- Prev close
- $203.05
- Day range
- $200.23 – $204.00
- From 52-wk high
- -10.5%
- Next earnings
- in 45 days
Cintas is trading near the upper end of its $161.16 – $226.75 range, with a modest +0.4% session that looks more like routine movement than a stock-specific break in the story; the richer 41.3 P/E and 3.57 PEG mean solid growth is already well reflected.
CTAS
CINTAS CORP
As of Aug 6, 2026
67/100
Worth keeping an eye onHealth ScoreMove driver
CTAS finished +0.4%, while the S&P 500 was -0.2% and the Nasdaq 100 was -0.4%, so the session does not look like a broad market rebound. With no peer move data provided here, the clean read is stock-specific rather than market-wide: the tape was steady — open $202.86, high $203.93, low $199.39, close $202.15 — and the move was too small to imply a new company-specific catalyst.
Volatility read
Yes, this looks like ordinary volatility. The business backdrop is intact, with revenue +8.7% YoY (TTM), latest quarter +8.9% YoY, and EPS +10.0% YoY (TTM), while margins are strong at gross +50.4%, operating +22.9%, and net +17.6%. The stock is not cheap — PE 41.3, forward PE 37.0, PEG 3.57, beta 0.92 — so strong growth is already priced in, which means even small price moves can happen without any deterioration in the operating picture.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is not available this period, so I cannot place the report on a specific calendar day. The facts here point to an expected growth profile of revenue +8.9% YoY in the latest quarter, with EPS +10.0% YoY (TTM) and margins at gross +50.4%, operating +22.9%, and net +17.6%; that is the baseline the market will be measuring against. The recent event list is light on hard new disclosures and leans toward previews and recognition items, so the key questions are whether revenue can keep running near +8.9% YoY, whether those operating and net margins hold near +22.9% and +17.6%, and whether the acquisition-related UniFirst news changes expectations around integration and stock issuance.
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