87/100BCintas stock forecast 2027–2031What is an analyst price target? A price target is the price an analyst expects a stock to reach in 12 months. Arincen shows the average, high and low targets and the upside to the average.
Analysts' average 12-month price target for Cintas is 234.17, 2.7% above the current price of 227.97. Their targets range from 222.00 to 250.00.
Of the 10 firms that rated Cintas in the past 12 months, 6 rate it buy or strong buy, 3 hold and 1 sell or strong sell (each firm at its latest rating): a Buy consensus.
Analysts' 1-year price targets range from 222.00 to 250.00, with an average of 234.17.
| Buy | 6 | |
| Hold | 3 | |
| Sell | 1 |
12-month price target
| Highest target | 250.00 |
| Average target | 234.17 |
| Lowest target | 222.00 |
| Current price | 227.97 |
Cintas price target historyWhat is an analyst price target? A price target is the price an analyst expects a stock to reach in 12 months. Arincen shows the average, high and low targets and the upside to the average.
Have analysts recently raised or lowered their Cintas price target and rating?
How analysts rate Cintas, month by monthWhat is the analyst rating? The analyst rating sums up what the analysts covering a stock recommend, from strong buy to strong sell, by the share of them rating it a buy.
6 of 10 firms rate it buy now, against 4 of 10 in December 2025.
Each month: every firm at its latest rating from the 12 months before. Strong buys count as buys, strong sells as sells.
Cintas analyst upgrades, downgrades and price targets
The latest rating change came on 16 July 2026, when B of A Securities upgraded Cintas from Neutral to Buy. The most recent new target came from Truist Financial on 29 October 2026: 232.00.
| Date | Firm | Rating | Price target | Change | Price then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | Truist Financial | — | 232.00 | — | 212.81 |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Argus Research | Reiterated · Buy | 240.00 | — | 196.85 |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Robert W. Baird | — | 214.00 → 222.00 | +3.7% | 191.97 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | UBS | Reiterated · Buy | 228.00 → 230.00 | +0.9% | 203.66 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Robert W. Baird | — | 250.00 → 214.00 | -14.4% | 192.37 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Wells Fargo | Reiterated · Overweight | 245.00 → 250.00 | +2.0% | 192.37 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | B of A Securities | Upgraded · Neutral → Buy | — | — | — |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Goldman Sachs | — | 231.00 | — | 192.37 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | UBS | — | 235.00 → 228.00 | -3.0% | 168.85 |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Robert W. Baird Andrew Wittmann | — | 225.00 → 250.00 | +11.1% | 198.34 |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Wells Fargo | Upgraded · Equal Weight → Overweight | 205.00 → 245.00 | +19.5% | 192.72 |
| 19 Dec 2025 | UBS | Reiterated · Buy | 235.00 | — | 188.31 |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Robert W. Baird | — | 227.00 → 225.00 | -0.9% | 189.89 |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Wells Fargo | Reiterated · Equal Weight | 185.00 → 205.00 | +10.8% | 189.89 |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Morgan Stanley | Reiterated · Equal Weight | 210.00 | — | 188.45 |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Wells Fargo Jason Haas | Reiterated · Equal Weight | 218.00 → 185.00 | -15.1% | 182.16 |
Cintas EPS and revenue estimatesWhat are estimate revisions? Estimate revisions are the changes analysts make to their EPS and revenue forecasts for the years ahead. They show whether expectations are rising or falling.
Analysts expect Cintas's EPS to grow 12.0% a year until 2029, about as fast as over the last 5 years (13.9% a year) and the last 3 years (14.7%).
Analysts expect Cintas's revenue to grow 7.8% a year until 2029, about as fast as over the last 5 years (9.6% a year) and the last 3 years (8.5%).
Revenue
EPS
Does Cintas beat earnings estimates?What is an earnings surprise? An earnings surprise is how far a company's reported EPS or revenue came above or below the analysts' average estimate, in percent.
On average, analysts' EPS estimate was 10.2% off the result, either way, and their revenue estimate 0.7%, over the last 12 quarters.
- EPS beats
- 68 / 129
- Revenue beats
- 75 / 112
- Average EPS surprise, last 12What is an earnings surprise? An earnings surprise is how far a company's reported EPS or revenue came above or below the analysts' average estimate, in percent.
- -2.0%
- Since
- March 1993
| Quarter | Report date | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2027 | 23 Sept 2026 | 1.35 | 1.39 | +3.0% | 2.98B | 3.01B | +1.0% |
| Q4 FY2026 | 15 Jul 2026 | 1.24 | 1.29 | +4.0% | 2.87B | 2.91B | +1.1% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 25 Mar 2026 | 1.24 | 1.24 | 0.0% | 2.82B | 2.84B | +0.7% |
| Q2 FY2026 | 18 Dec 2025 | 1.20 | 1.21 | +0.8% | 2.77B | 2.80B | +1.2% |
| Q1 FY2026 | 24 Sept 2025 | 1.19 | 1.20 | +0.8% | 2.70B | 2.72B | +0.7% |
| Q4 FY2025 | 17 Jul 2025 | 1.07 | 1.09 | +1.9% | 2.63B | 2.67B | +1.6% |
| Q3 FY2025 | 26 Mar 2025 | 1.07 | 1.13 | +5.6% | 2.60B | 2.61B | +0.5% |
| Q2 FY2025 | 19 Dec 2024 | 1.01 | 1.09 | +7.9% | 2.56B | 2.56B | -0.0% |
| Q1 FY2025 | 25 Sept 2024 | 0.95 | 1.10 | +15.8% | 2.49B | 2.50B | +0.3% |
| Q4 FY2024 | 18 Jul 2024 | 0.95 | 1.00 | +5.4% | 2.47B | 2.47B | +0.1% |
| Q3 FY2024 | 27 Mar 2024 | 3.58 | 0.96 | -73.2% | 2.39B | 2.41B | +0.7% |
| Q2 FY2024 | 21 Dec 2023 | 0.87 | 0.90 | +3.4% | 2.38B | 2.38B | -0.1% |
Cintas stock price 2027–2031: scenariosHow are the stock price scenarios calculated? Bear, base and bull prices for the years ahead: the analysts' EPS estimates times the lowest, average and highest P/E of the stock today and at its last five year ends, or of its peers.
If Cintas's earnings keep growing at the 11.8% a year analysts expect to FY2029, it would earn about 8.63 a share in FY2031. At the P/E it has traded at over the last five years (33.4 to 50.6) that is 288.23 to 436.09 a share, or 349.33 at its average P/E of 40.5. This is arithmetic on the analysts' estimates, not a prediction.
| Fiscal year | EPS | Bear | Base | Bull |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2027 | 5.55 | 185.32 | 224.60 | 280.39 |
| FY2028 | 6.18 | 206.41 | 250.16 | 312.30 |
| FY2029 | 6.90 | 230.63 | 279.52 | 348.94 |
| FY2030 (extrapolated) | 7.72 | 257.83 | 312.48 | 390.09 |
| FY2031 (extrapolated) | 8.63 | 288.23 | 349.33 | 436.09 |
Each year's EPS is the analysts' consensus to FY2029; the years after grow 11.8% a year (the analysts' growth, at most 15%). Bear, base and bull apply the lowest, average and highest P/E of today and the last five fiscal year ends, leaving out any above 60, the mark of a year of collapsed earnings (33.4, 40.5, 50.6).
Is Cintas stock undervalued or overvalued?How does Arincen work out a stock's fair value? Fair value is our estimate of a share's price at the P/E the company usually trades at, with a low to high range around it.
Cintas's P/E of 44.4 is above the middle of its 5-year range (7.5 to 56.1, median 11.6). Analysts do not expect faster growth than in recent years, so it is expensive compared with its own history. Buyers pay more for each point of growth than usual: a PEG of 3.7 on expected growth against 0.8 on its median P/E and past five years' growth. At the median P/E of its peers (37.8 × EPS of 5.13), Cintas's fair value is 194.11; the price, 227.97, is 17.4% above it. Its forward P/E, on the consensus for FY2027, is 41.1.
Fair value on the peers is the median P/E of the US companies of its industry closest in size times its earnings per share of the last twelve months; the ends of the bar are the same earnings at the lowest and highest peer P/E (9.0 and 47.3). The price against its P/E range
- Price to earnings ratio (TTM)What is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 44.44
- Five-year median P/EWhat is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 11.64
- Five-year P/E range
- 7.5 – 56.1
- Forward P/E (FY2027)What is the forward P/E ratio? Forward P/E divides a share's price by the earnings per share analysts expect in the coming year, rather than last year's actual earnings.
- 41.11
- PEG ratioWhat is the PEG ratio? The PEG ratio divides the P/E by the yearly earnings growth analysts expect, to show how much you pay for each point of growth.
- 3.77
- To the average targetWhat is an analyst price target? A price target is the price an analyst expects a stock to reach in 12 months. Arincen shows the average, high and low targets and the upside to the average.
- +2.7%
Most undervalued US stocksHow does Arincen work out a stock's fair value? Fair value is our estimate of a share's price at the P/E the company usually trades at, with a low to high range around it.
| Stock | Price | Fair value | Upside |
|---|---|---|---|
| 235.690 | 464.49205Price 235.69627 | +97.1% | |
| 28.860 | 56.2634Price 28.8696 | +94.9% | |
| 199.110 | 384.58163Price 199.112,644 | +93.1% | |
| 123.990 | 237.24178Price 123.99297 | +91.3% | |
| 157.820 | 297.58169Price 157.82471 | +88.6% | |
| 162.670 | 305.52160Price 162.67396 | +87.8% | |
| 216.610 | 405.38304Price 216.61507 | +87.1% |
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