Cintas Corporation

NasdaqGS:CTAS Stock Report

Market Cap: US$77.9b

Cintas Valuation

Is CTAS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of CTAS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: CTAS ($194.76) is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value ($185.1)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: CTAS is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CTAS?

Key metric: As CTAS is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CTAS. This is calculated by dividing CTAS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CTAS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio41.2x
EarningsUS$1.89b
Market CapUS$77.88b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CTAS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CTAS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average34.9x
CPRT Copart
24.5x6.37%US$39.1b
RBA RB Global
55.9x23.50%US$21.9b
UNF UniFirst
25.9x5.86%US$3.6b
OPLN OPENLANE
33.2x24.48%US$3.1b
CTAS Cintas
41.2x9.11%US$77.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CTAS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41.2x) compared to the peer average (34.9x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CTAS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Commercial Services Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
COLD.F Cardno
1.4xn/aUS$6.64m
ESTR.F Estre Ambiental
n/an/aUS$45.00
No more companies available in this PE range
CTAS 41.2xIndustry Avg. 25.9xNo. of Companies7PE01632486480+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CTAS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41.2x) compared to the US Commercial Services industry average (25.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CTAS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CTAS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio41.2x
Fair PE Ratio31.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CTAS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.1x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CTAS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$194.76
US$216.78
+11.31%
11.70%US$255.00US$172.00n/a18
Feb ’27US$191.39
US$216.78
+13.26%
11.70%US$255.00US$172.00n/a18
Jan ’27US$188.07
US$213.94
+13.76%
11.65%US$255.00US$172.00n/a17
Dec ’26US$185.43
US$214.88
+15.88%
12.93%US$255.00US$172.00n/a17
Nov ’26US$183.27
US$217.44
+18.64%
12.80%US$255.00US$172.00n/a16
Oct ’26US$203.64
US$217.44
+6.78%
12.80%US$255.00US$172.00n/a16
Sep ’26US$210.03
US$221.00
+5.22%
13.19%US$255.00US$172.00n/a16
Aug ’26US$221.50
US$220.06
-0.65%
12.84%US$255.00US$172.00n/a16
Jul ’26US$224.31
US$212.67
-5.19%
13.46%US$250.00US$163.00n/a16
Jun ’26US$226.50
US$209.54
-7.49%
13.30%US$250.00US$163.00n/a16
May ’26US$209.55
US$209.54
-0.0033%
13.30%US$250.00US$163.00n/a16
Apr ’26US$207.87
US$206.34
-0.74%
13.30%US$245.00US$162.12n/a15
Mar ’26US$207.50
US$195.74
-5.67%
12.06%US$245.00US$161.00n/a15
Feb ’26US$200.57
US$194.84
-2.86%
12.89%US$245.00US$147.50US$191.3915
Jan ’26US$182.70
US$195.79
+7.16%
12.56%US$245.00US$147.50US$188.0716
Dec ’25US$225.79
US$206.12
-8.71%
13.62%US$245.00US$147.50US$185.4316
Nov ’25US$205.62
US$204.81
-0.39%
14.97%US$245.00US$137.00US$183.2716
Oct ’25US$203.86
US$203.08
-0.38%
14.89%US$245.00US$137.00US$203.6416
Sep ’25US$201.28
US$189.50
-5.85%
13.45%US$218.75US$130.00US$210.0317
Aug ’25US$190.48
US$189.73
-0.39%
13.79%US$218.75US$130.00US$221.5015
Jul ’25US$173.53
US$173.74
+0.13%
12.48%US$197.50US$120.00US$224.3115
Jun ’25US$169.49
US$173.84
+2.57%
12.52%US$197.50US$120.00US$226.5015
May ’25US$165.90
US$171.84
+3.58%
13.22%US$197.50US$120.00US$209.5516
Apr ’25US$170.14
US$171.52
+0.82%
13.67%US$197.50US$115.00US$207.8716
Mar ’25US$157.09
US$154.44
-1.69%
10.54%US$175.00US$115.00US$207.5017
Feb ’25US$154.39
US$153.41
-0.63%
10.09%US$175.00US$115.00US$200.5717
US$216.78
Fair Value
10.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
18
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/02/10 02:20
End of Day Share Price 2026/02/09 00:00
Earnings2025/11/30
Annual Earnings2025/05/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Cintas Corporation is covered by 30 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Andrew WittmannBaird
Gary BisbeeBarclays
Manav PatnaikBarclays