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Cintas Corporation

CTAS
75
Specialty Business Services · Industrials
Also trades as: 0HYJ.L GBP 2.13 (-0.38%)
Price
$213.69
+0.63 (+0.30%)
Market Cap
$84.85B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
75
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A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Oct 18, 2026 · filings through Aug 31, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Strong
24/30
Growth
Strong
16/20
Cash Flow
Exceptional
9/10
Stability
Exceptional
9/10
Valuation
Weak
2/10
Ownership
Not counted
n/a
Dividends
Not counted
n/a

60 of 80 counted points = Winston Score 75. Pillars marked n/a do not apply to this company and are left out of the total.

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Share count falling — buybacks

−3.8% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 422.1M (2022) → 406.2M (2026)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Cintas Corporation rents and sells uniforms, workwear, and safety gear to businesses across North America. Its customers include restaurants, hospitals, factories, auto shops, and offices — basically any workplace that needs employees to look professional or stay safe. Cintas also provides related services like restroom supplies, first aid kits, fire extinguisher inspections, and floor mats, making it a one-stop shop for workplace essentials.

The company earns most of its revenue through recurring service contracts, where customers pay a regular fee to have uniforms picked up, cleaned, and returned on a set schedule. Cintas operates primarily in the United States and Canada, serves over one million businesses, and is the largest uniform services company in North America. Its massive delivery network and long-term customer contracts make it hard for smaller competitors to undercut it. The main risk is that economic slowdowns can cause businesses to cut headcount, which directly reduces the number of uniforms Cintas needs to service.

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Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+10.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+13.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

↓ Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$692M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Cintas Corporation is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 11%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
51.5%
Healthy — 51.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
23.6%
Excellent — 23.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
34.1%
Exceptional — 34.1% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+9.5%
Steady sales growth (+9.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+12.3%
Earnings growing (+12.3% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
118%
Turns 118% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
17.6%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (17.6%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.52
Conservative — low debt load (0.52)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
25.28x
Comfortably covers interest (25.3x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
41.7x
Pricey — P/E 41.7

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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