- Prev close
- $226.41
- Day range
- $220.16 – $228.74
- Next earnings
- in 39 days
CTAS had a flat 2026-11-03 close at -0.1% while the S&P 500 rose 0.3% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.6%; with revenue up 9.5% YoY, EPS up 12.7% YoY, and margins still strong, the move reads as benign and not tied to a clear deterioration.
CTAS
CINTAS CORP
As of Nov 4, 2026
72/100
Looks healthyHealth ScoreMove driver
The primary driver looks stock-specific rather than market-wide: CTAS was -0.1% on 2026-11-03 while the S&P 500 rose 0.1% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.1%. No sector peer move is provided for that session, and the intraday path was narrow — open $225.6, high $225.6, low $221.0181, close $224.44 — so this looks like a quiet drift, not a market-led shock. The recent takeover-related headline around UniFirst is the only stock-adjacent news in the facts, but it is stale and does not point to any fresh deterioration in CTAS itself.
Volatility check
This looks like ordinary volatility. Revenue is up 0.1% YoY (TTM), the latest quarter was up 0.1% YoY, and EPS is up 0.1% YoY (TTM), while gross margin is 51.0%, operating margin is 23.4%, and net margin is 17.8%. Those are solid operating numbers, but the valuation is rich at a PE of 44.1 and a forward PE of 37.9, with a PEG of 3.47 — PEG is P/E divided by earnings growth, so 3.47 means investors are paying 3.47x the growth rate. That rich setup means strong growth is already priced in, which can amplify moves in either direction. Beta is 0.86, which also points to a lower-than-market tendency to move, so a -0.1% session is well within normal noise rather than evidence of deterioration.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is not available this period. The facts here do not provide analyst consensus revenue, EPS, or margin expectations for the upcoming print, and they also do not give a history of how CTAS has reacted around prior earnings releases. The concrete things the market would normally be focused on are whether revenue growth stays near the current 9.5% TTM / 10.9% latest-quarter pace, whether EPS growth holds near 12.7% TTM, and whether margins remain close to 51.0% gross, 23.4% operating, and 17.8% net.
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