CTASCintas

$205.73

Is the price fair?

What CTAS's price assumes

Cintas trades at 43.4× earnings against 34.4× for the median Specialty Business Services name, more expensive than its own group.

43.4

Trailing P/E · Specialty Business Services median 34.4 · 1.26× the median: the market pays up for this one

Price / sales
7.36

Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1

Free cash flow yield
2.6%

Free cash flow yield · Specialty Business Services median 5.0%

Growth the price implies
+14%

Growth the price implies · The price pays for +14% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +11% a year over the last three.

Details
Price / book2026-Q1
16.9
EV / EBIT2026-Q1
33.0
EV / sales2026-Q1
7.57
Industrials median P/E346 names
29.9
Specialty Business Services median P/E21 names
34.4
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$1.79B
Market capitalisation
$68.4B
3-year revenue growth
+8.6%
3-year free cash flow growth
+11%
CTAS has re-rated away from its own history, so multiplying the old multiple by today's earnings prices a full reversal, not the business
MethodPer share
What its own history would implynot meaningful, 44.8× today against a 8.39× median
52-week range$163.11 – $224.14
Today$205.73

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.