to 34,220.36. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of losses. Cintas Corp. closed $45.67 below its 52-week high ($461.44), which the company reached on December 13th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Rentokil Initial PLC ADR RTOKY, +0.44% rose 0.44% to $34.45, Aramark ARMK, +2.49% rose 2.49% to $35.85, and Gentex Corp. GNTX, -0.50% fell 0.50% to $27.59. Trading volume (398,549) remained 107,116 below its 50-day average volume of 505,665.