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Cintas Corporation CTAS
$193.02 -1.32% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $77.24B
High qualityLow risk
Next earnings report: Dec 17, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 57 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $11.56B, up 9.5% from a year earlier.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $5.07, up 12.4% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth59Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 44%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 45%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 34%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 39%
Quality95Exceptional
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 3%
- Gross marginTop 11%
- Operating marginTop 6%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 28%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 33%
- Interest coverTop 10%
Value34Weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 50%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 43%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 31%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 11%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 36%
Momentum55Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 37%
- 6-month returnTop 40%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 38%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 19%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Revisions27Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 23%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 36%
Stability95Exceptional
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 15%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 10%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 18%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 33%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.9% | 9.5% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 11.3% | 12.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 50.1% | 51.0% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 22.9% | 23.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 16.1% | 17.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 9.5% | 8.9% | ↑ | Top 44% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 12.4% | 11.3% | ↑ | Top 45% |
| Gross margin | 51.0% | 50.1% | ↑ | Top 11% |
| Operating margin | 23.4% | 22.9% | ↑ | Top 6% |
| Net margin | 17.8% | 17.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 17.6% | 16.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 23.8% | — | Top 3% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 8.5% | — | Top 34% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.18×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.83×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 25.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.94%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.30%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.23%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 31, 2026 (filed Sep 23, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +2.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $234.60
- Target vs current price
- +21.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 30
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 40%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | +3.0% | -3.4% | -0.5% | — | — |
| Jul 15, 2026 | +4.0% | +4.4% | +8.7% | +11.4% | — |
| Mar 25, 2026 | +0.0% | -0.7% | -5.0% | -1.9% | -4.1% |
| Dec 18, 2025 | +0.8% | +1.3% | +2.0% | +4.3% | +2.9% |
| Sep 24, 2025 | +0.8% | -0.3% | +2.3% | -2.0% | -6.6% |
| Jul 17, 2025 | +1.9% | +3.7% | +3.4% | +5.2% | -10.4% |
| Mar 26, 2025 | +5.6% | +5.8% | +7.4% | +7.4% | +13.0% |
| Dec 19, 2024 | +7.9% | -10.6% | -9.4% | -1.5% | -3.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | $1.39 | $1.35 | +3.0% | $3.01B |
| Jul 15, 2026 | $1.29 | $1.24 | +4.0% | $2.91B |
| Mar 25, 2026 | $1.24 | $1.24 | +0.0% | $2.84B |
| Dec 18, 2025 | $1.21 | $1.20 | +0.8% | $2.80B |
| Sep 24, 2025 | $1.20 | $1.19 | +0.8% | $2.72B |
| Jul 17, 2025 | $1.09 | $1.07 | +1.9% | $2.67B |
| Mar 26, 2025 | $1.13 | $1.07 | +5.6% | $2.61B |
| Dec 19, 2024 | $1.09 | $1.01 | +7.9% | $2.56B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 38.1× | 38.9× | 43th | Top 50% |
| P/E (forward) | 34.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 26.9× | — | — | Bottom 31% |
| EV / Sales | 6.89× | — | — | Bottom 11% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.63% | — | — | Bottom 43% |
| Earnings yield | 2.63% | — | — | Top 50% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 34.2× – 51.7× since Aug 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -5.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +12.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -14.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 57
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +2.6%
- RSI (14)
- 40.3
- Relative volume
- 0.89×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 76th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.69
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.41
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -10.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -28.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2025 | May 13, 2026 | -28.2% | 234 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 10, 2021 | Jun 17, 2022 | -24.2% | 130 days | 114 days (Nov 30, 2022) |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Jan 2, 2025 | -19.6% | 24 days | 101 days (May 30, 2025) |
| Nov 16, 2020 | Jan 29, 2021 | -13.7% | 50 days | 99 days (Jun 22, 2021) |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -10.8% | 13 days | 6 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $77.24B
- P/E (TTM)
- 38.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $5.07
- Revenue (TTM)
- $11.56B
- Dividend yield
- 0.97%
- 52-week range
- $161.16 – $219.17
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $7.85B | $8.82B | $9.60B | $10.34B | $11.26B |
| Gross profit | $3.63B | $4.17B | $4.69B | $5.17B | $5.69B |
| Operating income | $1.59B | $1.80B | $2.07B | $2.36B | $2.61B |
| Net income | $1.24B | $1.35B | $1.57B | $1.81B | $2.00B |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.91 | $3.25 | $3.79 | $4.40 | $4.91 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.56B | $2.61B | $2.67B | $2.72B | $2.80B | $2.84B | $2.91B | $3.01B |
| Net income | $448.5M | $463.5M | $448.3M | $491.1M | $495.3M | $502.5M | $511.0M | $551.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.09 | $1.13 | $1.09 | $1.20 | $1.21 | $1.24 | $1.26 | $1.36 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.54B | $1.60B | $2.08B | $2.17B | $2.28B |
| Capital expenditure | -$240.7M | -$331.1M | -$409.5M | -$408.9M | -$395.1M |
| Free cash flow | $1.30B | $1.27B | $1.67B | $1.76B | $1.88B |
| Dividends paid | -$375.1M | -$449.9M | -$530.9M | -$611.6M | -$701.5M |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.53B | -$398.9M | -$700.0M | -$933.9M | -$952.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $243.6M
- Total assets
- $10.65B
- Total liabilities
- $5.45B
- Total debt
- $2.71B
- Net debt
- $2.47B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $5.20B
As of Aug 31, 2026 (filed Sep 23, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $0.52 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| May 15, 2026 | $0.45 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | $0.45 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | $0.45 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.45 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| May 15, 2025 | $0.39 | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Feb 14, 2025 | $0.39 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $0.39 | Dec 13, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 11,215,794
- Days to cover
- 6.47
- Change vs previous report
- -3.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 12, 2024
- 4-for-1
- Mar 8, 2000
- 3-for-2
- Nov 19, 1997
- 2-for-1
- Apr 3, 1992
- 2-for-1
- Apr 3, 1991
- 3-for-2