Cintas Corp.: Strong end to FY26, despite deal noise

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Cintas Corp.: Strong end to FY26, despite deal noise

Equity Research

U.S. Business & Professional Services

15 July 2026

Cintas Corp.

Strong end to FY26, despite deal

noise

As anticipated, execution is strong as evidenced by a strong CTAS OVERWEIGHT

4Q & should continue, given the solid FY27 guide (with the Unchanged

U.S. Business &

initial nitpick on incremental margins explainable). Deal Professional Services NEUTRAL

Unchanged

noise remains, but CTaS seems well prepared for it. Price Target USD 245.00

We look forward to our F4Q26 EPS callback webcast for investors with Cintas IR on Friday at 11 Price (15-Jul-26) USD 192.37

am ET. Please click here to register. Potential Upside/Downside +27.4%

Source: Bloomberg, Barclays Research

The deal may be what investors are watching, but the standalone execution may be what

investors are missing. And again, if/when UNF closes, we expect it would be a transformational Market Cap (USD mn) 76976

transaction as a strategic accelator but is not a pre-requisite to the thesis – the story is the Shares Outstanding (mn) 400.15

strong standalone model: recurring route-based revenue, ~95% retention, consistent share Free Float (%) 85.56

gains, strong cross-sell opportunities, route-density-driven margin expansion, disciplined 52 Wk Avg Daily Volume (mn) 2.1

capital allocation, and a culture of execution that few companies have been able to replicate. As Dividend Yield (%) 0.94

such, we stay OW and maintain our ~41x multiple (on CY’27) with a $245 price target. Return on Equity TTM (%) 40.71

Current BVPS (USD) 12.85F4Q beat (see Figure 1). Organic growth was solid across all segments – especially the +7.9% for Source: Bloomberg

Uniform – with mostly balanced drivers as CTAS’s value proposition resonates in a robust