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Cintas Corporation

CTAS Industrials Specialty Business Services

Cintas Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $11.3 billion, up 8.94% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue grew 10.9%, EPS grew 12.5%, free cash flow grew 48.7% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for ten, operating cash flow growth for ten.

202.41 1.29 +0.64%
Market cap
$80.6B
P/E
39.5×
Fwd P/E
33.1×
Dividend yield
0.92%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
11.41
Beneish M
−2.52
Dividend safety
85/100
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios Filings 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 3.56
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — 1 — — 2 — — —
Insider Ownership 14.30%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 80,590.00
Revenue 11,560.62
Net Income 2,060.54
Free Cash Flow 2,033.45
Net Debt 2,185.25
Current Ratio 1.45
Debt/Equity 0.47 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 39.53 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 33.10
P/S ratio 7.01
P/B ratio 15.56 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth 13.91%
This Y EPS Growth 12.23%
Next Y EPS Growth 11.41%
Next Y revenue growth 8.71%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 11.79%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 7.2×, against a ten-year median of 5.5×; over the ten years it ranged from 2.1× in 2016 to 9.6× in 2024.
P/E against its own 10 years 75.63%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 81.39%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 80.13%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 80.69%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 62.81%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.37
Annual Dividend Rate 1.87
Annual Dividend Yield 0.92%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.75
0.45
0.45
0.52
2025 1.68
0.39
0.39
0.45
0.45
2024 1.46
0.34
0.34
0.39
0.39
2023 1.25
0.29
0.29
0.34
0.34
2022 1.05
0.24
0.24
0.29
0.29
2021 0.85
0.19
0.19
0.24
0.24
2020 0.88
0.88
2019 0.64
0.64
2018 0.51
0.51
2017 0.41
0.41
2016 0.33
0.33
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 342 264 289 244
Receivables 1,244 1,417 1,555 1,588
Inventory 410 447 446 433
Other 1,040 1,137 1,276 1,310
3,185 3,436 3,853 3,932
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 339 485 461 507
ST’ Debt 450 — 999 999
Other — — — —
1,829 1,645 2,687 2,705

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 8.91% 9.62% 8.51%
Cash Flow 17.19% 10.84% 12.79%
Earnings 11.14% 12.56% 14.09%
Book Value 10.80% 6.87% 9.98%

Revenue $m

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 3,014 — — — —
’26 2,718 2,800 2,841 2,905 11,265
’25 2,502 2,562 2,609 2,668 10,340
’24 2,342 2,377 2,406 2,471 9,597
’23 2,166 2,175 2,190 2,284 8,816
’22 1,897 1,922 1,961 2,075 7,854
’21 1,747 1,757 1,777 1,836 7,116
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 572 — — — —
’26 414 531 621 709 2,276
’25 460 445 620 640 2,166
’24 337 393 657 682 2,069
’23 298 321 425 542 1,586
’22 262 332 393 551 1,538
’21 312 261 332 456 1,361
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 465 — — — —
’26 313 425 531 613 1,881
’25 367 349 539 526 1,781
’24 230 299 550 580 1,659
’23 228 245 347 435 1,255
’22 228 257 351 476 1,312
’21 281 234 322 412 1,249
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 1.36 — — — —
’26 1.20 1.21 1.24 1.26 4.91
’25 1.10 1.09 1.13 1.09 4.40
’24 0.93 0.90 0.96 1.00 3.79
’23 0.85 0.78 0.79 0.83 3.25
’22 0.78 0.69 0.74 0.70 2.91
’21 0.70 0.66 0.59 0.62 2.56
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to May

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 28.24 36.85 41.13 38.58 78.66 85.97 105.77 143.64 180.39 161.16

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 40.86 54.34 69.46 92.30 115.36 117.56 151.95 228.12 229.24 219.17
People
People Employees 42,000 41,000 45,000 40,000 40,000 43,000 44,500 46,500 48,300 48,100
Revenue/emp, $m 0.13 0.16 0.15 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.20 0.21 0.21 0.23
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 5,323 6,477 6,892 7,085 7,116 7,854 8,816 9,597 10,340 11,265
Gross margin, % 44.71 44.91 45.39 45.64 46.58 46.24 47.34 48.83 50.04 50.67
EBT 687 841 1,102 1,058 1,288 1,499 1,693 1,974 2,264 2,505
EBT margin, % 12.91 12.99 15.99 14.94 18.10 19.08 19.21 20.57 21.90 22.24
Net income 481 843 885 876 1,111 1,236 1,348 1,572 1,812 2,000
Depreciation 197 279 360 379 388 400 419 457 494 513
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 12.68 15.19 16.24 17.06 16.96 19.03 21.68 23.60 25.62 28.07
Earnings 1.12 1.95 2.06 2.09 2.63 2.98 3.30 3.85 4.48 4.97
Cash flow 1.82 2.26 2.52 3.11 3.24 3.73 3.90 5.09 5.37 5.67
Capex (0.65) (0.64) (0.64) (0.52) (0.27) (0.55) (0.81) (1.01) (0.95) (0.98)
Free cash flow 1.17 1.62 1.87 2.59 2.98 3.18 3.09 4.08 4.41 4.69
Book value 5.48 7.07 7.08 7.79 8.79 8.02 9.50 10.62 11.61 12.81
Shares, m 420 426 424 415 419 413 407 407 404 401
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 28.04 23.42 26.89 30.02 33.56 33.39 35.74 44.05 50.60 34.80
P/S 2.48 3.00 3.41 3.68 5.20 5.23 5.44 7.18 8.85 6.16
P/B 5.74 6.44 7.84 8.05 10.04 12.42 12.42 15.97 19.53 13.50
EV/Sales 3.03 3.40 3.81 4.02 5.49 5.58 5.72 7.40 9.10 6.35
EV/FCF 32.93 31.78 33.09 26.52 31.28 33.38 40.15 42.83 52.83 38.02
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 764 964 1,068 1,291 1,361 1,538 1,586 2,069 2,166 2,276
Capex (273) (272) (274) (217) (112) (225) (331) (409) (385) (395)
Free cash flow 491 692 794 1,074 1,249 1,312 1,255 1,659 1,781 1,881
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 824 1,202 1,109 1,425 909 1,199 1,708 1,357 1,792 1,166
Total debt 3,134 2,535 2,850 2,583 2,542 2,796 2,530 2,476 2,425 2,428
Net debt 2,942 2,397 2,753 2,437 2,048 2,705 2,406 2,134 2,161 2,139
Shareholders’ equity 2,303 3,017 3,003 3,235 3,688 3,308 3,864 4,316 4,684 5,140
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 8.79 12.21 12.30 11.60 13.87 15.01 16.08 17.68 19.02 19.59
ROIC 9.22 10.97 12.31 12.81 15.10 16.50 17.97 20.05 21.54 22.38
ROE 23.19 31.68 29.41 28.09 31.87 35.15 37.44 38.28 40.13 40.59
Negative figures in brackets.

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to May 2026 · latest quarter Aug 2026 · fundamentals updated 9 Oct 2026

Charts ten years each

Cintas Corporation vs peers in Specialty Business Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
CTAS Cintas Corporation $80.6B 39.5× 33.1× +10.88% (above 0%: growing) +12.50% (above 0%: growing) +48.72% (above 0%: growing) 51.54% 23.62%
RELX RELX PLC $61.2B 16.5× — +20.81% (above 0%: growing) +23.32% (above 0%: growing) +20.95% (above 0%: growing) 61.32% 0.00% Compare
CPRT Copart, Inc. $25.5B 17.5× 18.5× +2.43% (above 0%: growing) −14.63% (below 0%: shrinking) −26.98% (below 0%: shrinking) 41.78% 32.01% Compare
ARMK Aramark $14.6B 37.6× 29.0× +9.33% (above 0%: growing) +37.04% (above 0%: growing) +125.89% (above 0%: growing) 8.51% 4.26% Compare
ULS UL Solutions Inc. $14.3B 27.9× 45.9× +5.15% (above 0%: growing) +171.11% (above 0%: growing) −13.33% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.10% 18.38% Compare
RTO Rentokil Initial PLC $10.2B 59.3× 29.4× +66.96% (above 0%: growing) +6.36% (above 0%: growing) +7.92% (above 0%: growing) 13.59% 0.00% Compare
DLB Dolby Laboratories $5.5B 24.7× 16.5× −3.34% (below 0%: shrinking) −37.50% (below 0%: shrinking) +157.37% (above 0%: growing) 86.78% 11.25% Compare
AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc. $4.6B 23.2× 21.9× −1.99% (below 0%: shrinking) +575.00% (above 0%: growing) +35.00% (above 0%: growing) 10.32% 4.93% Compare
UNF Unifirst Corporation $4.5B 39.5× 39.4× +3.87% (above 0%: growing) −48.20% (below 0%: shrinking) −21.68% (below 0%: shrinking) 37.00% 3.63% Compare
Median of peers $12.2B 26.3× 29.0× +4.51% +14.84% +14.44% 39.39% 4.60%

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CTAS metrics, ten years each

Cintas Corporation (CTAS) key facts

  • Strength: Cintas Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $11.3 billion, up 8.94% from fiscal 2025.
  • Strength: Net income was $2.0 billion, or $4.97 per share (basic), a net margin of 17.7%.
  • Cintas Corporation (CTAS) is a Specialty Business Services company in the Industrials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 9, 2026, CTAS traded at $202.41, a market capitalization of $80.6 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 39.5× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 7.0× sales; its P/E is higher than 76% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Cintas Corporation pays an annual dividend of $1.87 per share, a yield of 0.92%, with a payout ratio of 36.9%.
  • Return on equity was 40.6% and debt-to-equity 0.47.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 11.41 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 9, 2026.

Financial Analysis (summary)

Updated

Cintas entered its latest reported quarter after a fiscal year in which revenue, earnings, operating cash flow and free cash flow were all above the preceding fiscal year. Margins and returns on equity, assets and invested capital also moved higher over the multi-year record shown.

The latest quarter continued the year-over-year increase in revenue, diluted earnings per share and free cash flow, while gross and operating margins were above the comparable quarter. The balance sheet shows net debt alongside positive working capital and reported liquidity ratios. Capital returns included both dividends and net share repurchases.

Cintas Corporation (CTAS) Latest News

12 Mar

Impact 5 ·

11 Mar

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