Cintas Corporation
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What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Specialty Business Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CTAS.
Specialty Business Services
No material change from last week — new Diehl Defence agreement for space-based early warning adds government defense to its maritime, weather, and aviation data streams.
Industry benchmark
6-name peer basket
-12.2%YTD
+14.7%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
41.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
23.4%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
23.1%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
2.3%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
7.2Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
41.8%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
50.7%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
0.5Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 15, 2026$1.29$1.24+4.0%
Q4 2025Mar 25, 2026$1.24$1.240.0%
Q3 2025Dec 18, 2025$1.21$1.20+0.8%
Q2 2025Sep 24, 2025$1.20$1.19+0.8%
Next earningsWed, Sep 23·consensus EPS $1.35
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY26$2.9B+8.9%51.0%23.2%$1.27$613.1M
Q3 FY26$2.8B+8.9%51.0%23.2%$1.26$530.6M
Q2 FY26$2.8B+9.3%50.4%23.4%$1.23$425.0M
Q1 FY26$2.7B+8.7%50.3%22.7%$1.21$312.5M
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$11.2B$11.2B – $11.3B$4.90$4.89 – $4.9316
FY27$12.2B$12.1B – $12.3B$5.50$5.44 – $5.5715
FY28$13.1B$13.0B – $13.2B$6.12$5.98 – $6.3214
FY29$14.0B$13.7B – $14.3B$6.82$6.38 – $7.098
FY30$15.1B$14.9B – $15.2B$7.50$7.39 – $7.594
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.73%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+6.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+9.6%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatHigh float · 342.2M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.5% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.925-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.
Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
Are Consumer Discretionary Stocks Lagging Cintas (CTAS) This Year?BlackRock Inc. Makes New Investment in Cintas Corporation $CTASBaxter Bros Inc. Buys New Position in Cintas Corporation $CTASAMG National Trust Bank Makes New Investment in Cintas Corporation $CTASCintas Hit a Record 51% Margin. Here's Why Five Insider Filings Don't Change the Story
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