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CTAS Cintas Corporation

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219.82 Close 10/30
Since 2024-12-02 +0.3%
Open
222.52
High
223.15
Low
219.56
Prev close
218.07
Volume
2.2M
Amplitude
1.65%
P/E
43.4
P/B
16.8
Revenue YoY (TTM)
+9.5%
52W 161.16 226.69

Is Cintas Corporation a buy? Fundamentals and valuation first

As of 2026-10-30

Quality: Good, Growth: Good, Momentum: Good, Risk / liquidity: Strong; Valuation: Pricey.

Valuation Pricey Free-cash-flow yield is Good, but Price / book is Expensive.
TTM P/E 43.36 80th percentile Pricey
Price / book 16.77 95th percentile Expensive
Free-cash-flow yield (%) 2.33 56th percentile Good
US Stock Backtest in Python: Price-to-Book Ratio StrategyQuality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Quality Good ROE, TTM is Top; FCF margin, TTM is Good.
ROE, TTM (%) 39.59 90th percentile Top
Operating margin, TTM (%) 23.36 76th percentile Good
FCF margin, TTM (%) 17.59 73th percentile Good
Quality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Growth Good All 2 indicators are Good.
Revenue growth, TTM YoY (%) 9.51 60th percentile Good
Diluted EPS growth, TTM YoY (%) 12.42 62th percentile Good
Momentum Good 60-day return is Top; 240-day return is Good.
60-day return (%) 9.02 85th percentile Top
240-day return (%) 18.62 70th percentile Good
Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest
Risk / liquidity Strong 20-day dollar volume is Top; 60-day annualized volatility is Good.
20-day dollar volume 408,076,535 96th percentile Top
60-day annualized volatility (%) 21.7 23th percentile Good
Factor Investing Explained: 10 Classic Factors in US Stocks

Cintas Corporation (CTAS) today

2 quant signals active · As of 2026-10-30

Win rate and excess are historical post-trigger stats vs the market. Click a signal for its full definition and samples; history does not predict future results.

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Cintas Corporation (CTAS) quant signal backtests

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Each active condition is tested against this stock’s own history and benchmarked versus the S&P 500.

52-week adjusted-price high

Active

Adjusted close first reaches a 252-trading-day high; repeated hits within 20 days count once.

35 historical occurrences (since 2017-03-17)

Average forward return after 52-week adjusted-price high

20-day: Win 64.7%, Sample 34, Median +2.51%, Excess +0.85%, Beat mkt rate 61.8%

60-day: Win 73.5%, Sample 34, Median +5.56%, Excess +0.32%, Beat mkt rate 55.9%

120-day: Win 70.6%, Sample 34, Median +7.18%, Excess +3.37%, Beat mkt rate 67.6%

120 days after: historical avg +8.41%

20-day +1.78%
60-day +3.71%
120-day +8.41%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
64.7%
73.5%
70.6%
Sample
34
34
34
Median
+2.51%
+5.56%
+7.18%
Excess
+0.85%
+0.32%
+3.37%
Beat mkt rate
61.8%
55.9%
67.6%

Over 34 occurrences, 120-day forward avg gained 8.41%, beat the market by 3.37 pts; win rate 70.6%.

Top-quintile 6-month momentum

Active · now 83.7%

The stock ranks in the top 20% of the liquid US common-stock universe by 126-day adjusted return.

Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest
26 historical occurrences (since 2016-08-16)

Average forward return after Top-quintile 6-month momentum

20-day: Win 60%, Sample 25, Median +2.64%, Excess +0.29%, Beat mkt rate 60%

60-day: Win 72%, Sample 25, Median +6.42%, Excess +1.1%, Beat mkt rate 56%

120-day: Win 76%, Sample 25, Median +11.85%, Excess +3.5%, Beat mkt rate 64%

120 days after: historical avg +10.01%

20-day +2.44%
60-day +6.39%
120-day +10.01%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
60%
72%
76%
Sample
25
25
25
Median
+2.64%
+6.42%
+11.85%
Excess
+0.29%
+1.1%
+3.5%
Beat mkt rate
60%
56%
64%

Over 25 occurrences, 120-day forward avg gained 10.01%, beat the market by 3.5 pts; win rate 76%.

Valuation regime and forward returns

Daily TTM P/E is converted into an expanding own-history percentile, then grouped into five valuation regimes. Forward returns use adjusted prices over the next 240 trading days.

PE percentile bandSample days240-day avg returnMedianWin rateAvg excess (vs index)
0-20 You are here304+1.6% -4.7% 27.6% -19.1%
20-40 14Insufficient data
40-60 35+36.7% +36.4% 100% +11.9%
60-80 392+31.2% +28.4% 100% +17.1%
80-100 824+22.7% +22.5% 93.1% +10.1%

Quarterly EPS is aligned by SEC filing date before it is forward-filled to daily prices. The expanding percentile uses only information available up to each day.

Current TTM P/E is about 43.36, placing it in the 9.7 own-history percentile, inside the 0-20 bucket.

More history: Valuation × momentum analogs, Market-wide momentum baseline, Signals not active now

Valuation × momentum analogs

Each historical day is grouped by own-history P/E tercile and 60-day momentum direction, then tested for the next 120-trading-day adjusted return.

Valuation
Momentum
Cheap (own-history bottom third)
Middle
Expensive (own-history top third)
60-day momentum up
Now
-5%
Win rate 35% Excess -13.4%
206d
+20.4%
Win rate 100% Excess +9.6%
36d
+9.6%
Win rate 79.1% Excess +3.2%
974d
60-day momentum down
+15.2%
Win rate 59.2% Excess +4.6%
218d
+27.2%
Win rate 100% Excess +17.9%
65d
+12%
Win rate 84.9% Excess +7.9%
179d

Currently in “Cheap (own-history bottom third) × 60-day momentum up”: across 206 historical days, 120-day forward avg declined 5%, win rate 35%, lagged the market by 13.4%.

Days = trading days in this bucket; returns use adjusted prices, ex-costs. 60-day momentum: direction of this stock's price over the past 60 trading days.

Market-wide momentum baseline

Across 99,493 liquid US common-stock samples, top-quintile 6-month momentum was followed by an average 60-trading-day return of +6.42%, a 58.4% positive-return rate, and +3.08 percentage points of average excess return versus the S&P 500.

Baseline: weekly samples since 2016 where a liquid US common stock ranked in the top quintile by 126-trading-day momentum. Forward return is 60 trading days; excess return is versus S&P 500 (^GSPC).

Signals not active now

Inactive signals still show the stock-specific historical forward-return distribution for context.

Filed revenue acceleration

Pending

TTM revenue growth is at least 10% and improved versus the prior filed quarter; event date is the SEC filing date.

8 times historically; 60-day forward avg +3.78%, win rate 75%, beating the market by +3.8 pts on average.

EPS surprise beat

Pending

Reported EPS beat consensus estimate by at least 5%; event date is the earnings-surprise timestamp.

PEAD: Post-Earnings Announcement Drift Backtest

27 times historically; 60-day forward avg +6.38%, win rate 77.8%, beating the market by +4.32 pts on average.

Method and limits

  • Returns use us_price:adj_close, adjusted for splits and dividends where available.
  • Excess returns use world_index:^GSPC as the S&P 500 benchmark proxy.
  • Quarterly fundamentals are aligned to SEC filing dates before daily valuation studies.
  • The promoted universe starts from active NYSE/NASDAQ common stocks, then applies price and dollar-volume gates.
  • Snapshot-only tables such as analyst consensus, DCF, us_ratios, and us_key_metrics are intentionally excluded from historical evidence.
  • Overlapping event windows are descriptive distributions, not independent samples.

This page is for historical data analysis and education only. It is not investment advice. Backtests and historical return distributions do not predict future performance; evaluate risk independently before trading.