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Cintas CTAS Ratios & Valuation

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Profitability
Gross margin50.4%+0.9pp50.2%+1.2pp50.1%+1.2pp50%+1.2pp49.5%+1.0pp
Operating margin23%+0.2pp23%+0.6pp22.9%+1.1pp22.8%+1.3pp22.8%+1.6pp
Net margin17.6%0.0pp17.6%+0.4pp17.5%+0.7pp17.5%+1.2pp17.5%+1.6pp
EBITDA margin25.8%+0.1pp25.9%+0.6pp25.8%+1.0pp25.8%+1.3pp25.7%+1.5pp
Free cash flow margin16.3%-1.6pp16.5%-2.0pp16.1%-2.3pp17%-0.3pp17.9%+1.8pp
Returns
Return on equity41.3%+1.0pp43.4%+2.1pp42.2%+1.7pp40.3%+1.8pp40.3%+2.1pp
Return on assets19.5%+0.4pp19.5%+0.6pp19.6%+1.2pp19.1%+1.3pp19.1%+1.9pp
Return on invested capital26.8%+0.9pp26.4%+1.3pp26.5%+1.8pp26.6%+2.3pp26%+2.5pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover1.1×0.0×1.1×0.0×1.1×0.0×1.1×0.0×1.1×0.0×
Inventory turnover12.6×+1.0×12.8×+1.3×12.4×+1.4×12×+1.3×11.6×+1.7×
Liquidity
Current ratio+0.3×1.7×+0.1×2.2×+0.7×2.1×+0.3×1.7×-0.7×
Quick ratio1.7×+0.2×1.5×+0.1×1.9×+0.6×1.8×+0.3×1.5×-0.5×
Cash ratio0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.1×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.6×-0.1×0.7×0.0×0.6×-0.3×0.6×-0.2×0.7×+0.1×
Debt-to-assets0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×-0.1×0.3×-0.1×0.3×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA-0.2×1.1×-0.2×0.9×-0.4×0.9×-0.3×1.1×0.0×
Interest coverage24.2×+1.4×24.5×+2.8×24.3×+3.3×23.3×+2.8×22.8×+3.4×
Valuation
Market capitalization$80.43B-3.9%$74.76B-17.9%$84.64B+4.3%$91.21B+32.6%$83.74B+31.4%
Enterprise value$83.17B-4.0%$77.8B-17.4%$87.19B+3.4%$93.61B+30.8%$86.64B+30.7%
Price / earnings41.5×-5.6×39.4×-13.8×45.7×-3.8×50.3×+6.6×47.1×+4.7×
Price / sales7.3×-1.0×6.9×-2.2×-0.3×8.8×+1.7×8.3×+1.5×
Price / book16.8×-1.4×16.8×-4.4×17.8×-2.4×19.5×+3.5×18.2×+3.2×
EV / EBITDA29.2×-4.0×27.9×-9.6×32×-2.9×35.2×+4.7×33.2×+4.1×
EV / sales7.5×-1.0×7.2×-2.3×8.3×-0.4×9.1×+1.6×8.5×+1.5×
Free cash flow yield2.2%+0.1pp2.4%+0.4pp2%-0.2pp1.9%-0.5pp2.2%-0.2pp
Earnings yield2.4%+0.3pp2.5%+0.7pp2.2%+0.2pp2%-0.3pp2.1%-0.2pp
Dividend yield0.8%+0.1pp0.9%+0.3pp0.7%+0.1pp0.7%-0.1pp0.7%-0.1pp
PEG ratio4.6×+2.1×3.6×+0.9×3.5×+0.9×3.3×+0.6×2.6×-0.1×

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Questions, answered.

What are Cintas's profit margins?
Cintas (CTAS) runs a 50.4% gross margin and a 23.0% operating margin, with a 17.6% net margin.
Where do Cintas's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Cintas's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.