Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for CTAS in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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NASDAQ: CTAS
Cintas (CTAS) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Nov 4 close
$229.03+5.29 (+2.4%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryNov 4 closeCintas reaches a new 52-week high this week, with shares touching $228.09 as the company's proposed $5.5 billion acquisition of UniFirst continues under regulatory review in the U.S. and Canada. Both companies have responded to antitrust information requests, and December 11, 2026 stands as the earliest possible closing date unless the FTC concludes its investigation sooner. Separately, commentary has circulated on valuation, with Cintas trading at 43.6x earnings versus Ecolab's 41.5x, with some noting the premium against a superior operating margin of 23.6% compared to Ecolab's 18.1%.
Cintas closed at $229.03, up 2.4% on the day, sitting above both its 50-day average of $205.69 and its 200-day average of $190.72. The stock's one-year return stands at 25.8%, with a three-month gain of 13.3%. The GekkoIndex reads 46.4, placing it in the Neutral zone, while the gap to Gekko Fair Value of $183.96 shows price running 24.5% above that level.
The next earnings date falls on 17 December 2026, 42 days away and outside a typical 20-trading-day holding window. Analyst coverage spans 14 firms, with 9 buy, 4 hold and 1 sell ratings, and a consensus target of $218.44. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged a 4.7% move across 5 years, rising in 4 of them. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the recent window.
Written by AI from the Nov 4, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Cintas price vs fair value
Close $229.03200-day averageGekko Fair Value $183.96
Cintas quick facts
- Market cap
- $90.94B
- P/E ratio
- 44.3
- Forward P/E
- 40
- EPS, TTM
- $5.07
- Revenue, TTM
- $11.56B
- Profit margin
- 17.8%
- Dividend yield
- 0.85%
- Beta
- 0.86
- Volume
- 2.04M avg 1.97M
- 1-year return
- +25.8%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.4%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4%
- 50-day average
- $205.69
- 200-day average
- $190.72
- Next earnings
- Dec 17
- Shares outstanding
- 397.1M
Cintas swing-trade checklist
Cintas scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendsupportive
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $229.03 is above the 50-day ($205.69) and 200-day ($190.72) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
46.4, Neutral
Reading 46.4 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valueheadwind
24.5% above
Price is 24.5% above Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% above).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 42 days
Next report Dec 17, 2026, 42 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+4.7% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +4.7% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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Cintas stock chart and price history
Cintas closed at $229.03 on Nov 4, 2026, +25.8% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $161.16 to $230.74.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +16.9%
- 3 months
- +13.3%
- 6 months
- +35.2%
- 1 year
- +25.8%
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About Cintas
Cintas supplies workplace uniforms and a range of supporting services to companies in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Its offerings include renting and cleaning work clothing, such as garments designed to resist flame, plus floor mats, mops, and shop towels. The company is best known for this ongoing rental and upkeep arrangement, and it also sells uniforms outright and handles restroom cleaning and supply needs.
Cintas organizes its work into three areas: uniform rental and facility care, first aid and safety offerings, and a smaller catch-all division. The safety-focused unit provides first aid supplies, workplace safety programs, and fire protection equipment and services. Its customer base runs from small manufacturers and service providers up to major corporations, and it reaches them through a wide delivery and distribution setup along with representatives who work with clients directly.
Cintas began operating in 1968 and runs its headquarters out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Shares of the company trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker CTAS.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Commercial services
- Industry
- Miscellaneous commercial services
- Website
- cintas.com
Cintas GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Cintas’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 46.4, in the Neutral zone, down 4.5 points over five sessions.
46.4Neutral
Down 4.5 points over five sessions.
Reading for Nov 4, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 30 | −0.7% | +0.8% | ||
| Accumulation | 177 | +0.1% | +1.5% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 428 | +0.5% | +1.2% | ||
| Distribution | 56 | −0.1% | −0.6% | ||
| Selling | 6 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average CTAS share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.0% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Cintas stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Cintas trades 24.5% above Gekko Fair Value of $183.96, so the shares are overvalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Cintas shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$183.96
Gekko Fair Value, Nov 4, 2026
24.5% Overvalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 10.3% above the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Cintas insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Cintas, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in CTAS were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Cintas has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Aug 31, 2026
- $315.7M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.35%
- Trailing four quarters
- $1.00B
From company filings.
Cintas earnings: next date and track record
Cintas reports on Dec 17, 2026 (42 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Dec 17, 2026
42 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.36
- Revenue estimate
- $3.03B
6 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4.7%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Sep 23, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Cintas reported Q1 fiscal 2027 revenue of $3.01 billion, up 10.9% YoY and marking the first $3B quarter in company history. Organic growth was 8.9%. Adjusted diluted EPS rose 15.8% to $1.39. The company raised its dividend 15.6% and repurchased $545 million in shares. UniFirst acquisition regulatory review is ongoing with expected close by end of calendar 2026.
- Guidance
- Cintas raised FY2027 revenue guidance to $12.15B-$12.27B (7.9%-8.9% growth) and adjusted diluted EPS to $5.45-$5.54 (10.3%-12.1% growth), reflecting confidence in sustained demand and operational execution.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | $1.39 est $1.35 | $3.01B est $2.98B | −0.6% |
| Jul 15, 2026 | $1.09 est $1.24 | — est $2.87B | +11.9% |
| Mar 25, 2026 | $1.24 est $1.24 | $2.84B est $2.82B | −5.2% |
| Dec 18, 2025 | $1.21 est $1.20 | $2.80B est $2.77B | +0.1% |
| Sep 24, 2025 | $1.20 est $1.19 | $2.72B est $2.70B | +0.7% |
| Jul 17, 2025 | $1.09 est $1.07 | $2.67B est $2.63B | +3.7% |
| Mar 26, 2025 | $1.13 est $1.05 | $2.61B est $2.60B | +6.6% |
| Dec 19, 2024 | $1.09 est $1.01 | $2.56B est $2.56B | −8.5% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Cintas stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Cintas is $218.44, −4.6% from the last close, from 14 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$218.44consensus 12-month target, −4.6% from the last close
Now $229.03Avg $218.44
Low $181High $250
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 14 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28 | Bank of America Securities | $232 | +1.3% |
| Oct 2 | Truist Financial | — | — |
| Sep 30 | Citi | $181 | −21.0% |
| Sep 28 | Argus Research | $240 | +4.8% |
| Sep 25 | Oppenheimer | — | — |
+1.2%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+4.7%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.4%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Cintas seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Nov 4, Cintas averaged +4.7% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +3.7% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +3.9% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +4.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +4.7% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +3.6% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, CTAS’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4%.
Cintas market cap and key statistics
Cintas’s market cap is $90.94B, with a P/E ratio of 44.3 and revenue of $11.56B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $90.94B
- P/E ratio
- 44.3
- Forward P/E
- 40
- EPS, TTM
- $5.07
- Gekko Fair Value
- $183.96
Trading
- Volume
- 2.04M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.97M
- 52-week high
- $230.74
- 52-week low
- $161.16
- Shares outstanding
- 397.1M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $11.56B
- Profit margin
- 17.8%
- Return on equity
- 41.4%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +13.3%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.86
- Typical daily move
- ±2.4%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4%
- Dividend yield
- 0.85%
Cintas stock news this week
Coverage of Cintas this week reads positive: 8 positive, 8 neutral and 2 negative headlines.
- Cintas stock falls 1.51% as UniFirst review continuesad-hoc-news.de, Nov 4
- Cintas stock hits 52-week high at $228.09 By Investing.comInvesting.com India, Nov 4
- Cintas stock faces December 11 UniFirst closing constraintad-hoc-news.de, Nov 4
- Cintas Corporation stock faces UniFirst deal deadline after FTC reviewad-hoc-news.de, Nov 3
- Are You Overpaying For Cintas Stock Versus Its Rivals?Trefis, Nov 3
- What Could Lift Cintas Stock?Trefis, Nov 2
Cintas peers
Cintas’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| SHOPShopify | Accumulation | 5.3% above |
| PYPLPayPal | Neutral | 7.5% above |
| XYZBlock | Distribution | 24.2% above |
| FISVFiserv | Selling | 32.2% below |
| CPAYCorpay | Neutral | 14.0% below |
| GPNGlobal Payments | Distribution | 9.8% below |
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Cintas stock FAQ
What is Cintas’s market cap?
Cintas’s market cap is $90.94B at the Nov 4, 2026 close of $229.03, with 397.1M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 44.3.
What is the Cintas stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Cintas is $218.44, −4.6% from the last close. Of the 14 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 9 rate it a buy, 4 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Cintas stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Cintas is overvalued: the Nov 4, 2026 close of $229.03 is 24.5% above Gekko Fair Value of $183.96. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Cintas report earnings next?
Cintas is expected to report on Dec 17, 2026 (42 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.36 per share on revenue of $3.03B. Cintas beat the earnings estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports, moving 4.7% on average across the report.
What is Cintas’s 52-week high and low?
Cintas’s 52-week high is $230.74 and its 52-week low is $161.16; it closed at $229.03 on Nov 4, 2026, +25.8% over the past year.
Is Cintas stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend, earnings risk and seasonality), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex) and 1 as a headwind (fair value). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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