Cintas
✦ StockVane Quant Insights how this is computed
- Mid-pack momentum — held if you own it, not a fresh buy.
- Signal has read HOLD for 2 months.
- Recent price momentum is +17.9% on average (3-month/1-year).
- Main-fund capital flow has been a net outflow over the last 45 sessions.
- Analyst tilt is Buy.
- Price is above its 20-day average and above its 60-day average.
- The 20-day average is above the 60-day average, a short-term uptrend.
Computed by a StockVane algorithm from historical price, valuation and analyst data - not a person, not a forecast guarantee, and not investment advice.
Factor grades
Ranked against 2854 U.S. stocks StockVane covers.
Last computed: 2026-11-06 02:03 UTC
Valuation D
How expensive the stock is versus earnings, sales and its own 5-year history.
| P/E (TTM) | 44.7x | Better than 12% |
| Forward P/E | 38.1x | Better than 12% |
| Price / Sales | 7.6x | Better than 15% |
| P/E vs own 5-yr range | 62nd pctl | Better than 49% |
Growth B+
How fast revenue, profit and free cash flow are compounding.
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) | 8.5% | Better than 60% |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) | 14.1% | Better than 65% |
| Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) | 14.4% | Better than 58% |
Profitability A
How much profit the business keeps from each dollar of sales and capital.
| Gross margin | 50.7% | Better than 64% |
| Operating margin | 23.3% | Better than 82% |
| Net margin | 17.7% | Better than 76% |
| Return on equity | 40.6% | Better than 92% |
| Return on invested capital | 27.3% | Better than 95% |
Momentum A
Recent price strength, skipping the latest month to avoid short-term noise.
| 3-month return | 11.8% | Better than 86% |
| 6-month return | 36.3% | Better than 90% |
| 12-month return (ex latest month) | 7.7% | Better than 46% |
| Distance below 52-week high | 3.0% | Better than 93% |
Financial Health B-
Balance-sheet strength: leverage, liquidity and interest coverage.
| Current ratio | 1.4x | Better than 38% |
| Debt to assets | 25.7% | Better than 48% |
| Interest coverage | 24.6x | Better than 85% |
| Free cash flow / net income | 94.1% | Better than 34% |
Analyst View C-
What the Street thinks: share of Buy ratings and upside to the average target.
| Analysts rating Buy | 64.3% | Better than 40% |
| Upside to average target | -0.6% | Better than 9% |
Grades are relative rankings, not forecasts: A+ is the top 5% of the covered stocks on a factor, F the bottom 3%. Valuation is not adjusted for sector. Background recomputation is scheduled every 6 hours; actual computation time is shown above, and source datasets have different reporting dates. Not investment advice or tailored to your financial situation.
Price chart
Anonymous reader poll. Unscientific, not investment advice.
Performance
Key statistics
Price & volume
- Prev close
- 229.03
- Open
- 231.64
- Day range
- 224.54 - 233.46
- Avg price
- 227.97
- Volume
- 3.12M
- Turnover
- 710.66M
- Turnover ratei
- 0.92%
- Volume ratioi
- 1.70
- Amplitudei
- 3.90%
- 52-week rangei
- 160.31 - 233.46
Valuation
- P/Ei
- 46.11
- P/E (TTM)i
- 44.66
- P/Bi
- 17.27
- EPSi
- 4.91
- Book value / shi
- 13.11
- Net profit
- 1.95B
- Net assets
- 5.20B
Share structure
- Market cap
- 89.90B
- Float capi
- 76.77B
- Shares out
- 397.08M
- Float sharesi
- 339.07M
Dividend & listing
- Div yield (TTM)i
- 0.83%
- Dividend (TTM)
- 1.87
- Listing date
- 1970-01-01
3.0% below the 52-week high
Trading activity
Net capital flow main funds, last 45 sessions
-54.57M net over the window
Short interest
- Shares short
- 11.25M
- % of floati
- 2.83%
- Days to coveri
- 7.05
- As of
- 2026-10-15
Frequently asked questions
What is the current stock price of Cintas (CTAS)?
Cintas last traded at 226.41. The quote on this page refreshes every few seconds while US markets are open.
What is Cintas's market cap?
About 89.90B.
What is the P/E ratio of Cintas?
The trailing twelve-month P/E is 44.66, above its own 5-year average of 43.90 — in the middle of its historical range (62.07% percentile). See the Valuation tab for the full history.
Does Cintas pay a dividend?
Yes. The trailing dividend yield is 0.83%. The 2025 payout fell 64% from 2024 - a real reduction, not rounding noise. See the Dividends tab for the full payment history.
Is Cintas a buy according to analysts?
The consensus of 14 analysts is a Buy rating, with an average 12-month price target of 225.00, which implies 0.6% downside from the current price. This is not investment advice.
What is Cintas's StockVane Quant Rating?
The StockVane Momentum strategy currently rates Cintas a C (Hold). Mid-pack momentum — held if you own it, not a fresh buy. Not investment advice.
Quote time 2026-11-05 20:02:29 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.
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