Cintas Corporation CTAS

199.91 2.23 1.13% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$79.0B
P/E
39.0×
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Cintas Corporation (CTAS) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Cintas Corporation (CTAS) trades at a price to free cash flow of 39.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 14.0× (January 2015) to 66.5× (August 2016); the current reading is higher than 67% of that period. That is above the Specialty Business Services industry median of 16.5× and above the Industrials sector median of 20.6×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2026 36.9× (28.20%)
FY2025 51.4× 23.64%
FY2024 41.5× 8.64%
FY2023 38.2× 22.10%
FY2022 31.3× 5.65%
FY2021 29.6× 22.24%
FY2020 24.2× (18.15%)
FY2019 29.6× 5.61%
FY2018 28.1× 4.16%
FY2017 26.9× (50.00%)

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Aug 2026 39.7× 7.67%
May 2026 36.9× (17.97%)
Feb 2026 45.0× 8.82%
Nov 2025 41.3× (13.95%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 14.0× High 66.5×
Ten-year median 33.8×
Current reading's percentile 67

Price to free cash flow against peers

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CTAS Cintas Corporation 39.3×
UNF Unifirst Corporation compare 52.7×
Specialty Business Services industry median 16.5×
Industrials sector median 20.6×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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