Cintas Corporation is an American corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, which provides a range of products and services to businesses including uniforms, mats, mops, cleaning and restroom supplies, first aid and safety products, fire extinguishers and testing, and safety courses.
| Revenue (TTM) | $11.56B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $5.89B |
| EBITDA | $3.10B |
| Operating Margin | 24.10% |
| Return on Equity | 41.40% |
| Return on Assets | 16.70% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $28.87 |
| Book Value | $13.03 |
| Price-to-Book | 15.41 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 6.93 |
| EV/Revenue | 7.25 |
| EV/EBITDA | 26.13 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 13.30% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 10.90% |
| Shares Outstanding | $399.52M |
| Float | $341.51M |
| % Insiders | 14.46% |
| % Institutions | 70.13% |
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Investors watching Cintas NASDAQ: CTAS and wondering where the stock price may go next need to focus on its durable growth and unmatched capital returns. They, alongside fundamentally bullish market conditions, market-leading performance, and analysts, say this stock can reach new highs, potentially before the year's end.
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Cintas tops Q1 earnings and revenue estimates as record margins and strong organic growth drive results, while higher fiscal 2027 guidance signals continued momentum.
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Cintas Corporation (CTAS) Q1 2027 Earnings Call Transcript
Cintas Corporation remains a fundamentally excellent, high-quality services company, but its current 35-40x P/E valuation is unjustified given sector norms. Despite strong margins, double-digit EPS growth, and recurring revenues, CTAS offers a sub-1% yield and a sub-2.7% earnings yield, providing little risk protection. The UniFirst acquisition highlights overpayment risk, as CTAS is buying lower-quality assets that require significant turnaround to justify the price.
Cintas NASDAQ: CTAS reported fiscal 2027 first-quarter revenue of $3.01 billion, up 10.9% from a year earlier and marking the first time the company exceeded $3 billion in quarterly revenue. Organic revenue growth, which excludes acquisitions, foreign currency movements and workday differences, was 8.9%.
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Cintas (CTAS) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended August 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Cintas (CTAS) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.39 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.35 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.2 per share a year ago.
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