Time to Buy These Top-Rated Industrial Product Stocks?

Opportunity appears to be brewing in the Industrial Products sector, with Cintas CTAS and Unifirst UNF stock sticking out at the moment.

These two stocks have acted as a defensive hedge against inflation with a collective +15% total return (including dividends) over the last year compared to the S&P 500s -1%. Even better, over the last five years the combined total return of the Uniform and Related stocks is +149% to crush the benchmarks +52%.

With that being said, lets take a look at the upside left in these two standout Industrial Product stocks.

Brief Overview

Cintas has an international reach providing specialized services throughout North America with operations in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

Cintas designs, manufactures, and implements corporate identity uniform programs and provides entrance mats, restroom supplies, promotional products, and first aid among other safety products for diversified businesses.

Similarly, Unifirsts business involves rental leases and the sale of work clothing, uniforms, protective apparel, career wear, and facility service products with operations in the United States and Europe.