← BackCINTAS CORP · Men's & Boys' Furnishgs, Work Clothg, & Allied GarmentsCTAS
Low riskNext report: Around Dec 17 (est.)
The short versionA high-quality, profitable business with growing sales.
Going well
- Sales up 11% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profitable every year for 10 years
- Brings in more cash than it spends
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 6.9% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (630 bought, 713 sold)
- Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$225.94+0.8% that day
- Company value
- $89.7B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 44.6x
- You pay about $45 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 7.8x
- Company value is 7.8 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 0.8%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 0%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 3%
- Debt as a share of company value
From CTAS's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Aug '26$3.0B+11% vs a year earlier
Nov '23Tap a barAug '26
Last 12 months: $11.6B, up 9.5% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 9.6% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.45.7%
- MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.54x equity
- PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.17.8%
- PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$1.9B
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-1.8% in 3 years
- PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.50.7%
- Revenue
- $11.3B
- +8.9% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +9.6%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $2.4B
- 0.54x equity
- Current ratio
- 1.71x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Aug 31, 2026- Revenue
- $3.0B
- +10.9% YoY
- EPS
- $1.36
- vs $1.20
- Op. margin
- 23.6%
- +0.9 pts
- Gross margin
- 51.5%
- +1.2 pts
- Free cash flow
- $464.8M
- Share count
- -1.2%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 1.9
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady+6.9%Institutions added 6.9% to their holdings. 630 bought, 713 sold. 3 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions272.9M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-0.9%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.5x · $2.4B debtShares outstandingLatest reported
397MNext reportAround Dec 17 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedSep 23
- Results filedJul 15
- Results filedMar 25
- Results filedDec 18, 2025
- Results filedSep 24, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.