Stock · CTAS · Industrials
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1983 · Revenue 12 mo. $11.6B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Cintas Corporation provides corporate identity uniforms and other garments in the United States, Canada, and Latin America.
Cintas Corporation provides corporate identity uniforms and other garments in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Uniform Rental and Facility Services, First Aid and Safety Services, and All Other segments. The company offers rental and servicing of uniforms and other garments, including flame resistant clothing, mats, mops and shop towels, and other ancillary items. It also provides restroom cleaning services and supplies; and sells uniforms from catalogs. In addition, the company offers first aid and safety products and services; workplace water services; and fire protection products and services. Further, it provides automated external defibrillators; eye-wash stations; safety training; fire extinguishers; sprinkler systems; and alarm services. The company sells its products and services through its distribution network and local delivery routes, or local representatives to small service and manufacturing companies, as well as major corporations. It serves gaming, hospitality, healthcare, automotive, government, education, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, skilled trades, and food processing industries. The company was founded in 1929 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Summary
61.2 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €1.7B (2026), it supports €18.8B. The remaining €58.7B of the market value assume it grows 19.8% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
19.8%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 36.9×, above its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 30.4× to 36.5×, median 32.8×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
7 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 38.91% | 13.10% | Rank 92 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 89.68% | 19.33% | Rank 94 |
| EBIT margin | 23.14% | 11.28% | Rank 87 |
| FCF margin | 16.70% | 8.50% | Rank 86 |
| Gross margin | 50.54% | 28.98% | Rank 89 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 8.94% | 5.15% | Rank 71 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 14.73% | 8.01% | Rank 65 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 13.81% | 12.89% | Rank 54 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 3.51% | 4.02% | Rank 44 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 2.21% | 4.42% | Rank 12 |
| FCF yield | 2.18% | 3.98% | Rank 26 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 7.88 | 2.08 | Rank 7 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 34.06 | 19.47 | Rank 15 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 10.66% | −0.01% | Rank 70 |
| Share price, 6 months | 33.66% | −1.43% | Rank 96 |
| Share price, 3 months | 14.64% | 0.53% | Rank 90 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −2.91% | −16.36% | Rank 92 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 2.87% | 1.39% | Rank 37 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −1.00% | −0.44% | Rank 59 |
| Dividend streak in years | 10 | 5 | Rank 79 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −2.40% | 0.27% | Rank 22 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 48.82% | 39.65% | Rank 68 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 0.77 | 1.38 | Rank 63 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.53 | 0.61 | Rank 58 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 23.71% | 32.95% | Rank 84 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.3 | 14.5% | $490.6M | 431M | 3.0 |
| 2018 | 6.5 | 14.7% | $692.5M | 439M | 2.4 |
| 2019 | 6.9 | 16.5% | $791.1M | 438M | 2.8 |
| 2020 | 7.1 | 16.4% | $1.1B | 428M | 2.6 |
| 2021 | 7.1 | 19.5% | $1.2B | 431M | 2.2 |
| 2022 | 7.9 | 20.2% | $1.3B | 422M | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 8.8 | 20.5% | $1.3B | 414M | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 9.6 | 21.6% | $1.7B | 413M | 2.3 |
| 2025 | 10.3 | 22.8% | $1.8B | 410M | 2.4 |
| 2026 | 11.3 | 23.1% | $1.9B | 406M | 2.4 |
4 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Cintas Corporation mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Cintas Corporation is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
4 of 7 rules met
6 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Cintas Corporation.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 45.2 | 22.5 |
| P/B ratio | 17.6 | 2.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 38.9% | 13.1% |
| Equity ratio | 48.8% | 39.7% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.53 | 0.61 |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | 2.0% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| CTAS | Cintas Corporationthis page | |
| CPRT | Copart Inc | Low4.5 |
| GPN | Global Payments Inc | High6.4 |
| REL.L | Relx PLC | locked |
| TRI.TO | Thomson Reuters Corp | locked |
| WKL.AS | Wolters Kluwer N.V. | locked |
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