Cintas price to free cash flow CTAS

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 43.8×
10-year median: 35.0×
Against its 10-year history: 75th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 15.9× to 68.6×
Peer median: 21.2×

Cintas' price to free cash flow is 43.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 35.0×, higher than on 75% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 15.9× in Apr 2020 to 68.6× in Mar 2017.

The median for 3 specialty Business Services stocks of a similar size is 21.2×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 35×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	43.8×	37.2×	46.0×
2025	45.3×	41.2×	51.9×
2024	40.8×	40.8×	52.6×
2023	48.4×	33.9×	48.4×
2022	35.0×	28.8×	37.0×
2021	39.9×	29.5×	41.2×
2020	32.7×	15.9×	33.6×
2019	30.8×	28.5×	39.0×
2018	29.8×	25.8×	33.4×
2017	27.5×	25.7×	68.6×
2016	64.2×	25.2×	67.0×
2015	27.1×	18.1×	27.8×
2014	18.8×	15.8×	20.1×
2013	20.2×	15.3×	20.2×
2012	14.6×	14.4×	26.4×
2011	24.6×	19.6×	27.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Specialty Business Services nearest Cintas' size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
CTASCintas	43.8×
CPRTCopart	21.2×
ULSUL Solutions	34.0×
ITGartner	11.3×
Peer median	21.2×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

More on Cintas

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.